Originally posted by daacon I
Inside are:
DA 10-17
DA 12-24
DA 35 LTD
SMC 50
DA* 16-50
DA* 50-135
Sigma 105 Macro
Sigma 50-500
Tamrom 70-200
Pentax 1.7x Teleconverter
K20D BG4 Battery Grip
Culman 42000 Ball Head
540FGZ Flash
Extra Batteries , Timer, Pen Light, Fliters
...
I carried this around today for about 1.5 - 2 hours and I felt fine.
And here I am today carrying the load - ahh the things we go through to get a shot
Dave, a few months ago I went for a few hours walk in some mountains whilst on holiday with a very similar amount of gear in a large backpack.
It didn't take me long to realise an unfortunate truth - even the slightest increase in gradient makes a load like that
much harder to bear. I had previously walked around on flat land for a few hours all loaded up without much of an issue. But as soon as I got onto the forest trail I struggled.
So the advice from this flat lander is to consider what sort of walking your going to be doing. I wouldn't be trying to take half that stuff up to a ridge line again!
There's also a lot of overlap in your lenses. Personally I would find myself only using my favourites anyway.
OK now to actually answer your question
I have a large crumpler bag and loaded it up with the following:
- K5 & grip with spare battery
- DA15, M20/4, DA35, A50/1.2, DA*60-250
- Pentax 67 with 55/4 and waist level finder + film
- CF tripod and small ball head
- small accessories
All that minus the tripod was about 12kg. Add the tripod and some water and snacks and it would be about 16kg - pretty close to your 36lbs.