Sahara (Tadrart and Hoggar)

Hello,

I going to spend a week in the algerian's sahara. I want to bring black and

white equipement with me. I'm a beginner so could you help me to choose the

"good" equipement in this list ? The less i will take with me, the most quite i

will be (i think).

Bodies (35 mm) : Pentax KX and Super Program

Lenses : 28mm, 55mm, 70-210mm and a 2x converter

Fims : FP4, HP5

Filters : Yellow, Orange, Green, Linear Polarisator

Thank you.

Laurent

You might add a #25 Red filter to enhance skies, maybe? The effect will be slightly

different from the one you'll get with the polariser.

You might want also to bring some ziplocks to keep some of the sand away from the gear

(it's a lost war anyhow, but you can still win a battle or two).

Changing lenses in such a sandy environment might be an issue. I remember going all

lenght to shelter the camera with my body, trying to do the changing into a plastic bag

which was neatly folded in my pocket before we entered sandy places and so on, but with

little results. A search for ways to keep dust and sand out of your camera -a digital

obsession- will give you many results.

That list of equipment sounds perfect. What Salvatore talked about regarding the dust is huge. A little dust whipped into your camera, lens focus mechanism or otherwise will terminate your trip. I used a plastic bag and kept my camera in my jacket (duh) while in the Moroccan Sahara. Don't forget the Red filter! You can perhaps skip the green but that's up to your taste.

Be careful in the Algerian Sahara....Algeria seemed to have dropped off the tourist map talking to people due to the dangers. Don't have personal experience, only what was related to me.