[10day bicycle tour] What photo gear to bring?

[FrankS]

Given the update, I'd go with this:


Rollei 35S (40/2.8 scale-focus only)
Leica IIIc (CV 21/4, Russian Industar-22 50/3.5 collapsible)

[FrankS]

Originally Posted by PKR

take the XA

Did you read post #26?

[Peter_wrote:]

i would just take the rollei then. and maybe u have a small digital p&s, or someone could u borrow one, to put it in your shirt pocket instead of the xa.

[Cagliostro73]

I would NOT bring Ms... too much shaking. You'll risk some RF misalignment or worse. XA and a digital p&s sounds like a good idea. For this last one option just look for something that takes AA batteries thus you can bring some spare ones with you...
Enjoy.

[venchka]

Originally Posted by Spicy

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[*] Yashica 635 (medium format 80/3.5 - equivalent to a standard 50mm perspective on 35mm film)[/list]...

Well RFF, what say you?

Take me! Take me!

You can't say I didn't warn you.

Wayne

[Spicy]

well, i'm back. ended up taking a nikon FG-20 with a 50/1.8 loaded with B&W 400 and an M4-P with the CV21/4 loaded with color 100.

shot 4 rolls of color, 1 of B&W. problem is that the front retaining screw ring of the CV21 unscrewed itself (likely due to the crappy pavement i was riding on for the 2nd half of the trip), but i didn't realize it until it had completely unscrewed itself and the front element had fallen out and was rattling around behind the lens-cap. virtually 80% of my color shots are out of focus enough to be pretty useless, despite having shot everything at f/8 hyperfocaled from 1m-infinity, because the front element of the lens wasn't where it was supposed to be.

aaarrrggghhhh. at least a few color came out, and a couple from the B&W roll are decent. still sucks, though -- i was hoping to have some nice mountain-scenery shots to print as a momento

[miatab]

Rode from Salzburg to Prague a couple of summers ago, and the only cameras to accompany us were a couple of zoom viewfinder equipped cigarette pack sized digitals: a DSC-W110 sony Cyber-shot, and a Casio EX-Z850. Never regretted leaving the big stuff at home; Doing it again, I'd try to find a second Casio and leave the Sony at home. Along with the film cameras. We brought back about 1500 images. And an infinity of memories.

[Moriturii]

Originally Posted by Cagliostro73

I would NOT bring Ms... too much shaking. You'll risk some RF misalignment or worse.

Absolutely rubbish.

Here is someone who isn't going on internet fables, or hearsay, but actual real-life experience (sorely missing from the internet forumz).

I bicycle most of the year, except for hard Swedish winters (December to April), and ALWAYS have a rangefinder camera with me, either around my neck or in my bag. Most of the time an Hexar RF, sometimes lately a Leica M6. I don't have any shock absorber on my bicycle, not even on my seat, only shock absorption is the tires and my butt, and I have NEVER had a RFF miss-alignment on any of the cameras, not even the Hexar RF, let alone the bullet proof Leicas.

You are back from your trip now but If I could've put in my 2c, I would've said put that M4P around your neck, and let your thighs burn a little.