I am in the early stages of planning a long trek in Nepal and Tibet, which will probably entail trekking at various altitudes for between 30 - 45 days. I was th inking of reducing my 4x5 outfit down to ;
Toyo field camera 90mm f/8 lense 300mm f/9 lense Spotmeter Manfrotto Tripod Quickload holder, plus approx 100 - 140 sheets of Quickload film. Loupe Three or four filters Notebook and pen Tape measure (for macro) Darkcloth
Even this would be fairly heavy and bulky. Another option, slightly heavier, wou ld be to replace the 300mm lense with a Fuji617 with 300mm lense, which is much more bulky and delicate, but could help in terms of film bulk and quantity (say 50 rolls of 220 replacing 2 boxes of Quickload), and the lense would have the sa me filter size as the 90mm lense. Do others find it easier to carry a number of film holders and change film en route? This would help in terms of film choice.
However both of these options preclude carrying much else other than camera equi pment, and I would like to hear from others who have done this kind of thing bef ore what equipment choices and compromises they have made.
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