icefest wrote:How many kg of camera gear do you take?
icefest wrote:Wow. That's some serious dedication.
Isis wrote:I carry a Velbron 630CF with a Arcatech ball head, 2kg all up. Holds my Pentax 6x7 or 4x5 quite ok. Guessing 6 kg in total. I do often question the worth of carrying too much camera gear when you don't really know what you will see.
GPSGuided wrote:I have never used a Gorillapod before and have a question. Given Gorillapod's limited leg length, the camera is never that far from the firm base the tripod is anchored to. So the question is, why not just rest the camera directly on the firm object (with a sandbag or rolled up bits of clothing or pack) for the shot? How do you find it?
GPSGuided wrote:I have never used a Gorillapod before and have a question. Given Gorillapod's limited leg length, the camera is never that far from the firm base the tripod is anchored to. So the question is, why not just rest the camera directly on the firm object (with a sandbag or rolled up bits of clothing or pack) for the shot? How do you find it?
stepbystep wrote:I refuse to weigh my gear but it's heavy and bulky! I carry a full length Sirui CF tripod plus ballhead, Canon 5D mkII with a 24-105 lens and a Samyang 14mm wide angle lens plus some filters ... I used to carry a Panasonic GH1 which was light enough to fit on a 400 odd gram tripod. I carried that through the POW's for 12 days. I think I possibly would have died if I took my current kit...
stepbystep wrote:I refuse to weigh my gear but it's heavy and bulky! I carry a full length Sirui CF tripod plus ballhead, Canon 5D mkII with a 24-105 lens and a Samyang 14mm wide angle lens plus some filters. I'm saving my pennies for a decent macro lens for the kit
I used to carry a Panasonic GH1 which was light enough to fit on a 400 odd gram tripod. I carried that through the POW's for 12 days. I think I possibly would have died if I took my current kit...
biggbird wrote:stepbystep wrote:I refuse to weigh my gear but it's heavy and bulky! I carry a full length Sirui CF tripod plus ballhead, Canon 5D mkII with a 24-105 lens and a Samyang 14mm wide angle lens plus some filters. I'm saving my pennies for a decent macro lens for the kit
I used to carry a Panasonic GH1 which was light enough to fit on a 400 odd gram tripod. I carried that through the POW's for 12 days. I think I possibly would have died if I took my current kit...
How do you find the Samyang? Have heard/read/seen some pretty good things for such a cheap lens! I'm looking into getting something wider next year, and wondering whether I should save my money and avoid the 14-24, or whether I should just pony up the big bucks or not... Guessing I'll probably buy it in the end, as I can't resist such big, exciting looking things... But we'll see
For the record, I rarely carry a tripod. I know I should, but I guess it's all a question of what your aims are with your walking, and whether photography is the main one. Also, how fit you are and how much weight your back can handle I'm thinking that as I get fitter this summer, I may start to carry one more often, but we'll see. Hopefully headed to Frenchman's for a few nights in the not too distant future, and being able to stay at 1 or 2 different overnight stops for a longer duration certainly makes it a more attractive proposition, as opposed to lugging it around everywhere.
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