So your house is on fire. Flames, smoke, little explosions and sparks as lightbulbs burst. It's just like a movie.
You have 30 seconds to get out before the whole thing collapses. You've got your wife, the kids, and the dog and you're heading for the door as smoke pours out and flaming beams fall behind you.
Luckily, you keep your camera kit right next to the door (or window, or whatever otherconveniently placed escape route you are heading for). Thank God! You can save the camera equipment! You pick up the camera bag, sling it on your shoulder, then realize...
Oh no! The bag is empty! You left it all your precious gear sitting out on the kitchen table last night (should have listened to the wife and tidied up before bed)!
Time is ticking, you have only seconds to decide and get out. You can't grab the whole kit, you only have one hand free (because of the kids and dogs and such piled in the other).
Which lens do you grab? Which lens can't you live without for the 3+ months it takes the insurance company to finally get that check out to you?
You only get one, better decide quick!
(and hopefully it's a wide angle, that way you can get some sweet shots of the flaming house while waiting for the fire department[:P]).
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Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
We had to catch a really early flight one time, and I said we have to leave the house by 4:30. At 4:22, we're almost ready, and she asks if she can take a few minutes to make the bed. I grumble, and she makes the bed. Turns out we missed the parking shuttle by a few seconds, had to wait 15 minutes for the next one, and almost missed our flights. She was happy that we left on time (by definition, we did), but I had to convince her that it's better to leave as soon as we're ready, as the timetable only has so much wiggle room.