Ireland Trip: Leaving for Ireland in a week and would like recommendation on what lenses to take. I have a Nikon D7100 and Nikon D610. Lenses are: Nikon 20-200mm f2.8 (FX) Nikon...

masonite

Leaving for Ireland in a week and would like recommendation on what lenses to take. I have a Nikon D7100 and Nikon D610. Lenses are:
Nikon 20-200mm f2.8 (FX)
Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 (FX)
Nikon 35mm f1.4 (DX)
Nikon 50mm f1.4 (FX)
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 (DX)
Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 (FX)
Any suggestions for combination camera and lenses? Trying to stay minimalistic and not take too much equipment. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!

gwilliams6

Take the 28-300mm (FX) and the 24-70mm (FX), and both cameras. Never go with a single camera body, or risk losing all your vacation shots if a body goes down.

I would not worry about having a f1.4 lens so much. Most of your photos will be outdoors. Yes I have been to Ireland and Scotland.

Cheers

charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA

gwilliams6 wrote:

Take the 28-300mm (FX) and the 24-70mm (FX), and both cameras. Never go with a single camera body, or risk losing all your vacation shots if a body goes down.

I would not worry about having a f1.4 lens so much. Most of your photos will be outdoors. Yes I have been to Ireland and Scotland.

Cheers

Agree. The one lens is enough.

Chuck

masonite

Thanks, but any use for the ultra wide?

charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA

masonite wrote:

Thanks, but any use for the ultra wide?

I suppose you can always find a use for it. I think it will have a lot to do with the amount of room you have in your bags (I use a backpack. And if it can fit in I will probably take it).

Are you taking a motor coach tour. On your own. Or something other than that. When we went there a number of years back we took a motor coach tour. Saw a lot of stuff and met some really nice people. One of the nights we stayed at the ashford castle. One of the highlights was while there I got to handle a couple of hawks. Really cool.

We went a couple days early and after the tour we went to London Paris and Venice each for a couple days. We enjoyed every minute.

Chuck

Mike D. Loc: Crowley County, CO.

Check the archives and see what focal range the majority of your shots fall into.

The bulk of my landscapes are between 24 and 70 mm but your mileage may vary.

Just before I upgraded to the D 750, I shot a 10-day Ireland vacation with a D 7100 and a 10-24mm. It was a new toy and I had options, but it never left the camera and I still managed to get some nice shots.

It depends on many factors unique to you. If weight is not an issue, I would take more glass, but my knees are shot so it is an issue for me.

gwilliams6

masonite wrote:

Thanks, but any use for the ultra wide?

That 11-16mm in DX is the fullframe focal length equivalent of 16.5mm-24mm , so yes on your D7100 it would give you a bit wider view. But if you are trying to travel light, then I would leave it ,as both the 24-70mm and 28-300mm will be more useful on your D610.

If you feel you cant live without that wider view, then take the DX 11-16mm and leave the Fullframe 24-70mm home.

Cheers and best to you.

masonite

Motorcoach tour. First time to Europe so excited about it. Hoping for some great landscape shots.

charlienow Loc: Hershey, PA

masonite wrote:

Motorcoach tour. First time to Europe so excited about it. Hoping for some great landscape shots.

That was our first Europe tour. Had been to Africa and Asia before. Very much enjoyed the trip.

I had only kit lenses for my Nikon d5500. 18-55. 55-300. And an 18-140. Seemed I always had the wrong lens on the camera. So when I got back I bought the Nikon 18-300. Have since bought the Tamron 18-400. Love those 2 lenses.

Wish I had either of those when in Ireland

Have a great trip. Looking forward to seeing some of your photos. I made a book on Shutterfly and frequently look at it.

Mike D. Loc: Crowley County, CO.

We rented a car. It wasn't too awful and the pitsop at the Bushmills distillery was interesting. Three healthy shots of Irish whiskey can make you drive a little wonky.

Thank God for GPS-based map programs. lol

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

gwilliams6 wrote:

Take the 28-300mm (FX) and the 24-70mm (FX), and both cameras. Never go with a single camera body, or risk losing all your vacation shots if a body goes down.

I would not worry about having a f1.4 lens so much. Most of your photos will be outdoors. Yes I have been to Ireland and Scotland.

Cheers

Since you are a professional I understand your concern about a body failing with no backup. However, in the last 50 years of my adulthood, going on at least one vacation a year and numerous weekend outings, I have never had a camera fail on me yet. Having gone digital in 2009 I do carry spare SD cards with me, but I have never had one of them fail yet either. Except in the rarest of circumstances, I doubt as tourists we need to be overly concerned about camera failure. And, if a rare catastrophic event should occur, these days most of us have a a smartphone with decent, although limited, camera functionality as an emergency backup.

Certainly, if the amount of baggage is not an issue and he has no problem lugging around 2 cameras with their heavy lenses, then by all means he should take both cameras. However, he did mention trying to stay minimalistic and not taking too much equipment.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

masonite wrote:

Leaving for Ireland in a week and would like recommendation on what lenses to take. I have a Nikon D7100 and Nikon D610. Lenses are:
Nikon 20-200mm f2.8 (FX)
Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 (FX)
Nikon 35mm f1.4 (DX)
Nikon 50mm f1.4 (FX)
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 (DX)
Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 (FX)
Any suggestions for combination camera and lenses? Trying to stay minimalistic and not take too much equipment. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!

I don't think the Nikon 20-200mm f2.8 (FX) exists, and if it did it would have to be very large and very expensive. What lens did you actually mean? Personally I think the beautiful landscape will call much more for wide angle rather than telephoto shots. As a result I would consider taking the D610 and the Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 (FX). You can always crop the images a bit in post as needed. It really depends on what and how you shoot. We don't know your expectations and preferences and can only give you ours.

gwilliams6

mwsilvers wrote:

Since you are a professional I understand your con... (show quote)

It is fine if masonite takes the chance to go with one camera, but I have been to Ireland and some of the footing in some of the best landscape locations can result in a trip and fall. And being in a tour group, or at busy tourist spots, other tourists can bump into you and knock you off balance, that has happened to me. It just isn't about a camera failure, but a fall can damage a camera, and yes it does happen on vacations.

Why do some UHHers falsely think that if something hasn't happened to them, that it will never happen to someone else, LOL, LOL. Stuff happens all the time on vacation trips, even in Ireland.

If you use your smartphone as your backup, then fine go with one camera body, but you will be limited in some performance and quality. If this is a bucket-list trip, why not have that extra quality body with you

I ALWAYS take a spare camera body on my vacations around the world, always.

Cheers and best to you.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

gwilliams6 wrote:

It is fine if masonite takes the chance to go with... (show quote)

I have no problem with what you are saying. I am generally a risk averse person and having backup plans is part of my mantra. How much or how little equipment he ultimately chooses to take is his choice. All I can do is give him my opinion based on my own long term experiences. And yes, accidents do happen. Cameras fall and sometimes people fall with them. Frankly, at age 77, if I'm on vacation and fall, my camera becoming non-functional as a result will probably be the least of my worries.

gwilliams6

mwsilvers wrote:

I have no problem with what you are saying. I am generally a risk averse person and having backup plans is part of my mantra. How much or little he ultimately chooses to take is his choice. All I can do is give my opinion based on my own long term experiences. And yes, accidents do happen. Cameras fall and sometimes people fall with them. Frankly, at age 77, if I'm on vacation and fall, my camera becoming non-functional as a result will probably be the least of my worries.

Cheers and best to you. I will be 72 in July.