What did you use for desert trips I and II? What did you miss? What was excess?
Personally, I think two lenses should be adequate. I also feel comparing 10x12 to 7x17 is a stretch (maybe literally). Having had and used both formats, they seem like completely different animals to me.
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.Originally Posted by John Kasaian
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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That would be like a zoom lens...
Richard, are you traveling by car or flying down?
If you're driving the entire way then you have plenty of room for another lens in that big steel camera bag with wheels.
And even if you're flying, then you might want the wide angle to do that classic (cliche?) shot of the mysterious tracks at the Racetrack.
another thought: if you're taking another back for the Chamonix (5x7 maybe?) then you suddenly have additional FL's from the same lenses. (at the cost of additional film holders obv.)
I feel the two will be enough. Anything longer than the 480mm (600mm?), while fun, starts to add up weight, lots of bellows extention in the windy desert, and makes our arms way too short to adjust the front while looking on the GG. I do have a 600mm (24") and a TR that converts to 28", but they are not permanent residents of my 8x10 pack (the permanents are the 210mm, 300mm, and most times the 19"). Only the 300mm is in a shutter, so the others are more difficult to use once I get out of the redwoods. I have a 250mm (Fuji f/6.7) in a shutter that will soon be put on a board and start living in the 8x10 pack...if that covers 10x12, that would be a fun lens to add to your mix.
A 210mm that covers would be fun to have along. But in a world of infinite photographic possibilities, you will find enough images with just the 300mm and the 480mm.
Vaughn
I think I have enough room to bring a 210; can't hurt. I also have a 250 Fuji but find that I'm not using it as much so may sell it.
Yeah a 210 (24 on 35), 300 (35) and 480 (57) will make a nice trio for 10x12. Will probably bring 8x10 reducing back and a bit of colour film as well. Thanks all!
Oh, and I may bring both the Uke and the mini Martin...
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What's JV and DT?
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