Dan:
Congrats on the trip to Hawaii. I lived there through high school and am
going back for Christmas myself. What island(s) are you visiting?
Jamie
Fort Myers, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Mitchell" <DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: [OM] Hawaii recommendations (another travel kit..)
> (I'm sure I remember a thread about the best film to take some months ago,
> and not using rental cars, and suchlike, but I don't have any of those
posts
> saved away myself -- if anyone does, and can point me at the right
date(s),
> I can plough through the old digests myself)
>
> I'm going to be in Hawaii for ten days this coming December, so I'm
looking
> for recommendations for what I should be seeing/doing/taking photos of,
and
> what I should be using to take said photos (film, for instance --
currently,
> I've got a bunch of Kodak Gold 400, which if unspectacular is at least
> reliable, and easy to find; I'll be picking up some 100 as well. I'm sure
> there's something better out there, though. Oh, and negative film only --
as
> much as I'd like to take slides, I still haven't worked out what I'd _do_
> with them once I have the results..)
>
> Current travel kit is as follows:
>
> OM2S as main body
> OM10+manualadapter as backup
> 24/2
> 50/1.4
> 35-70/3.5-4.5
> 65-200/4
> 17/3.5 Vivitar
> 55/2.8 Vivitar 1:1 macro
> 2x converter
> T32
> (filters, batteries, etc, XA going along for hand-held, another (non-OM,
> sorry) autofocus zoom P+S for my wife to use, and p+s digital camera).
> ultrapod (=tiny pocket-sized tripod)
> Manfrotto 479/4 monopod
> Slik mini tripod
> some sort of tiny ballhead I should get around to picking up for the last
> two
>
> Actual day-to-day kit is most likely OM2S, 24/2, 65-200/4, or just the
XA;
> if I want to make a point of taking photos, rather than just having a
camera
> handy, I'll add in more depending on where I'll be going.
>
> Notable things I'm currently _not_ taking, but could be convinced
otherwise
> if someone's got a reason I'll be sorry.
>
> Tamron SP 500/8 mirror (light, but big; 200/4+2x is a reasonable
compromise
> if I really need length. This is the one I'm most tempted to add on,
though)
> Viv S1 200/3 (heavy, big)
> Viv S1 90/2.5 macro (ditto)
> extension tubes (they're manual, so a pain to use; the 55/2.8 does very
> nicely for
> general macro stuff, and I've not found the working distance to be a
problem
> yet)
> T32 zoom adapter+WA adapter (yes, I just picked these up, but will I ever
> remember to use them? probably not)
> T20, assorted off-camera flash cords + bracket + etc (see prev.)
> winder
> Manfrotto 055Pro tripod (solid, versatile, but _so_ heavy..)
>
>
> And, as I said above, "...wife..." -- we just got married last month, so
> this is going to be an extended honeymoon; see the following message for
> more location requests.
>
> -- dan
>
>
>
>
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