Thoughts about taking a DSLR on a cruise
Jun 27, 2014 23:06:31 #
djenrette
Loc: Philadelphia
SonyA580 wrote:
Have to agree with flyerace ...., the 18-200 will suffice for 98% of the situations you will encounter.
Agreed -- you can have the 18-200 with you all the time and it won't weigh you down and it won't tempt too many grabbers who might be interested in a full camera bag. I just finished a multi-day family trip to Disney and Sea World and my 18-300 was all I needed (18-200 would have been almost as good, and I have used that length on many occasions. Of course, if it was a paying assignment I would have taken faster and more varied glass.)
Jun 29, 2014 09:18:44 #
The only thing I'd be concerned about is why this ridiculous question was asked in the first place . . .
Jun 29, 2014 16:12:35 #
OzJohn wrote:
The only thing I'd be concerned about is why this ridiculous question was asked in the first place . . .
Gee John. The question is not ridiculous, and it elicited a broad range of opinions, which is helpful, from many of us who have done some cruise trips. Are you just bored? Or just a mean old man?
Jun 29, 2014 16:55:09 #
phlash46 wrote:
I'd take the 5200, the 18-200 and the 35. That should cover 99% of what you need. I wouldn't bother with the WA and the tele.
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Jun 30, 2014 09:37:39 #
Gee Architect, I dunno mate . . .
I guess I was looking at a guy who has the nous to buy a D5200 and a bunch of lenses, subsequently affords to takes his wife on a cruise around the Caribbean and then asks what the hell lens should he include with his friggin camera.
Jeeze, are we all a truck-load of mind readers? A D5200 with the 18-200 hanging off the end should be more than adequate for 95% of anything hes likely to encounter on a boat. If he should stumble across a startling scenario that actually requires the 11-16mm then, like a rat up a drainpipe, he should quickly regret his lack of foresight, resign himself to his hideous fate and forego the opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime happy snap.
I guess I was looking at a guy who has the nous to buy a D5200 and a bunch of lenses, subsequently affords to takes his wife on a cruise around the Caribbean and then asks what the hell lens should he include with his friggin camera.
Jeeze, are we all a truck-load of mind readers? A D5200 with the 18-200 hanging off the end should be more than adequate for 95% of anything hes likely to encounter on a boat. If he should stumble across a startling scenario that actually requires the 11-16mm then, like a rat up a drainpipe, he should quickly regret his lack of foresight, resign himself to his hideous fate and forego the opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime happy snap.
Jun 30, 2014 10:08:37 #
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