I got curious and took a look at his web site. I cannot imagine why anybody
would pay good money for a tour like this. But I guess my perspective is
different...
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jan 10, 2014, at 5:01 AM, Peter Klein wrote:
> Bill: Rick Steve advises people to travel very light, as in 'two pairs
> of underwear and wash them in the hotel sink.' And you'll be on the move
> a lot. Given that, small and light is paramount. Italy has a much
> closer standard of personal space than the U.S., so you will be using
> normal and wide more often than tele. You also want good IQ, as this is
> the trip of a lifetime.
>
> For me, the thing that meets all the criteria is micro 4/3. When I had
> "frozen shoulders" and could only carry a small amount, for several
> trips I used a Panny G1, the 14-45 kit zoom (28-90 equiv, slow but quite
> good optically), and the 20/1.7. That corresponded in coverage roughly
> to my L-word rangefinder outfit. The lenses were fine. The G1 itself was
> just barely adequate IQ-wise, but it was better than not photographing.
> Fortunately, the current crop of m-4/3 cameras are much better.
>
> For years, I shot a film M camera with 35, 50 and 90 lenses only. When I
> got the M8 (1.33 crop factor), I added a little Voigtlander 28/3.5 to
> get the wide end back. These outfits served me well on trips to Italy,
> France, Switzerland and Israel.
>
> Lately, I've traveled in N. America with an E-M5 and either 20, 25 and
> 45 primes, or the 20/1.7 and the kit zoom.
>
> What I'm getting at is that you would be well served by one of the newer
> micro 4/3 bodies, a compact zoom for daylight, and one fast lens of 35 -
> 50mm equivalent, depending on which is your "normal" focal length. This
> would give you the best ratio of weight to performance, and the E-M1/5
> and the GX7 are good as you'll need in the IQ department. I believe
> there's a new E-P-something that has the E-M5 sensor, that might bear
> looking at.
>
> That's my experience. Your mileage may vary if you're a real tele or
> superwide person.
>
> --Peter
>
>
>> This summer I will be going on a 2 1/2 week tour of Italy which will be
>> opportunity to mark that off my bucket list. We will be on a Rick
> Steves
>> tour for most of the trip and will be limited to a day pack and one
> airplane
>> carry on piece of luggage. You can probably see where I'm going
> with this.
>> No, I won't be packing either my OM or e-thingy kits. For that matter
> the
>> medium and large format gear will also be staying home. I really
> hate not
>> having my film gear with me, however . . .
>>
>> So, if you were to buy a small digital camera in today's market what
> might
>> it me?
>>
>> Basic requirements would be interchangeable lenses (although I would
>> probably carry only one), smaller than an e-5, video capable and
> under $2,000.
>> I'm thinking one of the Olympus, Sony or other similar offerings. I
> like an
>> optical view finder rather than composing on the screen on the back
> of the
>> camera however don't know that would be a deal breaker.
>>
>> So what camera body/system and if only one lens, what might that
> be. I'm
>> thinking a 35mm equiv. zoom range of 28-135 would be adequate.
>>
>> Bill Barber
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