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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.

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Jun 26, 2019 15:43:34   #
Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca
 
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

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Jun 26, 2019 15:45:18   #
Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca
 
That is one lens I wish cannon would have in its collection

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Jun 27, 2019 07:01:17   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
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.

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Jun 27, 2019 07:08:42   #
SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY
 
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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Jun 27, 2019 07:31:47   #
ELNikkor
 
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.)

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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...

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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

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Jun 27, 2019 08:18:24   #
fbeaston Loc: Vermont
 
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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Interesting review for a travel camera, but you're right ... it is not inexpensive!!!!

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Jun 27, 2019 08:34:19   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Definitely not! Travel light. If necessary, buy a single-lens, compact camera with a good zoom range.

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Jun 27, 2019 08:55:43   #
Naptown Gaijin
 
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.

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Jun 27, 2019 08:58:29   #
camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.
 
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.

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Jun 27, 2019 09:16:43   #
Flash Falasca Loc: Beverly Hills, Florida
 
leave it home and buy post cards taken by Pros !!

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Jun 27, 2019 09:16:44   #
ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
 
DWU2 wrote:
In a word, no. Travel light.



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Jun 27, 2019 09:20:55   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
denverdave wrote:
Hi everyone. I have a very subjective question so I am just looking for a trend in the answers. I have a three week cruise/trek in Asia planned for later in the year. My dilemma is bringing my 200-600 mm monster lens. If I bring the lens it means bringing my big camera bag. Which then influences all of the other luggage we bring. Carry on's, difficulty of travel days. etc. I have two bodies. A 15-30 will be on one. Wide shots from the ship. Ancient temples, etc. And a 24-210 will be on the other. In a perfect world I would have a 300 but I don't and that expense won't be happening before the trip. Would you bring the big lens? Obviously it's good for animals. Will be going to one great zoo. I'm not a huge people photog and besides walking around crowded Vietnamese streets with the big lens isn't very low key. Thoughts?
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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