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Post by dps3006 on Aug 29, 2014 15:39:27 GMT -5
In a week my wife and I will be traveling to Italy for our 35th wedding anniversary. The trip will include Rome, Tuscany and Florence. This is only my second trip abroad. I purchased a camera backpack to haul all my equipment. Making the starting lineup will be my Nikon FM, Ricohflex Dia and my 6x9 German folder (unknown parentage). I am bringing way too much film both color and b&w. Also making the trip my is my Gossen Pilot, tripod, filters and shutter release cables. I know I will be overwhelmed with the amount of subject matter. The anticipation is killing me!
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Post by philbirch on Aug 29, 2014 15:59:51 GMT -5
In a week my wife and I will be traveling to Italy for our 35th wedding anniversary. The trip will include Rome, Tuscany and Florence. This is only my second trip abroad. I purchased a camera backpack to haul all my equipment. Making the starting lineup will be my Nikon FM, Ricohflex Dia and my 6x9 German folder (unknown parentage). I am bringing way too much film both color and b&w. Also making the trip my is my Gossen Pilot, tripod, filters and shutter release cables. I know I will be overwhelmed with the amount of subject matter. The anticipation is killing me! Have a nice holiday and congrats on reaching 35 years! I wouldnt even consider taking that much gear on holiday. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 20:22:07 GMT -5
Make sure you get some shots of the Duomo in Florence. Largest brick dome ever built. Construction of the church took over 100 years. Breathtaking. You need a really wide lens because you have to be relatively close to view it.  W. |
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Post by hansz on Aug 30, 2014 4:06:09 GMT -5
And don't forget your tiny digital cam, for just in case... Also for trips once (twice) in a lifetime...
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Post by daveh on Aug 30, 2014 4:22:42 GMT -5
And don't forget your tiny digital cam, for just in case... Also for trips once (twice) in a lifetime... .....and a camcorder (or maybe cine camera). Looking back on holidays (from the old cine days and more recently) I find moving pictures give things a better flavour as to what the places were really like, particularly so once sound came in. I'm trying to find a way of capturing and retaining smell, as that is the most evocative sense from some places. Good photo, Wayne. Doug, have you thought that if you didn't take the wife along you would have more room for cameras? She could see the photos/cine when you got back. I have only managed a couple of trips to Italy - Adriatic Coast and the Island of Elba (the later of those being 1969). I did have a trip planned a few years ago to the Amalfi coast, but we decided not to go at that time (and haven't got round to it since). It was just as well really, as we wouldn't have got back as planned because of the Icelandic Volcano that blew its top and grounded flights for several days. Have a wonderful holiday, Doug. |
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Post by julio1fer on Aug 30, 2014 20:56:29 GMT -5
Have a nice holiday and make sure that you take a wide angle lens, 28mm or less, in your kit. No shortage of subject matter, indeed. Do not carry too much stuff. And don't forget that little digi. I took a crazy 10-day-bus trip in Italy in a similar ocassion. Best decision I've ever taken.  If you have time, read "The Italians" by Luigi Barzini before you go. |
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Post by dps3006 on Aug 30, 2014 21:05:43 GMT -5
Thanks everybody! I will be taking a digital camera as well. Hans you're right; trip of a lifetime requires a backup.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 30, 2014 23:11:11 GMT -5
Have a wonderful trip. I am sure it will be an experience of a lifetime.
Remember to never, ever lose physical touch with your equipment. And I do mean never. Not for 1/1000 of a second.
It can vanish in the blink of an eye and to compound such a tragedy all your pictures will be lost as well.
And do not ask a stranger to take a picture of you with your camera. They can be amazingly fleet of foot.
Ciao,
Mickey
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Post by genazzano on Aug 31, 2014 3:17:44 GMT -5
Hope you have a great time in Italy, especially in Roma. Make sure you have your cellphone and the emergency numbers just in case of problems. We moved out of the center of Rome to a small village in the foothills outside of the city. Feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance.
David
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Post by dps3006 on Sept 25, 2014 6:28:53 GMT -5
Well I'm back! The trip was sensational. I shot tons of 35mm and a few rolls of 120. Most is color film so I will send out for processing. I will post to Photo Bucket when it all comes in. I also grabbed some digital pics with a point and shoot Canon and my Iphone. I do regret not having a wide angle lens on the trip. It would have been extremely appropriate especially in the Tuscony countryside. Every view was like a post card.
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Post by daveh on Sept 25, 2014 17:04:25 GMT -5
...and it's welcome back from me. I imagine Rome is just north of Buffalo, but how does the weather compare this time of year?
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Post by dps3006 on Sept 27, 2014 18:56:17 GMT -5
Actually the weather was quite warm. We only encountered 1/2 day of rain in 2 weeks. I am still trying to process everything I saw. History just smacks you between the eyes wherever you go. What a lovely country! Sent 8 rolls of film to Dwayne's Photo today.
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