MikeC wrote:
I responded previously, but would like to remind again those considering an Alaskan trip that you will have both fog and rain most days and a long telephoto of 300-400 mm will be quite useless on those days. When we were there two years ago, we didn't see Mt. Denali (Mt. McKinley) the whole time we were there because of fog and clouds. The mountain looked great on the postcards we bought!
Not arguing with you, just trying to provide a perspective to help the OP make a decision. As I said, I don't know Alaska, to enable the OP to apply an appropriate discount factor to my comments.