Please go straight to the last part if you want to help me, but don't like talkatives !

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The pleasure to master a technic, to use a tool properly, is essential for me in photo.

The rigth move, at the right time/place, with the right tools makes me happy.

I like photo report, and more precisely to offer friends photos the usually don't have (situation, quality...).

I am not motivated to shoot a beautifull landscape, if there is nobody I knew on it,

or linked too a strong memory, cause I know a better photo does already exists somewhere else.

In brief, the esthetic search is secondary... just want to "succeed" something nice.

Most of the time, it's sport photos. I like weddings too... And all that is new for me (cf technic).

PS: I'm found of photozone tests and like to train my english,

that's why there's so many faults, and why I'm here instead of on a french forum.

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I'm one of the dinosurus who started photo with film photo...After Canon A1 & Minolta AF,

my dream team was during a long time flash +17-35 + 50-200L with 2 light EOS in montain

(and 2 EOS RT when weight was not a problem).

Even if the digital revolution made me loose part of my "aura" of photographer, I liked this change.

But with the time (as me!) the team gained weigth : 10-22L+EOS500D(+200g) + 50-200L+EOS5D(+400g) = +600g !!!

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Unfortunatly, at the same time, more and more people shoot beaufull photos with small digital cameras <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='🙁' />

so I really need a lighter team now to make sens (3kg for something just a bit better...).

Think hybrids would be the solution, and wait a long time for EOS-M... yak.

Now I can't wait anymore. To change partially of brand for mountain repport is not a problem at all for me.

but wich solution ?

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I'm looking for a new lighter equipement for mountain climbing around 1,5kg

from ultra wide angle to tele (200min.. but the more, the better).

I was thinking about something with a panning mode for wide angle and/or bridge for the tele.

Bad or good idea ? wich ones ? other ideas ?

THANK YOU if you got advices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!