What don't I need?
May 1, 2021 13:13:47 #
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
May 1, 2021 13:18:32 #
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
I just did a tulip trip. All I used was my macro for individual tulips and my wide angle 10-18 for groups
May 1, 2021 13:21:27 #
Yes, too much. How many days are you going? You'd be justified with more than one lens if going for more than one day. Where's your 18-135, if you have? That's the lens you need. If you like wide shots, just take the 10-18. The 18-400 is fine for 'everything', except you won't need that size / weight as you'll never be beyond 100mm. The 60mm macro is another interesting 1-lens option and will be just as good a selection, just changing your results to a bit more individual flowers and some distance shots of maybe buildings.
May 1, 2021 13:24:18 #
Depends on your shooting style, image desires, and what conditions you may anticipate.
May 1, 2021 13:32:41 #
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
Are you walking or driving ?
If I were driving I would take everything I might need on the trip and to get the images while there.
But then I was a Boy Scout
I'M 81 but have never learned to travel light , until I get where I'm going, then take what I need for the shoot.
However I very often stop along the way for other photo-ops.
May 1, 2021 13:44:37 #
[quote=CHG_CANON]Yes, too much. How many days are you going? You'd be justified with more than one lens if going for more than one day. Where's your 18-135, if you have? That's the lens you need. If you like wide shots, just take the 10-18. The 18-400 is fine for 'everything', except you won't need that size / weight as you'll never be beyond 100mm. The 60mm macro is another interesting 1-lens option and will be just as good a selection, just changing your results to a bit more individual flowers and some distance shots of maybe buildings.[/quoteI don't have an 18-135, so Ill be taking the 10-18 and 60 macro. I'll be walking in Holland. As I'm 80 I don't want to carry much. Thanks Canon
May 1, 2021 13:48:19 #
When I travel light with my Nikon D5300, I take the Tamron 18-400 and Nikkor 10-20; one Speedlight and batteries and memory cards.
May 1, 2021 14:13:20 #
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
No, NOT too much.
Pretty good kit and ALL useable for what you are doing.
Have fun!!!!!!
May 2, 2021 06:56:09 #
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
Perfect! I don’t like to carry much but for a trip like that you have it covered.
May 2, 2021 07:00:17 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
Macro and wide zoom
May 2, 2021 07:46:05 #
when shooting film back in 1974 I used a fixed 400 mm and a 9 mm or 15 mm extension tube at an Easter tulip show in Amsterdam resulting in an effect similar to macro only at a fair amount of stand off. It was a sunny day Note I also pushed the asa on the ektacrome 200 to 640 when developing.
May 2, 2021 09:01:09 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
We used to frequent the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival when we lived in Seattle. There, the real question was whether it was sunny or cloudy. I found sunny days better for closeups and macros, and cloudy days better for medium shots. My widest lens was 21mm, and although I took it, I never used it. I also had both 180mm and 300mm lenses, but never used those either.
Remember that the tulip farms are just that, with same-color tulips planted together in straight rows. There are some things you can do with that, but it gets pretty repetitive pretty quickly. The festival is pretty much like other festivals, where I've always found a moderate zoom to be most effective. Changing lenses is likely to be less than fun, because of crowds and spring weather.
I'm not trying to be a downer hete, but rather to suggest keeping it simple. If I were going, my choice would most likely be my 24-120 zoom, even if I ended up taking a crop camera. If I happened to be feeling really adventurous, I might take my 60mm macro and leave everything else at home (or at least in the car).
May 2, 2021 11:09:56 #
larryepage wrote:
We used to frequent the Skagit Valley Tulip Festiv... (show quote)
The OP does not have a 24-120.
May 2, 2021 11:15:16 #
Consider one lens, the Canon EF-S 17-85mm zoom lens. See review here: https://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/lenses/17-85-is.htm
Note this lens with its cropped sensor will give 27 to 136mm, a little longer than the standard full frame lens at 24 to 105mm.
Note this lens with its cropped sensor will give 27 to 136mm, a little longer than the standard full frame lens at 24 to 105mm.
Dim Flash wrote:
Next Thursday I am taking a quick trip to the tulip festival in Holland, MI. I am trying to get by with the lightest smallest kit. I'll be taking one body, a Canon 90D (crop camera) with an 18-400 f3.5. also planing on a 10-18 f4.5 and a 60 f2 macro. Of course there will be extra batteries and memory cards. No tripod or mono-pod. My question is: am I taking to much?
May 2, 2021 11:29:31 #
Hmmm, I did a workshop in Costa Rica a number of years ago. My take along was a 35 macro and I rented a 16-300 for use on a Canon 7d2. I also had a pocketable point & shoot, which never got turned on. For your trip, the 10-18 and the kit 18-135 will probably be fine. And the macro may never get used but doesn’t take up much room, so, yeah, bring it along for some closeup opportunities. Enjoy the trip!
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