Not just a "car" kit as my commute includes car, ferry, and bus (actually
muni underground), but there's always a minimal setup in my backpack. At the
moment it's a 4T with a 35-105, and with a 28/2 in reserve.
Basically wherever i go, the backback goes, and so does the camera.
RickM
----- Original Message -----
From: <NSURIT@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] The "Car Camera" -- anyone have one?
> In a message dated 5/11/2003 6:08:54 PM Central Standard Time,
> gmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Anyone on the list actually keep a "car camera?"
>
> There are probably many who would say I am crazy, however I usually have a
> kit with me in my SUV in Houston. Keep it in a Tamrac bag, between the
rear
> bucket seats, covered with a towel. If it is going to be real hot, I'll
> leave the windows open a bit or carry it inside with me. Camera will
usually
> be an OM 2S (usually two) and whatever lenses I plan to be using in the
next
> few days. Usually a 35-105 Zuiko and maybe a wider lens. Often the Tamron
> 90mm f2.5 and also the Tamron 180mm f2.5 and a 2X teleconverter. Friday
it
> included the Tamron 400mm as I was planning on going to the park in the
> afternoon to do some birding and alligatoring. Did both. There is almost
> always a tripod behind the seat. So there you go . . . I carry a kit with
> me, try to keep it from baking and have it insured for what it would cost
to
> replace it in the event it gets stolen. Do I use it? You betcha.
Although
> the past week has been a bit unusual for me I've made somewhere around 400
to
> 450 exposures of flowers, snakes, birds, all sorts of zoo animals,
> alligators, alligators and more alligators, buildings and abandoned
> buildings, night shots of traffic, wrecking yards, trash on the side of
the
> road and more. These were done in both B&W and color slides. I've done
> everything from macro and wide angle to extreme telephoto. I've used
$1,000
> telephoto lenses and a $20 Sima soft focus lens. Two observations, I
would
> make. If I didn't plan to shoot I wouldn't have made most of these
exposures
> and if I didn't have a camera with me I wouldn't have made any of them.
One
> of my shoots was for the TOPE and 2 others were for competitions at a
local
> club. Next Saturday I am going to a rookery for the day to photograph
young
> birds and plan to shoot at least 5 or 6 rolls of film. I find that my
> activity increases as my intentionality increases. So I vote to carry a
kit
> and one that gives you some options. Bill Barber
>
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