Spares... do we all have the right ones?

Most of us have spare bodies that we take along on jobs. We wouldn't
think of going on an assignment without one. Spare shoe mounted flashes,
extra batteries, extra filters, spare cable release, etc., etc.

But how many of us carry spare lenses? Since I switched to digital I
found that my most often used lens is a Nikon 28-70 f/2.8. I use it for
80% of my shooting (followed by the 17-35 f/2.8, then the 70-200
f/2.8VR.) But I didn't have a spare main lens!!! And of course THAT is
what died on me in the middle of a shoot 50k away from my studio. The
aperture control lever spring broke. I could shoot (in bright sunlight)
using manually set f/22 at 1/4000 with an ex/comp of -5 and 'almost get
the correct exposure...

I was lucky this time. I had a 50mm f1.4 in my bag, just because it was
so small and light weight that I never took it out, so I could pretty
much cover all the focal lengths, but the first thing I did when I got
back to town was purchase the new Tamron 28-200 'just in case.' It's not
up to the specs of the Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 but it will get the job done if
I need it too, is almost as small and light weight as the 50mm, and was
cheap. It now sits in the bottom corner of my run bag, well wrapped in
silica gel and fungicide packets, awaiting the day when my main lens
goes belly up again!

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com

--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:51:09 +0700, Steve Kramer
wrote:

Most of us have spare bodies that we take along on jobs. We wouldn't
think of going on an assignment without one. Spare shoe mounted flashes,
extra batteries, extra filters, spare cable release, etc., etc.

But how many of us carry spare lenses? Since I switched to digital I
found that my most often used lens is a Nikon 28-70 f/2.8. I use it for
80% of my shooting (followed by the 17-35 f/2.8, then the 70-200
f/2.8VR.) But I didn't have a spare main lens!!! And of course THAT is
what died on me in the middle of a shoot 50k away from my studio. The
aperture control lever spring broke. I could shoot (in bright sunlight)
using manually set f/22 at 1/4000 with an ex/comp of -5 and 'almost get
the correct exposure...

I was lucky this time. I had a 50mm f1.4 in my bag, just because it was
so small and light weight that I never took it out, so I could pretty
much cover all the focal lengths, but the first thing I did when I got
back to town was purchase the new Tamron 28-200 'just in case.' It's not
up to the specs of the Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 but it will get the job done if
I need it too, is almost as small and light weight as the 50mm, and was
cheap. It now sits in the bottom corner of my run bag, well wrapped in
silica gel and fungicide packets, awaiting the day when my main lens
goes belly up again!

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com


Please post some more of your funny magazine articles.

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:51:09 +0700, Steve Kramer
wrote:

Most of us have spare bodies that we take along on jobs. We wouldn't
think of going on an assignment without one. Spare shoe mounted flashes,
extra batteries, extra filters, spare cable release, etc., etc.

But how many of us carry spare lenses? Since I switched to digital I
found that my most often used lens is a Nikon 28-70 f/2.8. I use it for
80% of my shooting (followed by the 17-35 f/2.8, then the 70-200
f/2.8VR.) But I didn't have a spare main lens!!! And of course THAT is
what died on me in the middle of a shoot 50k away from my studio. The
aperture control lever spring broke. I could shoot (in bright sunlight)
using manually set f/22 at 1/4000 with an ex/comp of -5 and 'almost get
the correct exposure...

I was lucky this time. I had a 50mm f1.4 in my bag, just because it was
so small and light weight that I never took it out, so I could pretty
much cover all the focal lengths, but the first thing I did when I got
back to town was purchase the new Tamron 28-200 'just in case.' It's not
up to the specs of the Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 but it will get the job done if
I need it too, is almost as small and light weight as the 50mm, and was
cheap. It now sits in the bottom corner of my run bag, well wrapped in
silica gel and fungicide packets, awaiting the day when my main lens
goes belly up again!

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com


Please post some more of your funny magazine articles.

McLeod wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:51:09 +0700, Steve Kramer
wrote:


Most of us have spare bodies that we take along on jobs. We wouldn't
think of going on an assignment without one. Spare shoe mounted flashes,
extra batteries, extra filters, spare cable release, etc., etc.

But how many of us carry spare lenses? Since I switched to digital I
found that my most often used lens is a Nikon 28-70 f/2.8. I use it for
80% of my shooting (followed by the 17-35 f/2.8, then the 70-200
f/2.8VR.) But I didn't have a spare main lens!!! And of course THAT is
what died on me in the middle of a shoot 50k away from my studio. The
aperture control lever spring broke. I could shoot (in bright sunlight)
using manually set f/22 at 1/4000 with an ex/comp of -5 and 'almost get
the correct exposure...

I was lucky this time. I had a 50mm f1.4 in my bag, just because it was
so small and light weight that I never took it out, so I could pretty
much cover all the focal lengths, but the first thing I did when I got
back to town was purchase the new Tamron 28-200 'just in case.' It's not
up to the specs of the Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 but it will get the job done if
I need it too, is almost as small and light weight as the 50mm, and was
cheap. It now sits in the bottom corner of my run bag, well wrapped in
silica gel and fungicide packets, awaiting the day when my main lens
goes belly up again!

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com



Please post some more of your funny magazine articles.

Here is August's http://www.gmorning.info/photo_vision.htm The
September issue won't be up on their site for another day or two.

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com


--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust

Steve Kramer wrote in message ...


If you didn't use crap jap equipment you would not have had this problem.



Most of us have spare bodies that we take along on jobs. We wouldn't
think of going on an assignment without one. Spare shoe mounted flashes,
extra batteries, extra filters, spare cable release, etc., etc.

But how many of us carry spare lenses? Since I switched to digital I
found that my most often used lens is a Nikon 28-70 f/2.8. I use it for
80% of my shooting (followed by the 17-35 f/2.8, then the 70-200
f/2.8VR.) But I didn't have a spare main lens!!! And of course THAT is
what died on me in the middle of a shoot 50k away from my studio. The
aperture control lever spring broke. I could shoot (in bright sunlight)
using manually set f/22 at 1/4000 with an ex/comp of -5 and 'almost get
the correct exposure...

I was lucky this time. I had a 50mm f1.4 in my bag, just because it was
so small and light weight that I never took it out, so I could pretty
much cover all the focal lengths, but the first thing I did when I got
back to town was purchase the new Tamron 28-200 'just in case.' It's not
up to the specs of the Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 but it will get the job done if
I need it too, is almost as small and light weight as the 50mm, and was
cheap. It now sits in the bottom corner of my run bag, well wrapped in
silica gel and fungicide packets, awaiting the day when my main lens
goes belly up again!

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com

McLeod wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:51:09 +0700, Steve Kramer
wrote:

Please post some more of your funny magazine articles.

Here is the latest one that you asked for. Enjoy it!
http://www.gmorning.info/photo_vision.htm

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com

--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust

McLeod wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 07:51:09 +0700, Steve Kramer
wrote:

Please post some more of your funny magazine articles.

Here is the latest one that you asked for. Enjoy it!
http://www.gmorning.info/photo_vision.htm

Steve Kramer
"PhotoEnvisions" Freelance Photography
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.photoenvisions.com

--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust