[pct-l] Camera weight

[Brick Robbins]

One of the considerations is to be able to have the camera at hand and
ready at all times, without taking off your pack. You will get way
more and way better photos that way. A micro tripod for self pics is
also very useful.

Unless you are planning on making the cover of National Geographic,
having a convenient reasonable quality camera that is easy to use, may
be a better choice than a super high quality one.

The right tool or the right job
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/finding-the-right-tool-to-tell-a-war-story/




On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Angelina Kovtun <angelkov2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wow thank you all for your great advice!
>
> Irish, I'm so glad there's someone out there with my camera and my passion for high quality images :-D I do think I would be super unhappy if I didn't bring a camera of that performance level on the most awesome adventure like PCT. I am debating if it'll be worth it to sell my beloved Nikon D300s with Macro 105/2.8, Tele 18-200/3.5-5.6, and little 35mm/1.8, plus flash 600 and instead acquire new mirrorless technology such as Olympus OMD E-M1..... My Nikon is seriously like a child or a favorite pet to me and it's hard to imagine to part with it but it is a very fair point you guys made that such weight might not help me reach my goal. My other gear is not that light either.... And my legs are going through something else this winter...
> So much to consider!!!!
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> I'll need to digest everything over the next couple weeks and make some decisions here!
> Thanks again
> -Angelina
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> On Sunday, January 12, 2014 8:36 PM, Marcia Powers <gottawalk at me.com> wrote:
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> Good points, Irish. I was just trying to point out the possible outcome off some choices.
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> Of the many lessons I learned our first thru, the one that sticks foremost in my mind is how little we actually need to be safe, healthy and happy. And, there are many ways to reach that balance.
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> Of course, YMMV.
> ...GottaWalk
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> On Jan 12, 2014, at 8:01 PM, Diarmaid Harmon <irishharmon at comcast.net> wrote:
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> As I said earlier it all depends on what you want to achieve. Please remember not everyone is a super light weight hiker and a lot of people will sacrifice a little extra weight to carry the one or two items that they feel they need to accomplish their goal. If the hiker wants to make sure they capture the wonderful experience by using a heavy camera then thats their choice. I have seen people hiking with everything from small chairs to heavy air pads. What is weight to one is a necessity to another. This mind set that unless you remove each and every ounce you can you will fail is going overboard in my mind. I finished the trail with a heavy pack by most standards and I had no problems. I still hike with a heavy pack compared to the ultra crowd but I am used to it. I believe you need to hike the hike that suits you. A six pound camera to you may be way overboard to me it is the tool I choose to bring.
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> Just my humble opinion of course.
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> Irish.
>> On Jan 12, 2014, at 3:43 PM, GottaWalk <gottawalk at pacbell.net> wrote:
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>> On Jan 12, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Diarmaid Harmon <irishharmon at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> "It is not so much about what the camera weighs more about what you want to achieve."
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>> For a thruhike I think I a really important consideration is pack and gear weight. Is gear (and thus a heavy pack) more important than completing the thru? Would a long section hike be acceptable if the body couldn't hold up to carrying the heavy pack?
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