More blah-blah on packing light...
Nov 16, 2013 11:39:08 #
Some more commentary on packing light. This has been a concern for me for quite a long time. I understand that for some folks it matters not at all. Recently I have been trying to plan for my next Irish trip and I would like to go with no checked luggage. This would be a first in thirty years and many, many trips. In an earlier post some took exception to the need for four cameras. For me its a matter of feature set plus insurance. One of my colleagues once joked that a professional should always have three of everything: one to use, one to be at the repair shop, and one to be testing out to see what the repair shop did wrong. (That was back when cameras actually WERE repaired!)
Anyway in the attached image I try to illustrate just what a four-camera kit looks like. (Sorry for the IQ I just held a camera over the groups and guestimated composition.)The paper is our standard USA writing paper size: 8.5x11. (For our UK and Irish friends, who use the A4 standard of 8.25x11.75 it will have to be close enough.) If some items appear to be leaking over the edge of the paper, they are not. Its the camera angle that makes that appear to be so.
The four cameras, with tripod plates installed, weigh a total of three and a quarter pounds (52 ounces). The three lenses weigh 28 ounces, or 1-3/4 pounds. Spare batteries weighed 5 ounces and the four chargers weighed 9 ounces. The entire kit, all of the above plus several other items that also fit on the paper weighs 5.8 pounds (93 ounces).
To some, this packing thing may seem something of an obessesion, and perhaps it is, but I have found over a reasonably long life that prior planning and attention to detail often makes the difference between failure and success. YMMV, as it should.
Anyway in the attached image I try to illustrate just what a four-camera kit looks like. (Sorry for the IQ I just held a camera over the groups and guestimated composition.)The paper is our standard USA writing paper size: 8.5x11. (For our UK and Irish friends, who use the A4 standard of 8.25x11.75 it will have to be close enough.) If some items appear to be leaking over the edge of the paper, they are not. Its the camera angle that makes that appear to be so.
The four cameras, with tripod plates installed, weigh a total of three and a quarter pounds (52 ounces). The three lenses weigh 28 ounces, or 1-3/4 pounds. Spare batteries weighed 5 ounces and the four chargers weighed 9 ounces. The entire kit, all of the above plus several other items that also fit on the paper weighs 5.8 pounds (93 ounces).
To some, this packing thing may seem something of an obessesion, and perhaps it is, but I have found over a reasonably long life that prior planning and attention to detail often makes the difference between failure and success. YMMV, as it should.
Four-camera working kit
Nov 16, 2013 11:43:14 #
Sunwriter wrote:
Some more commentary on packing light. This has be... (show quote)
Film? One looks like a film camera...
Nov 16, 2013 11:44:54 #
Nov 16, 2013 11:46:12 #
Sunwriter wrote:
No, they are all digicams. (Which one were you referring to?)
The chrome one, second from the left....
Nov 16, 2013 11:51:11 #
That's the new Lumix GX7. Quite a nice little instrument.
(L-R: GH3, GX7, LX5, SONY TX10.)
(L-R: GH3, GX7, LX5, SONY TX10.)
Nov 16, 2013 11:52:00 #
Nov 16, 2013 11:53:27 #
Nov 16, 2013 11:55:08 #
Sunwriter wrote:
That's the new Lumix GX7. Quite a nice little instrument.
(L-R: GH3, GX7, LX5, SONY TX10.)
(L-R: GH3, GX7, LX5, SONY TX10.)
Excellent: take lots of cards! First time I went to Europe it was 40 rolls of Kodachrome....
Nov 16, 2013 12:11:41 #
And speaking of cards... Here is how I handle them. The Ruggard case is extremely well-made, with a rubber gasket that makes it virtually water- and dust-proof. I keep 64 and 32Gb cards in the cameras and this is the "reserve." Weighs 4 ounces with cards.
Nov 16, 2013 12:25:52 #
If the trip is a casual vacation trip, I don't see why a 3-camera kit won't do. Carrying 3 or more cameras around simultaneously is rather cumbersome, and probably won't result in better photos. Ideally you do want to enjoy your stay, and not feel like a overloaded pack mule for most of the trip. Personally, I keep the quantity of cameras I have with me during travel down to 2.
Nov 16, 2013 12:33:30 #
If it were a casual vacation trip I would agree. None of my trips qualify. For vacation, I stay home!
If I were under some kind of extreme sanction, by rearranging the kit a bit I could get it down to three. But don't see how to go any lower than that. The whole idea of what I have been posting about is how NOT to feel like a pack mule.
If I were under some kind of extreme sanction, by rearranging the kit a bit I could get it down to three. But don't see how to go any lower than that. The whole idea of what I have been posting about is how NOT to feel like a pack mule.
Nov 16, 2013 14:33:19 #
Blah, blah, blah, hey Sun, I was just talking to myself! ;-)
Really, I'm not sure what you want. You never asked a question. How can we help?
I've got no problem with your four cameras, especially if they all have a specialized use. I just don't see what that could be.
Is the paper the size of your pack? What does that show us, how much space they take up?
I travel with more lenses and less cameras, but my stuff weighs almost 20lbs, that includes my tripod.
I carry-on ALL my photo gear outbound, but check half of it on return. At that point it doesn't matter if some gets lost.
If you want advice, I'm glad to give it, just ask.
SS
Really, I'm not sure what you want. You never asked a question. How can we help?
I've got no problem with your four cameras, especially if they all have a specialized use. I just don't see what that could be.
Is the paper the size of your pack? What does that show us, how much space they take up?
I travel with more lenses and less cameras, but my stuff weighs almost 20lbs, that includes my tripod.
I carry-on ALL my photo gear outbound, but check half of it on return. At that point it doesn't matter if some gets lost.
If you want advice, I'm glad to give it, just ask.
SS
Nov 16, 2013 14:55:07 #
Sorry, SS, I was not aware that the "Main Photography DIscussion" forum was just for questions. I was commenting and discussing, not asking for advice. But thanks anyway. Your helpfulness is appreciated.
(The paper is merely a graphic aid.)
(The paper is merely a graphic aid.)
Nov 16, 2013 18:03:11 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Excellent: take lots of cards! First time I went to Europe it was 40 rolls of Kodachrome....
:lol: :lol: And now that can be done with one or two 16gb cards!
Nov 16, 2013 18:07:01 #
Sunwriter wrote:
Sorry, SS, I was not aware that the "Main Photography DIscussion" forum was just for questions. I was commenting and discussing, not asking for advice. But thanks anyway. Your helpfulness is appreciated.
(The paper is merely a graphic aid.)
(The paper is merely a graphic aid.)
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