Travel Gear (try to keep it simple)

Contarama said:
Lux, cron, & gon kit. Has a nice ring to it.

Id put the lux on the 9 and the cron on the 8. Carry the gon (this one more different than the others requiring different frame of mind too imo)...and work on some phone shots.
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I was thinking today of exactly this set-up. Keep the Gon for special settings.
 
I used to think I would "miss" photos if I didn't have a complete range of focal lengths. Now, I realize that I don't miss any subjects with a smaller selection of focal lengths, the images just have different perspective and composition. I used to travel with only a Leica M6 and 35 and 50mm Summicron lenses. These days it's an M240 with the same lenses in a very small canvas satchel. I couldn't be happier.
 
I like to keep it simple. My travel kit for most of the past ten years has been either a Nikon D40 or D7000 body and a 35mm f/1.8 AF-S DX lens.

During my travels, I have often wanted a wider lens, occasionally wanted a longer lens, but never wanted more bulk or weight.

If my wife and daughter didn't demand instantaneous images, I would be perfectly happy to bring my Nikon FE and 50mm f/1.4 AI-S lens instead. My wife's iPhone X is good enough that I may be able to shift the digital burden onto her and shoot film in my real camera on our next trip.
 
Yeah, I keep it pretty simple. I take my M3 and a 35/50 combo and my Yashica T4, somtimes my Rollei. If I was living in Fantasy Land, I'd have my M3 and a 35/50 combo and a Widelux and leave the other two at home.
 
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FWIW, the LX5 zooms from the equivalent of 24 to 90mm and you can zoom smoothly or in steps like 24, 28, 35, 50, 75 and 90mm which I find very useful.



REgards, David
 
If you get up to the Four Corners area, I'll buy you some green chile enchiladas. I live in Waterflow, NM, halfway between Farmington and Shiprock. Just let me know!


Bingley said:
I've come to the conclusion that the vast majority of the photos I like to shoot on vacation trips to cities can be taken with just 50 and 35 lenses (or their equivalents). On hiking trips I may take a 28 instead of a 35, but when I visit European cities a lot of my photography is street, for which I use a 35 or a 50.

I've got two vacation trips planned this summer, and am planning to take somewhat different kits on each:

NM (Santa Fe, Abiquieu, Taos): M3 with Zeiss ZM Planar 50; IIIc with Summaron 35/3.5; Olympus Pen F with 17/1.8 and 45/1.8 lenses.

Paris, Loire, Brittany: IIIc with Nikkor-HC 50/2.0 and Summaron 35/3.5; Rolleicord Vb; Olympus Pen F with 17/1.8 and 45/1.8.

In the past, I've often taken along an Olympus XA as a second and pocketable film body, but I'm leaving it at home this summer in order to simplify travel kits.
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OK, I have packed my camera bag. The deed is done. Thanks for all the input in this thread. I kept things simple. One small camera bag with two compartments. It felt right to just slip in the M9 & Lux 35/1.4 plus M8 & Rigid Summicron 50/2, with a "back-up lens", the Zeiss Hologon 16/8. A compact package with a high level of practicality.
The possible views: 16-35-50 on the M9 and 21-46-66 on the M8.
 
Thank you, Jim. It is each year a very special time of the year for us.

I got also a paper accepted for publication today. Clusters of Alzheimer's Disease in the USA. Made me happy. Research and photography, both make me happy.
 
creenus said:
If you get up to the Four Corners area, I'll buy you some green chile enchiladas. I live in Waterflow, NM, halfway between Farmington and Shiprock. Just let me know!
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Thanks! Still working on the itinerary but I'll let you know if we get up your way. I was in southern NM in early April and had a fantastic green chile cheeseburger in Hatch.
 
raid said:
Thank you, Jim. It is each year a very special time of the year for us.

I got also a paper accepted for publication today. Clusters of Alzheimer's Disease in the USA. Made me happy. Research and photography, both make me happy.
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Congrats on the publication acceptance, Raid, and have a safe and enjoyable trip. Looking forward to your photos when you return; I hope you'll post some here.
 
Thank you, Steve.
I just removed the Summicron from the bag. This makes it easier. 35 Lux on the M8 and the Hologon on the M9.
 
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