[pct-l] wow thats a big camera

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

Tom, 



If your goal is to take some exceptional pictures and this is a high priority for you, go ahead and carry the camera and don't worry about the advise of others.  If you find it not to your liking you ALWAYS have the option of sending gear home.  Over the past 3-4 years there have been a few folks (Bearcan't in 04 or 05 and Aaron and Natalie in 06) that I am aware of that took bigger rigs and produced some pictures that were exceptional.  Sure, they carried the extra weight but the results were outstanding.  



It is all about what is important to you on the trail.  For some folks, it is all about getting down to minimal weight as someone suggested that the fun goes up when the weight goes down.  That may be true to a certain extent, however, I personally feel that there is a point of deminishing return.  In 2006, I was not one of the ultralight hikers as my base weight was about 16-17 lbs and I had absolutely no issues or concerns and I used thoroughly enjoyed every moment of my thru-hike.  And the weight was never a factor in limiting my daily mileage or fun factor. 



Enjoy your hike, 



Elevator  



----- Original Message ----- 
From: canoeman at qnet.com 
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 11:24:52 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [pct-l] wow thats a big camera 


Wow that's a HUGE, beautiful camera. Wonder what it would look like at the 
bottom of a stream.  2 to 3 pounds, bet its in a box home the first post office 
you come to. 
At 3 pounds, your carrying the equivalent of all of some hikers personal gear. 
The trail is mean to big nice cameras. 
I hiked with my Nikonos IV, it was heavy, but it was waterproof to 200 feet 
under water and the camera body was bullet proof. 
But that was in the early eighties when a 65 pound pack was the norm, and the 
big nubuck mountaineering boots were the norm, and we wore jeans,  and carried 
north face ve24 tents. heh. (and those mesh under shirts and short shorts) 

canoeman 

he said: 
I'm slowly getting used to the idea that my camera gear (Panasonic 
DMC-GF1) will be the single heaviest part of my pack (maybe 2-3 lb) and 
significantly complicate my logistics, e.g. working with raw files and 
non-standard batteries. 

Tom (Bigfoot) 

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