What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

I'm finding that I don't carry my SLR as much as I should because of the
weight. I'm curious - what are others carrying for a lightweight travel
kit and what do you consider an optimum lightweight setup? I would use
this kit while traveling as a tourist and while hiking.
Thanks.

THO

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

There's no question about it, the 17-35mm f/2.8 is your only choice. This
lens is far superior to the 17-55mm and will make you quickly forget about
primes in that range.
Rita


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Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

Smallest 'kit' is camera phone... like day trips to Mexico, on the bus, etc.
Then D200 with the 45/2.8 pancake lens in a black pouch bag with a
handle... I can pull it out quickly and stuff the bag in my pocket, then
stuff it back in the bag to carry discretely for street shooting. I can
also fit the Sigma 12-24 or Nikon 28-200 in that bag. Pretty rare that
I'll chose the 28-200 though.
Otherwise I carry a narrow/tall day pack which holds the full kit around
most places. It's heavy but I figure it's good exercise (20 lbs with
tripod & a small water bottle). If I'm taking a longer day hike & need
to carry more food & stuff, I'll leave out the 70-200/2.8 but it's a
shame not to have that.
D200
Gitzo 1298 Basalt tripod w/ tiny Linhoff 9051 ball head.
12-24/4.5-5.6 Sigma
45/2.8 P
70-200/2.8 VR
105/2.8 VR macro
2xTC
+2 diopter Canon 500D closeup lens 77mm
step up rings, polarizer 77mm
2x2GB CF cards, manual, blower, lens cloth
(leave the 28-200/3.5-5.6 at home)
-want/need a 24-35mm prime (or 17-35/2.8 [24-70] zoom & a 14mm prime)
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Paul Furman

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

I just went through this for my backpacking trip to China. I ended up
with a Lowepro Nova 1 AW shoulder bag and took my Rebel XT, Tamron
24-135, Canon EF-S 10-22, a 1.4x teleconverter, 1 extra battery,
charger, and a bunch of CF. It worked out perfectly.
Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons


G.T.

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

While traveling as a tourist around town, if I want to stay light, I
usually bring a small shoulder bag with my Nikon D70s and 18-70 and
sometimes also my 12-24. At night, I might leave the 12-24 and bring
my external flash.
For hiking, I pack my gear in a LowePro Mini Trekker AW backpack. I'll
strap my tripod to the back of it.
Kevin


K-man

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

I carry a small dSLR with a small lens mounted in a small holster pack
almost everywhere everyday.
http://digitcamera.tripod.com/#slr


AaronW

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

In article <tho-17E39E.18554616092006@news.giganews.com>,
One of the reasons my photographic hobby dwindled was it became a pain
to carry the Canon AE1 body, the 35-85 and 85-210 zooms, flash, tripod,
films etc.
My first digital was a Sony S70 compact. Suddenly taking a camera became
fun again and with a Velbon P-Max tripod (800g) very versatile. A year
or so ago I bought a Fuji S7000, while much bigger than the Sony but
still light enough to carry in a daypack.
If you're one of those people who doesn't stray more than 100m from your
car, (can't drive there - won't go there) then a DSLR can be useful, but
if you're the Sierra Club type who doesn't think twice about a 10km hike
then you'd be better off with a non-SLR digital.
I also have 2 Fuji F440s which are jacket pocket sized, which I use as a
stereo camera instead of my heavy David White Stereo Realist.


Stewy

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

I personally don't care about weight, it's more ergonomics that matter,
IMO. If you really do anticipate needing the absolute lightest weight,
you have three choices:
1. Buy a compact P&S and use it.
2. Use the DSLR body and one of those 10x zooms, 18-200.
3. Before going out, do your darndest to figure out which f.l.s you'll
need and use the lens closest to that. Anticipate your ability
(wherever you are going) to either get closer or further away from an
object you are shooting, rather than carrying more than enough lenses
to deal with whatever you encounter.


RichA

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

Peter,
That wasn't always the case. The Spotmatic bodies were not especially
compact, and when Pentax belatedly changed to the K bayonet mount the
camera bodies were comparatively large.
Olympus changed all that with the OM System, and Pentax had to
respond. With market share already way down because of their tardiness
in changing to bayonet mount, Pentax desperately needed a light,
compact competitor to the superb OM series.
The result was the ME, MX and the SMC Pentax-M lenses. The MX was a
jewel of a camera; a strong competitor to the OM-1 and genuinely built
to pro standards. But the ME? It might have been compact but it
certainly wasn't ergonomic.
Pentax gradually got to the point where the range was mostly compact
*and* ergonomic, but it took years. The LX was a big step in the
right direction but there were too many bodies based on the ME/ME
Super, with those silly buttons for changing shutter speed. I really
enjoyed my Super A bodies (still have one somewhere!) but those
buttons were very annoying.
So it is only in recent years that the Pentax range of SLRs could
claim to be compact and ergonomic. The recent film SLRs and the DSLRs
all fit that description, but let us not forget the years when Pentax
SLRs were either (or neither) compact (n)or ergonomic, not both.
;-)


Tony Polson

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> a écrit dans le message de
To
better
No, a RebelXT would have been lighter, in fact, a Rebel and a 28mm f1.8
would be OK for about 90% of the time, the rest like wider shots could very
well be made up of 2 or 3 shots stitched together as for the need of a
telephoto while travelling, it is needed very seldom (for me) unless I want
to fill a frame with some detail.
Jean


Jean

Re: What is your lightweight SLR travel kit?

Recently I've been taking my Canon Elan 7ne with one lens which is a
Canon 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 II USM lens, a Canon 430 flash, a couple of
graduated gray filters and a polarized filter. The whole kit fits into a
bag that's approximately 8L x 5W x 7H in. with a small side pocket. I
shoot Ilford B&W plus Fuji slide film; when necessary changing film to
suit the scene.


Nick c

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