It's been awhile since I posted. Work. Looong hours.
Now, however, the show is done and I'm taking a multi-week trip to make 10 months of having no life worth it. It is perhaps a once in a lifetime motorcycle camping trip (with the occasional route 66 style motel stay). I'll ride north from Los Angeles, up the U.S. west coast, then east a bit to to visit our National Parks. I'll travel to Redwood first, inland a bit to Crater, back to the coast and up to Olympic, over to Glacier, then down to Yellowstone. I'm 53 and it's unlikely I'll be doing it again.
I want to document the trip for my honorary nephew who gets "that look in his eye" whenever I visit on a motorbike; he's going to end up a motorcyclist at some point. He asked me to GoPro the ride so I decided to do so in the hopes of inspiring him to travel the U.S. like I have; safely and with an emphasis on following the path of one's nature.
I feel the 08 lens is integral to following the path of my nature...
KIDDING!
Well, about the 08 lens's relationship to Taoism anyway.
The only lens in the "system" I didn't have was the 08. Like many, the price has always put me off but today I found a Pentax dealer lens for $250.00. It checked out in perfect condition, like new, just no back cap. The 08 completes my native Q system and, as many have stated in the past, It's extraordinarily compact for a "complete system". It's like it was made for traveling on a motorbike; I'm truly gobsmacked. I've read about others here who were very satisfied having taken a Q series on their trips and I've all but decided to take the Q7 for digital capture on mine. So...
Full Pentax Q system for a once in a lifetime motorbike trip? Opinions?
FYI, I'm also taking two film cameras and shooting Tri-X for shots I'll want to have negatives of. They were easy choices, an MX with several lenses in the bag for more considered shots and an Olympus XA always in my pocket for snapshots.
Last edited by MD Optofonik; 07-18-2016 at 07:21 PM.