I'm working on this. Keep after me! "...when I approach a scene I ask myself how the capture would look as a print, perhaps even a very large one. If it doesn't rise to that level, I choose not to photograph and instead enjoy the sensation of just being there." >>>>>>>>>>I do like to document where I am when I take a photo, and of course, there are always the fun ones. Like when we pick on you... or you hold a banana over my head. What fun we have!
When it was time to go digital I chose Sony APSC because of the tiny form factor. As I fell in love with printing I migrated to the full frame with Zeiss and G master lenses. Bigger and heavier but I always chose f4 because of the weight/flexibility aspect. I pack the f4 trinity along with a fast 50. When out and and about I mount the 35-70 and carry in a pocket or small pack whatever other lens/es I’ll need on that walkabout and leave the others in a safe in the hotel room. Oh and now my a6300 is packed as a backup camera.
As for slowing down to think about the images - I started with film where every press of the shutter was a trade off between the image I saw and the image I might miss because I was out of film. Thanks for the reminder to be intentional, digital makes it easy to be sloppy.
I've been more extreme, traveling primarily with only the smallest full-size sensor camera I can find, the Sony a7C, with the surprisingly excellent 28-60 kit lens. Back in the day, a backpack with 2 SLRs and 4 or more lenses. Too heavy. Went to a single Canon 5D (all versions, over time) with three lenses, such as you plan for Patagonia. But even that set-up is pretty bulky unless your taking photos full time on a trip (which I haven't been lately). The Sony a7C is a "real" camera, but much lighter and more compact. But . . . I think I'm going back up the scale, to a Fujifilm GFX 100S. Life is too short for compromises.
I shoot with an OMS-1 and take my 12-40 and 40-150 2.8 pro lenses. They cover the waterfront and I usually start with the 12-40 and only use the longer telephoto for birds and animals. Light and handy.
In 2015 the wife and I made a 5 week trip to Italy for some sight seeing and hydro boats on the Po River. I took a Nikon J1 with me as my back up camera,(2 lens) and the D700 with the Tamron 10-24, 50mm and 70-200. All of this was in a backpack for convenience. I used the J1 a few times, If I could do it all over again I would take the D800 and one lens, a Sigma 24-200 macro Super zoom. That with a tripod, you can cover all your bases from panorama's to telephoto close up.
I just returned from Lofoten, Norway and carried my Tamron 15-30f/2.8, my Canon 24-105f/4 and my Canon 70-200f/2.8. Used the wide angle and 24-105 most of the time with an occasional 70-200. In Antarctica and Patagonia last January and February I didn't bring the wide angle but added my Canon 100-400f/4-5.6. I also brought a GoPro and used it on a short monopod to shoot unwater images of icebergs. I shoot with Canon R6 and R3.
Indeed! Simple is best.
Fuji x100 for me with leica Q2 Monochrome.
Single lens wonders....
I'm working on this. Keep after me! "...when I approach a scene I ask myself how the capture would look as a print, perhaps even a very large one. If it doesn't rise to that level, I choose not to photograph and instead enjoy the sensation of just being there." >>>>>>>>>>I do like to document where I am when I take a photo, and of course, there are always the fun ones. Like when we pick on you... or you hold a banana over my head. What fun we have!
When it was time to go digital I chose Sony APSC because of the tiny form factor. As I fell in love with printing I migrated to the full frame with Zeiss and G master lenses. Bigger and heavier but I always chose f4 because of the weight/flexibility aspect. I pack the f4 trinity along with a fast 50. When out and and about I mount the 35-70 and carry in a pocket or small pack whatever other lens/es I’ll need on that walkabout and leave the others in a safe in the hotel room. Oh and now my a6300 is packed as a backup camera.
As for slowing down to think about the images - I started with film where every press of the shutter was a trade off between the image I saw and the image I might miss because I was out of film. Thanks for the reminder to be intentional, digital makes it easy to be sloppy.
I've been more extreme, traveling primarily with only the smallest full-size sensor camera I can find, the Sony a7C, with the surprisingly excellent 28-60 kit lens. Back in the day, a backpack with 2 SLRs and 4 or more lenses. Too heavy. Went to a single Canon 5D (all versions, over time) with three lenses, such as you plan for Patagonia. But even that set-up is pretty bulky unless your taking photos full time on a trip (which I haven't been lately). The Sony a7C is a "real" camera, but much lighter and more compact. But . . . I think I'm going back up the scale, to a Fujifilm GFX 100S. Life is too short for compromises.
I shoot with an OMS-1 and take my 12-40 and 40-150 2.8 pro lenses. They cover the waterfront and I usually start with the 12-40 and only use the longer telephoto for birds and animals. Light and handy.
In 2015 the wife and I made a 5 week trip to Italy for some sight seeing and hydro boats on the Po River. I took a Nikon J1 with me as my back up camera,(2 lens) and the D700 with the Tamron 10-24, 50mm and 70-200. All of this was in a backpack for convenience. I used the J1 a few times, If I could do it all over again I would take the D800 and one lens, a Sigma 24-200 macro Super zoom. That with a tripod, you can cover all your bases from panorama's to telephoto close up.
I just returned from Lofoten, Norway and carried my Tamron 15-30f/2.8, my Canon 24-105f/4 and my Canon 70-200f/2.8. Used the wide angle and 24-105 most of the time with an occasional 70-200. In Antarctica and Patagonia last January and February I didn't bring the wide angle but added my Canon 100-400f/4-5.6. I also brought a GoPro and used it on a short monopod to shoot unwater images of icebergs. I shoot with Canon R6 and R3.