Iceland September - The Plan: 35mm lens, Velvia 50, no tripod

[billschwab]

This time I am traveling light to Iceland as well. I'm only taking 50 rolls of film!

[calceman]

As Dan said, Iceland is very photogenic. Just go to a book store and look at all the choice in landscape photography books. 35mm is small equipment, so I definitely would include a couple of lenses and a tripod. You will need a tripod for the northern lights, waterfalls...

[Denis K]

... compose 5 frames of film per day.

... the peaking bounty of undeveloped film coincided with the voyage home.

Somebody once said that experienced photographers never-ever use the last two exposures on a roll of film, no matter what - something about never knowing when the second coming might take place unexpectedly.

Denis K

[Mike1234]

May I suggest a different option? Allow yourself as much film/processing as you want but with as twist. Pretend it costs you $20-30 per shot as it would if you were shooting 8x10 inch film and make a donation to some nice charity for every shot you take. The donation should be fiscally painful for your particular pocketbook so the amount may change (+/-)... and no cheating!! :-)

[///alpinepower]

As Dan said, Iceland is very photogenic. Just go to a book store and look at all the choice in landscape photography books. 35mm is small equipment, so I definitely would include a couple of lenses and a tripod. You will need a tripod for the northern lights, waterfalls...

yeah, i am actually rethinking the tripod scheme. if i can find a way to fit one, it goes too.

[Leighgion]

I always fret about the lens that I left behind - and if it would have allowed me to make the spectacular shot that I could not get. But, that's part of the exercise.

Each to their own, but at a certain point you have to ask yourself, are you taking a camera along to take pictures, or to mess with yourself?

A certain level of messing with yourself can be educational, yes, but there's a limit if actually getting photos you like is still a major part of the goal.

[david b]

My first time to Iceland was with Bill and I took one Hasselblad body, two backs, three lenses, two light meters, one Hasselblad Xpan camera, 70 rolls of medium format APX 100 and 20 rolls of 35mm APX 100. I shot a total of 55 rolls of the medium format film and I think about 15 rolls of the 35mm film.

[thefizz]

I plan to take my "rediscovered" FT2, a single roll of velvia 50, and a 35mm lens on the trip to compose 5 frames of film per day.

Could you limit yourself to one roll, one lens, and the other self-imposed caps?

You gotta be joking, I was more like 5 frames per minute. Do not limit yourself, Iceland presents so many photographic opportunities any time of the year.

[Marcus S]

One camera, one lens works well for me. However, I would take a small tripod and to be safe, a little more film.

[ivan73]

One lens is OK, I guess. But the film can be really slow there to shoot without tripod.