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 p.3 #10 · 8,000$ dream travel kit with these rules | |
to the OP:
Travel Kit: Panasonic G1, plus
G Vario 7-14 f4; the 9-18 Oly; OR G Vario 14-45 f3.5-5.6 OIS. Alternatively, the 20/1.7, and get close or walk away; very small and unobtrusive kit
G Vario 45-200 f4-5.6 OIS in side pocket
Travel? ONE cheap body, and a couple of throw-away lenses. If you know how to expose properly, this will do just fine whether for print or web and, if you lose the kit, or it gets stolen, you will have plenty of money to replace it with (assuming you kept that safe!).
I travel all the time for my work. If the work is photography, I usually take a D700 and whatever pair of lenses the job needs (for example, next job in Australia is architecture, so 14-24 and 24 PC-E). I might throw in the 60/2.8 macro for details.
If for John Deere, then D700, 80–200/2.8, 35–70/2.8, and the second D700 body, and lots of batteries, because there are no excuses out in the bush for gear failure when shooting machines that run over $1,000,000. If I were shooting one of the harvesting machines for a brochure, I might take the 24 PC-E as well.
If products, then Elinchrom and softbox, paper, one body, 45 PC-E, and 60/2,8 or 105/2.8 VR
It's all about knowing what the client wants. The point is, I don't like to lug gear around dangerous locations any time, frankly, and if I were doing humanitarian work, I'd be saving money for that. In that situation, for me, the image-making would be coming second to the main work. I think the Panasonic is the kit to go with; I have one and it's a lot of camera for the money. hth, kl
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) - $1500
(you did say and I quote you "Call me weird")