Re: [Leica] A dreaded equipment question

[ejdong@juno.com]

Dante,

Whenever I travel to Asia with my wife, I take my NIkon FE or FA with (3)
lenses. I use the 20mmF2.8, 28mmF2.8, and my 50mmF1.4. 
If I need a small telephoto, then I drop the 28mm & 50mm, and use my
35mmF2.0 and my Tamron 90mmF2.5 Macro lens.

In addition to my SLR, I bring either my Olympus Stylus Epic or my Contax
T2. For medium format I use my Rolleiflex T. My wife usually carries a
Konica digital camera and our camcorder. Between the two of us, we have
enough cameras to go around. 


Evan

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 23:36:13 -0500 Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu> writes:
> 
> I am going to Thailand next week; I am starting to wonder what type 
> of 
> camera I should take.  The last time I was in Asia, thirteen years 
> ago, 
> it was a battered Autoreflex T.  I think that I would like to use 
> something a little different this time.  I don't usually ask 
> people's 
> advice about these things, but not having any recollection of travel 
> 
> when it is 40 degrees C out, I want to minimize any extra weight or 
> wasted capacity.
> 
> I usually take a Fuji GA645 for b/w(=35mm lens angle of view) plus 
> either a Hexar RF with Summilux 35 and Kobalux 21 for color.  A 
> couple 
> of things are making me second-guess the 35mm part.
> 
> -- One is that with a rangefinder, it is hard as hell to keep a 21mm 
> 
> lens level.
> 
> -- The other is that after last month's run-in with donkey-cart 
> racing 
> in Italy (when I nearly got run over), I started thinking of using 
> something with a 50mm lens for color to get a touch more distance.  
> I 
> find that this is usually easier with an SLR than with a 0.6x 
> rangefinder.
> 
> The creeping idea is to take a Nikon F4 (small grip) with a grid 
> screen 
> and some selection of compact lenses (I have a 20/2.8 Arsat and a 
> 50/1.8 Nikkor).  Has anyone taken this hiking around?  Or is it 
> better 
> to run back for the Summilux?  The size is not a huge issue; the 
> weight 
> might become one.
> 
> If you go outside those basic parameters, the lens choices are:
> Leica: 21, 35, 50, 90
> Nikon: 20, 50, 105DC, 24-85
> 
> Also, is the humidity bad enough to need silica gel?
> 
> Cheers
> ____________
> Dante Stella
> http://www.dantestella.com
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