Sure, if you are driving it is another kettle of fish. When I have
gone on holiday by car, I have always simply taken all the equipment
with me.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jun 12, 2009, at 4:35 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Nathan wrote:
>
>> Actually, travelling is where digital has made the biggest
>> difference.
>> No more worry about film being zapped or exposed to heat, much less
>> bulk in the bag etc. With my Leica outfit I carry 2 SD cards and two
>> spare batteries (pretty small) and a compact travel charger. That's
>> it. Much less bulk and much more convenient than when I was trekking
>> around with 10 or 20 rolls of film in the bag as well.
>>
>
>
> If I was still traveling like I used to, I'd be hard pressed to
> shoot film
> too. The moment you factor in airline travel then film is
> immediately at a
> disadvantage. However, for a driving trip, it's no big deal.
>
> As I am road-tripping, here is an example of how I pack and operate:
>
> The majority of the kit will reside in a backpack style bag. Next
> month, it
> will either be the Canon bag or the Slingshot. Both have the same
> interior
> space, but are configured completely differently. I'm partial to
> the Canon
> bag for film use, the Slingshot for digital. So, I'll probably be
> taking the
> Canon bag. A second, bag is the vehicle-only bag and will contain
> big glass,
> flash gear and accessories. All film is stored in a small 6-pack sized
> cooler.
>
> Film is transferred from the cooler to an old plastic box which a
> roll of
> 36-exposure slides came back from the lab in. This plastic box holds
> four
> rolls of film. Unexposed rolls are loaded in this box top side up,
> exposed
> rolls are placed top side down. The entire box is perfectly sized to
> slip
> into a pocket or easily placed in the bag. It is a rare moment when
> I need
> more than four rolls of spare film (plus the two already in the
> cameras), so
> every time I will be away from the vehicle for a while I will make
> sure that
> the box has all new rolls and the exposed rolls are back in the
> cooler.
> These white plastic boxes stopped being used somewhere around 1995
> so mine
> are getting pretty bad now. Had I known that the labs would have
> discontinued using them and going totally to paper-cardboard boxes,
> I would
> have kept a stash of a couple hundred of them for ebaying and lifetime
> spares. I'm down to my final two boxes.
>
> Back in the day when I was going nuts shooting thousands of pictures
> (it's a
> numbers game, right?), I'd have three of those boxes loaded (12
> rolls total)
> and with me all the time.
>
> When packed this way, film takes up nearly no space whatsoever.
> Three boxes
> of film (12 rolls) takes up about the same space as an OM body and
> can be
> poked into normally unused spaces.
>
> The biggest challenge for me is to be selective about the equipment
> I'm
> taking. It's tempting to just take everything. But does one really
> need
> three lenses covering 35mm? Does one pack for convenience or
> perfection?
> Here is my lens choices--what would YOU pack?
>
> 24/2.8
> 35/2.8
> 35/shift
> 35-80/2.8
> 50/3.5
> 100/2.8
> 200/4
> 300/4.5
> 100-300/4 (Tokina AT-X)
>
> When packing for event shoots, I've got it down to the 24/2.8,
> 35-80/2.8 and
> the 100-300/4. Three lenses, that's it. But for a trip to the Great
> American West, where camping gear takes up nearly every inch of
> storage, you
> can't take everything.
>
> In the past, my bag would contain two bodies, the 24/2.8, 35/shift,
> 50/3.5,
> 100/2.8 and 200/4. I didn't have the 300/4.5 or the zooms.
>
> So far, what I've figured is that my "go bag" will have two bodies
> (the
> OM-3Ti and OM-4T) while the OM-2S will hold down the fort in the bag
> that
> stays in the Jeep. The 24/2.8, 35/shift, 100/2.8 are the only lenses
> I KNOW
> will go in the backpack. The rest are fighting for inclusion. No
> matter
> what, the 300/4.5 is coming, but may or may not reside in the
> backpack. The
> 35-80 should be a shoe in, but size and weight as well as different
> filter-ring sizes may preclude it's inclusion in the backpack
> because with
> the exception of the 300/4.5, everything takes 49 or 55mm filters.
> However....
>
> I am considering the possibility of the 35-80 being mounted on the
> OM-2S and
> using that for general purpose grab shots--the type of pictures I
> used to
> use the IS-3 for. I have a small belt-bag that holds a setup like
> that very
> easily.
>
> Honestly, I'm not too excited about a second Jeep-only bag as space
> is so
> limited, so I may still end up with just the backpack and cooler.
> That would
> mean no flash gear. However, by not taking computers along, I
> should be
> gaining enough volume to allow for the second bag. Also, we'll be
> taking the
> older Jeep (2004 Grand Cherokee) which has substantially more cargo
> area
> than the new Grand Cherokee. But we're taking the mountain bikes, so
> we are
> also losing space to helmets, gloves, shoes, tools and the airpump. Oh
> well....
>
> It's kinda fun, really. I've been to this dance many times, but by
> "forcing" myself to a retro kit (film, no digital) it changes the
> dynamics
> quite substantially. I've been thinking "digital" long enough that
> there is
> actually just a touch of fear and trepidation (believe it or not) in
> limiting myself to "old-school" equipment. LOL, I'll get over it.
>
> AG
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