Do I bring the lens????
Jun 26, 2019 14:45:47 #
worldcycle
Loc: Stateline, Nevada
Just returned from 5 weeks in China and Tibet. I took a 5dmiii, 16-35 L, 50 1.4 and 70-300 L. Covered absolutely everything I did. Also took a G5X pocket which covered many situations when I decided to leave everything else behind in hotel.
Jun 26, 2019 15:43:34 #
Have you considered renting for the trip, here, in Canada,we don’t have the rental option that you have south of the border.
Give it a look over you possibly have it ship to your destination saving you the transportation
Give it a look over you possibly have it ship to your destination saving you the transportation
Jun 26, 2019 15:45:18 #
Jun 27, 2019 07:01:17 #
Leave it home; you aren’t going to need it anyway. Enjoy your vacation instead of worrying about a ton of equipment. I’m betting most of what you shoot will be with the wide-angle.
Jun 27, 2019 07:08:42 #
imagemeister wrote:
It does most everything WELL -in a small package - on a decent 1" sensor - really the ideal travel camera if you are not working for Natgeo. - https://kenrockwell.com/sony/rx10-iv.htm
it is not inexpensive tho
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it is not inexpensive tho
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Jun 27, 2019 07:31:47 #
Leave the big gun at home. You'll have a lot more fun and not even miss it. I wouldn't even carry both bodies. Just one and the spare tucked away as a backup with its body-cap on. 24-210 will cover 90% of your shots. (BTW - I Googled "24-210mm zoom, and got no hits. I don't think anyone makes one. You never mention your bodies, or whether FF or DX. Could it be you have Nikon FX, a non-Nikon wide angle, and the Nikon 24-120, but just typed it "210"? I do that a lot!) Either way, I have the Nikon 24-120, and do 90% of my shooting with it on my D750.)
Jun 27, 2019 08:11:36 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
No! You will make yourself and others miserable. Go light. If you feel you must have a 300, rent a zoom. Above all don’t take a big assortment of lenses. Imagine you’re trekking and think about how quickly you could do a lens change on the trail while everyone else waits...
Jun 27, 2019 08:12:53 #
juanderfulpics
Loc: central jersey
Last year I decided to leave all my gear at home and just took my sx50hs to key west. Best decision I made all year.
Just saying
Just saying
Jun 27, 2019 08:18:24 #
imagemeister wrote:
It does most everything WELL -in a small package - on a decent 1" sensor - really the ideal travel camera if you are not working for Natgeo. - https://kenrockwell.com/sony/rx10-iv.htm
it is not inexpensive tho
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it is not inexpensive tho
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Interesting review for a travel camera, but you're right ... it is not inexpensive!!!!
Jun 27, 2019 08:34:19 #
Definitely not! Travel light. If necessary, buy a single-lens, compact camera with a good zoom range.
Jun 27, 2019 08:55:43 #
You will rarely need anything longer than 70mm on a vacation, unless you're hiking in the mountains or across the plains and want photos of birds. A 24-70mm or so f2.8 or f4 is the ideal walk around lens. Have the wife take a superzoom bridge camera for the rare long shots, like a Lumix FZ-200 (28-600mm f2.8).
Go to mitchellk photos or to MEL365 photos and read what the pros recommend.
A 200-600mm FF lens is ridiculously long and heavy to lug around, eapecially in hot and humid VietNam.
Go to mitchellk photos or to MEL365 photos and read what the pros recommend.
A 200-600mm FF lens is ridiculously long and heavy to lug around, eapecially in hot and humid VietNam.
Jun 27, 2019 08:58:29 #
I have never visited Vietnam so my tips are general ideas of what I could do if I go based on the information I could receive. First thing first, I do not want to travel with a 200-500 lens (Tamron and Sigma make the 150-600) because it is big and heavy and I know it will be an inconvenience in my trip.
The 15-30 lens will do a great job, I am sure of that. With my Nikon D7000 I tend to use my 18-70 AF-S lens than anything else and surely it would be the lens that I would take with me. My wide angle needs are covered with the Nikon 12-24 f4 AF-S but any wide angle zoom like yours will do the job.
For the Zoo the 24-210 (I do not know of any 24-210) will be helpful if you are using a cropped sensor camera. A 70-300 would be a better choice in my case, I do not know what camera are you using.
My main thought here is not to carry the big lens.
The 15-30 lens will do a great job, I am sure of that. With my Nikon D7000 I tend to use my 18-70 AF-S lens than anything else and surely it would be the lens that I would take with me. My wide angle needs are covered with the Nikon 12-24 f4 AF-S but any wide angle zoom like yours will do the job.
For the Zoo the 24-210 (I do not know of any 24-210) will be helpful if you are using a cropped sensor camera. A 70-300 would be a better choice in my case, I do not know what camera are you using.
My main thought here is not to carry the big lens.
Jun 27, 2019 09:16:43 #
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Jun 27, 2019 09:20:55 #
denverdave wrote:
Hi everyone. I have a very subjective question so ... (show quote)
My solution to traveling is a 70-200 with a 2x extender. I used to carry a 150-600, but it was a pain in the a**. A decent long lens and an extender covers me pretty well.
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