OldSchool-WI Loc: Brandon, Wisconsin 53919

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First off, I have had not experience with either your model camera or your existing lenses. But you want to take lenses worthy of your full frame body. And weight does not seem a big problem. Your long lens is a bit slow, though---even for day shooting of castles. But the fast 85mm will be good for portraits. Remember to take your remote, either corded or cordless. I would settle on a light portable tripod that folds down to a foot or slighly more with the head, rather than a stabilizer.. And fit you camera with a fast attach-release bottom plate if you don't use them already. Use a backpack for your gear since you seem not to have a problem with weight. But unless you are really infirm, I would choose a tripod to take rather than a stabilizer. Although i have a stabilizer like a gun-stock made of light tubing--commercially and have a fast release on that, also. But in summary, if you have a high level, high level in multipixels body---you need super sharp lenses. And if the F:4 is not up to it find an EX better lens. But, also if you switch to an F2.8 in zoom 50-150, those are very heavy.-----ew

ELNikkor

24-105 only! (If you need a faster aperture, just bump up the ISO 3 stops; the R6 will handle it beautifully!) A couple of perceived distant castles you can still get at 105 with mild cropping, which is easily done if shot in RAW. Not worth the hassle of lugging along your heavy stuff, (this is not for Nat. Geo.). If you must "zoom in", a small bridge camera will make a good back-up.

piperplt

We did a Viking cruise a few years ago. I used the 24-105 when in the various ports almost exclusively and my 70-300L when cruising to capture images of the castles. I always tend to overpack so I also had my 16-35 and a Sigma 150-600 with me as well. I normally don't pack a tripod when I travel so I would not take the Sigma again, in fact, I don't think I ever used it. You will definitely want the extra reach while you're cruising.

KiwiRuss

We did a Viking cruise in July 2022 Budapest to Amsterdam. After 3-4 days I realized that I was using a Canon R with the 24-240 lens for less than 10% of images and by the end of the cruise (14 days) I was using my iPhone Pro Max for the rest - shooting in Raw if the lighting was tough, such as in castles. If I was in an area where I was concerned about theft, I only carried the iPhone. Also only iPhone when out at night.

I was disappointed by the ability to get good images of castles from the boat ( the castles are built on high ground and the view from below is not ideal) - check out what the cruise line images are for info on angles used and then work out how many could be taken from the cruise ship.

Also, you may find that the ability to get onto the villages etc is often not possible in the evenings because the ship doesn't stop overnight every night.

Despite these issues and problems created by low water levels, we had a great time and will do it again in a few years.

Walt B

I took my RF24-240 and RF100-400 on that cruise. With today's software, you can shoot at higher ISO's without any problem.

Walt B

OldSchool-WI Loc: Brandon, Wisconsin 53919

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Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

I would take the three you suggest.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

"Walt B" same as I did.