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What’s in the bag?
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\nAs I get ready for my 4th and my wife’s 3rd return trip to beautiful Big Bend National Park, I am of course planning on what camera gear I will be traveling with.\u00a0 Each piece of equipment has it’s purpose and thought went behind the selection of every piece.\u00a0 As if selecting specialized tools for a specialized purpose, this trip will require (at least in my mind…that’s all that matters, right?) different tools.\u00a0 Each trip brings about it’s own unique requirements and the high desert and mountain terrain of the upper Chihuahuan\u00a0Desert\u00a0presents it’s own unique set of requirements.\u00a0 As you may be aware, I don’t just shoot digital or film, but both (for a variety of reasons I won’t discuss here).\u00a0 So on to my selection and\u00a0my methodology of madness in this selection.<\/p>\n

Digital selection:\u00a0 This is simple, my canon 5dmkii\u00a0(my primary digital body).\u00a0 This will be used for critical work, primarily sunrise and sunset when I have a specific purpose in mind.\u00a0 I imagine it will be used lightly.\u00a0 As a side thought, it will also be used for shooting HD video to document my trip.\u00a0 Lens selection for this setup includes a 17-40L, 24-105L, 70-200\/2.8L and two primes consisting of the lowly 50\/1.8 and the pancake 40\/2.8 stm (a very fine lens I will have to blog about later).\u00a0 That’s it.\u00a0 A quite capable setup that could be used on it’s own the entire trip.<\/p>\n

Film selection:\u00a0 I am bringing 3 camera bodies, each with a purpose. First up is the canon 7ne.\u00a0 This will be used as a backup for the 5dmkii (they both are EOS mount cameras) and I can share lenses between the two.\u00a0 I will also be shooting color with this setup, probably some Fuji Velvia (color slide film) as I am quite confident in the metering of modern canon’s and will need this confidence in shooting such a film with such limited dynamic range.<\/p>\n

Next up is the Minolta xg-1.\u00a0 Now this may seem an odd selection.\u00a0 The xg-1 was a cheap, low end bodied compared to other Minolta bodies of the vintage.\u00a0 I have other Minolta backs and a far more capable srt102.\u00a0 Here is my reasoning though.\u00a0 We will be going into Mexico one day and I do not want to take a high end body.\u00a0 Secondly, this body is light and for 2 of our long day hikes planned, I want to keep weight to a minimum.\u00a0 I learned long ago carrying a full dslr setup for 10+ mile day hikes is not worth it.\u00a0 I end up not using the camera and wishing I left it back in the car.\u00a0 I also don’t like digital during harsh daylight hours.\u00a0 Add to this Minolta lenses are superb.\u00a0 Coming along for the ride is the 50\/1.7 rokkor x, 35\/2.8 rokkor, 28\/2.8 celtic (the 28 and 50 are my hiking setup) and the vivitar 135\/2.5 (a fine portrait\/telephoto lens).\u00a0 I will be shooting color film primarily with this setup.<\/p>\n

Included is a 1952 Leica IIIf with the Leica 50\/2 summitar, canon 28\/3.5 (w\/ external viewfinder) and the canon serenar 50\/1.8 (backup for the summitar).\u00a0 This setup is mighty compact and will probably go most places with me (short hikes, etc) and will be my black and white setup.\u00a0 These old leica and canon lenses draw particularly well with traditional B&W film.\u00a0 On harsh\/bright days, I may use this for color as these lenses are light in the contrast department and give color a pastel look, cutting the contrasty (is that\u00a0even a word?)\u00a0harshness out of midday sun.<\/p>\n

For film, I am bringing color and B&W.\u00a0 Why even bring film in the first place?\u00a0 Well, I will share.\u00a0 Daytime photography is not optimum.\u00a0 The first and last hours of the day are ideal for best light.\u00a0 However, I am on vacation and while I will be shooting in the magic light, most of my time will be with my wife exploring the park.\u00a0 I find digital camera’s to wash out colors, block shadows and blow out highlights in harsh light leading to blah photos and way too much time in front of the screen trying to salvage something.\u00a0 Color negative film shines in this department.\u00a0 Easy peasy to shoot.\u00a0 Meter for the shadows and don’t worry about the highlights and the natural shoulder of color negs will tame those bright areas.\u00a0 If any highlights blow, it will be graceful.\u00a0 And color will be rich and vibrant (especially with ektar).\u00a0 Color film choice is kodak\u00a0ektar.\u00a0 This iso 100 daylight film works wonderfully for landscapes.\u00a0 Rich, vibrant colors, extremely detailed and extremely fine grained.\u00a0 Requires almost no post work (just develop and scan).\u00a0 I have an extra roll of portra 160 and a roll of Fuji xtra400 (if I need the speed and as backup).\u00a0 I also will be shooting two rolls of Fuji velvia100.\u00a0 This will be my first foray into slide film as all I buy and shoot are negs but these were a gift and what better way than to try it out with some desert drama.<\/p>\n

Black and white film will be a mixture of Kodak TMAX100 (for supreme detail and tonal range) and Ilford delta400 (when I need more speed).\u00a0 An odd roll of Kodak Tri X will also be included.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because it is Tri X.\u00a0 If you look to the left of the screen, that desert scape was shot on Tri X last year.\u00a0 Anymore questions?\u00a0 I thought not.<\/p>\n

Also included are an array of filters and filter systems for both color, B&W and a polarizer for the digital setup.\u00a0 Of course a tripod will be brought, my bogen manfrotto with ball head. I may add an Olympus XA to the list because, well, it is tiny and I love it.\u00a0 The perfect travel companion and could be a backup to a backup.\u00a0 Oh, and the Nikon L35AF that lives in my glove box.\u00a0 That is it,…I think.\u00a0 I will be sure to update this blog when I get back with images from this excursion.<\/p>\n

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