Going Skiing. Which Camera?

[Sirius Glass]

I did said that I do not do photography when I am on skis. I just do the photography off the skis. I still drive and walk around to take photographs. I will take the skis off when I finish skiing and then go back up the lifts with the camera equipment. If I am taking a gondola there is no problem; if I am taking a chair lift the lift has to stop for an instant so that I can walk out of its way.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Yeah. Lifts. What are those? I'm still trying to perfect my patent on a helium-filled camera bellows.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Lifts are added to worn shoes. And also a way to get up the mountain without skins on the skis.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Odd. Skin has always been something I tend to lose skiing.

 

[KidA]

Fuji GS645W would be my choice, hands down. IMHO the ultimate outdoor adventure camera.

That would be the non folding one, right? Do you have any outdoor experiences with the folding 75mm version? The W version has the fixed lens position that sticks out too much to put in a pocket! I guess you keep it in a bag when you're out and about?

 

[barzune]

Rollei 35 with Sonnar lens.

++1

 

[adelorenzo]

That would be the non folding one, right? Do you have any outdoor experiences with the folding 75mm version? The W version has the fixed lens position that sticks out too much to put in a pocket! I guess you keep it in a bag when you're out and about?

It would depend on your pocket I suppose. Mine would fit in some of my pockets but I usually keep it in in small pouch on the waist belt of my pack.

 

[KidA]

For the medium format, it's looking like a battle between the Zeiss Super Ikonta 531 A vs Fuji GS645. Thoughts and experiences on these?

 

[aoresteen]

Back in the early 80's I was a Special Forces Team Commander with 1st Bn, 10th Special Forces Bn at Bad Tolz GE. I had a mountain team and we did a lot of skiing. I would take a couple of cameras, I used a small Rollei 35 LED camera and a Pentax ESII. The ESII I kept in a chest harness with a plastic bag over it. The Rollei 35 was dummy corded to my equipment harness and I kept it in a small pouch.

Here's a shot with the Rollei when we were doing an ALpine tour in the German Alsp around 1982.



Sorry for the very poor scan. The film was Kodachrome 64 and I was just learning how to use the scanner when I did this 10 years ago.