gearing up: what to bring to the beach.
So Bai and I are attending my company’s beach party this Saturday and the dilemma right now is what camera to bring.
Well I’m the only one in a dilemma. Bai has already decided to bring his Fm2n + 80-200 f/2.8 + fisheye. And me…Decisions decisions!
It used to be an easy task. Renault is the first in the bag, so is my Vivitar and AV-1. But now, with my whole camera film family, I have to do some narrowing down.
Sure enough, Renault will be going. And the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim so is AE-1P + 50mm f/1.4 (vivitar will do well for wide) since they were the ones who got left behind when I brought AV-1 and the cmena to Tagaytay. So it’s fair. Of course the underwater cam.
And then after much deliberation, bargaining and pity looks from my cameras (Yes, they were doing that when I looked at them from the table) Here’s the almost final list. (Also with film.
| camera | film |
|---|---|
| renault (canon ixy 910 is) | n/a |
| snapsights underwater camera | ASA 400 film (most prolly dnp centuria) |
| vivitar ultra wide and slim | 1 Konikachrome ASA 200 |
| canon ae-1p | Konika chrome/ profoto/proplus (will insert av-1’s Kodak Color 200) |
| tammy’s holgaga | 1 slide film /1 bw400cn |
So that’s 5 cameras (1 digital p&s, 1 film slr, 3 toy cams) and uhm, 8 rolls of film (omg overkill? 4 color negatives, 3 slides, 1 b&w).
Err, yeah, that sounds about right…I think….
April 17th, 2008 at 12:14 am
overkill?!?! sounds normal to me! :D hey chica, been awhile; email me your snail-mail mailing address, I have something for you.:) you shoot any medium format????
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April 17th, 2008 at 1:08 am
hey edye! it’s been a while! missed your posts/comments :)
Bai currently scored a Bronika medium format cam…and I was able to borrow a holgaga for the beach trip (maybe I could prolong this), so yeah I think I shoot any medium format :P
why? :O
April 17th, 2008 at 1:42 am
You’re bringing too much gear.
Just bring one camera and use it as best as you can.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Sir Jo! it’s been a while since you last dropped by :) Nice to hear from you again…
Only one…?! :O…oh dear…
Can I compromise to 2-3 cameras? Hahaha…
April 17th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Just bring one. You’ll end up not enjoying the trip with all the gear you have to lug around.
Besides, you can only shoot with one camera at a time. :D