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 p.2 #2 · Foil gear thieves. ..! | |
Ben Horne wrote:
Dude, you have to seriously reconsider the stuff you take with you. You can only stop and evaluate the photographic opportunities so much. :-) A rolling case will likely fit most of that gear. They have some pretty big cases out there, and it'll take the load off your back.
Well, I don't normally have all that stuff with me. But consider the circumstances:
I was on a trip from Houston to the Dallas / Ft. Worth area for a long weekend.
I left early in the morning, and was going to show up at the Ft. Worth zoo at about 10 am (so, no time to head first over to Dallas to get my hotel room, as they wouldn't have it available, and would've added over an hour to my schedule anyway). That's the reason for the 500/4 IS, flash, ballhead, etc. And also the 300/2.8 IS, though I chose not to use it.
Later that afternoon, I was going to head over to a small club in Ft. Worth (never been there before, so wasn't sure exactly what lenses I'd need) to shoot a concert. This was after having dinner with my brother and dad, who had driven down to get some old stereo gear that I was getting rid of (did I mention I had *that* in my car, too?). Plus an old PC that I was getting rid of. Oh, yeah, I had my laptop with me, too, of course.
I had to get to the club early to make sure I'd get a decent seat (never been there before, so didn't know how crowded it might or might not be, how early I needed to show up, etc).
The next day I was attending an all-day type concert in the Dallas area, and for that I thought I might rather use the f/2.8 zooms, and possibly the 300/2.8 IS. Again, I didn't know the exactly layout of the venue, nor where I'd be able to get a seat, etc. My hotel was next door, so I didn't have to leave the stuff in the car THAT day (though it was all in my hotel room).
I'd never carry all that ON me (doubt I could) . . . that's also why I had multiple types of bags . . . for different circumstances.
I often don't know what I'm going to encounter on trips like this, and have multiple itineraries.
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