Hoping to go to DV, JT etc. in February. Taking 10x12 Chamonix camera and a couple of lenses - a 300mm (equivalent to 35mm on a 35mm camera) and 480mm (equivalent to 57mm on a 35mm camera). Would YOU also take say a 210 (equivalent to 25mm on a 35mm camera) as well? What selection would you take for what format? Thank you!
Also, should I bring my guitar, ukulele, or both?...
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Looking back over the period that I used 8x10 exclusively, only two lenses were in my kit, a 300mm and a 475mm. Later I added a 185mm, however used it sparingly, not being a big fan of the wide angle look.
Thanks Merg. Yeah, I too seem to like the 35~65 (on 35) aspect most...
When I was 16 I thought my father the stupidest man in the world; when I reached 21, I was astounded by how much he had learned in just 5 years!
-appropriated from Mark Twain
I have been going to DV for over 25 years. I always have a wide angle with me as well as a couple of long lenses.
The last several years most images have been with a 12" Dagor on a 7x17 camera.
Which is equivalent to 210 on 10x12...hmmm....Originally Posted by Jim Noel
When I was 16 I thought my father the stupidest man in the world; when I reached 21, I was astounded by how much he had learned in just 5 years!
-appropriated from Mark Twain
A trombone. Definately trombone!
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
Actually... that's how I swing. No mattter what format camera I take I always bring a "normal" and a "longer than normal". I don't get much use out of wide angles when I bring them.
p.s. Where is DV and JT?
DV = Death Valley, California
JT = Joshua Tree, California
And the San Gabriel mountains are visible, once in a while, from Los Angeles. (When my dad first moved there in the early 1960s, he didn't know there were mountains there for over two months.)
Oh, yeah, about the lenses: Take one lens, but send it for a CLA before you go. Then have fun and don't worry, be happy!
Death valley and Joshua tree? Cali.
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