Originally Posted by
manapua_man
I usually carry my absolutely not lightweight tripod, a fast(ish) 20mm prime a generic 35mm MF prime, and (maybe) 500mm telephoto. More often I'll have just the 20mm/35mm combo.
I've become a sharpness snob. I just simply cannot use a light tripod (and can't afford a Gitzo
). Plus if I'm taking a DSLR and plan on doing landscape stuff (my primary focus) I'm going to need a telezoom.
Luckily my SO has a olympus camera which offers a lot of the functions of a more expensive DSLR, is extremely light and has a wide zoom range (and it shoots RAW, which is nifty). It'll probably work well with a gorillapod so I guess I'll have to learn how to use a camera different from a full DSLR.