I traveled more than 15000 miles, out of the country to a third world country for nearly a month Thailand, with out a hitch in the trip. The photography was great. There was never a problem with the people, they were wonderful, the hotels I stayed in were great, the transportation while a bit crazy was just fine , and I never had a health issue while there. My son and his wife had planned a really great trip. My son lives in LV Nev. and I live in Mesa AZ, so I flew to LV so that we could travel together. Everything went off perfectly until we got back to the good ole USA. Once back, my flight back to Mesa didn’t leave for a couple of days, when the day arrived to go back to Mesa we loaded up the car with my luggage, including the Canon bag that had my 6D and a Tokina Super wide in it as well as a Canon G12, and left for the airport. We stopped at the SantaFe Casino in LV to have dinner on the way to McCarran international airport. After dinner we proceeded to the airport. pulled over to the curb at the airport, opened the trunk of their Toyota Prius to unload my luggage and everything was gone. Luggage - Camera bag with camera - Extra bag with items from Thailand to give to everyone and my briefcase, everything. The worst loss was the 5600 photos that I took on the trip, that were on the 256gb memory card that was still in the camera. Apparently we were hit while having dinner. Needless to say I am sick. My daughter in law took a few with her phone, thats all i have. The reason this story is here is simply to caution all of my fellow Hogs that you cant be to carful with your equipment. Watch it close. Many newer cars have electronic locks and apparently there are now devices available that neutralize the locking system. It’s all electronic, no marks on the car at all. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/style/keeping-your-car-safe-from-electronic-thieves.html?_r=0
Just in case you see a super buy on a Canon 6D with a 24-105 f4L (sn on body 04692252 and lens Tokina 16-28mm sn 8628715) so just beware the bad guys are out there for sure, and they want your gear. ——- Photographer with out a Camera.

I bought the discount this past weekend on the 5DS from Adorama. It arrived yesterday and I took two initial shots in my studio using my Canon 24-105L that I have read is not a particularly good lens choice for this camera. I have yet to try my 85mm 1.8 and 100mm 2.8 Macro, but they are listed as better choices than the 24-105. If that's true I expect to be very pleased with this camera. I will try my Tamron 150-600mm for grins, but I don't expect tack sharp results. I am thinking about adding a Canon 24-70 because it is reviewed with this camera as being a top choice. I won't be ordering that for a while I expect. One painful bill at a time.

Re the two photos attached...I did crop them a bit and made very minor adjustments to the RAW files in ACR. The camera was set to ISO 100, 1/125th, f/11, and the focal lengths were 82mm and 100mm. I used Alien Bees strobes to light the shot. I don't expect anyone to be wowed by these pictures, but for the first couple of shots out of the camera, I had to smile a little.

I bought this camera mostly for commercial product shots and for portraits.

Dear Hogs:
Don't remember if I have intro myself --- If not my apologies & will do so --- But could use some advice or conformation on what to & not to take --- --- 11 day - Trip to So. Italy = Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi, Poestum --- Sicily = Just about all of the Greek/Roman temples plus Mt Etna
Want to of course take everything -- but previous experiences prove that I'm just too old & those days are long behind me ----
Here is what I'm planning on taking --- Canon --- 5Dmk2; 24mm 1.4; 35 1.4; 85 1.8; 100-400 IS (old model); Gitzo G1127 mk2 with Acratech GP ballhead ----- What i'm leaving behind = 50mm 1.4 & my favorite lens 135 2.0 plus all the filters, flash & close-up lenses ----- per the bathroom scale that's still almost 15lbs of "stuff"