kirk_nelson

I've been up there twice in the last two months and I tried something different in terms of photography each time. The first time I just took my Olympus Stylus Epic P&S, and although it worked well I felt I was missing some good shots due to its limitations. Last month, I carted around an SLR with a 28-105 lens and a 100-300 lens, plus a flash and various other equipment. I have a Lowe Pro hip pack and it wasn't terribly inconvenient to lug around. Usually I swung the pack around to the front before I got on a lift otherwise I felt like I would fall off since I had to sit forward!

 

There were pluses and minuses to both setups. You can't beat the P&S for convenience: it is very light and easy to access. On the other hand you might miss some shots, plus you have no control over exposure. I found the SLR setup a little cumbersome, but not bad. I probably wouldn't recommend it for someone with very little experience skiing or snowboarding. I also found that I never swapped out the lens, so make sure you bring a good zoom lens. It is just too much of a hassle monkeying around with the lenses on the mountain. Also, regardless of what camera(s) you have you will probably take fewer real keepers than you hoped for. If you take too many shots you start sacrificing quality skiing or riding, and you can't have that! Good luck.

 

P.S. I posted some of my shots on PhotoPoint. Have a look at http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1434846&a=10755532&f=0 for the P&S album, and http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1434846&a=11874890&f=0 for the SLR album.<div></div>

I looked on the vivitar site and couldn't find it either. It WAS there last year. I believe I still have it somewhere on my computer. If you e-mail me I can send it to you. It is in pdf format.

I attach my Vivitar 285 to my Yashica using a PC cord. I mount the

flash on an L shaped bracket. This works okay, but you have to focus with the same hand you hold the bracket with. This gets the flash well above the taking lens, so red eye shouldn't be a problem.

I bought a Yashicamat 124 a few months ago and I've been generally

impressed. On a couple of my rolls, however, there have been

overlapping frames. The frame spacing in general has not been

consistent even when not overlapping. Does anyone have any

suggestions on how to fix this problem? Could it be due to my film

loading technique or is it more likely a problem with the winding

mechanism? Any help is appreciated!

 

Kirk Nelson