My wife and I are planning about a week in Charleston, SC in mid June. She has been there once and I have never been. Looking for suggestions for photo opportunities, historical sites, breath taking scenery, etc.

Best sections of town to stay in for both quality of life and safety if we wander out, especially at night....

Interested in history of area both nautical and land based and photographing same. My experience with tour buses in other places is that I don't get good shooting opportunities--people in the way and the buses go too fast!

Walking tours ok if not too long. She is late 60's and I am 70 and it will be hot there so walking cannot be terribly far in the heat.

Wondering if horse drawn carriage rides would be good or if they are too crowded. Slower and smaller group I would hope than a bus, etc.

Also wondering about places to simply drive the rental car to and from, etc.

Suggestions as to what not to miss as well as any tourist traps to avoid would be most appreciated.

Primary interest is photographing the historical sites, landscapes, seascapes, etc.

Am planning to take my Canon 5DIII and three lenses: a 16-35 f4L, a 24-105 f4L and a 70-300 f4-5.6L. Probably throw in my f1.8 nifty-fifty for night time and a monopod. Is this overkill? If so which lenses to take and which to leave at home? All will be carried in quality Lowe Pro back pack with hip straps to transfer weight to my hips and off my shoulders. Will also likely take my Sony RX10 III (f2.5-4, 24mm-600mm) and as over all backup. Would not be carrying both cameras at the same time though. That way if the Canon gets too heavy, I could always fall back on the Sony.

I realize this has become long. If you are still with me, please give me your thoughts and the benefits of your experiences. Thanks to all!

Tom

My late uncle had as a hobby taking vacation photos and making puzzles out of them. I have never seen them but family speaks highly about them and I just bought a scroll saw on impulse and thought I would try and learn to make them for the grandchildren. I want to use wood rather than paper and while I think I can dive in and do it, I thought that many of you may know a good process or have tips on types of wood, glue etc. that will save me lots of trials and errors.

I would appreciate any tips anyone can offer. Thanks!

Having never used a program
More complicated than Google Photos or Windows Photo ( whatever the name is as I mentioned I’m lazy ) I’m ready to start using either late room or one of the HDR pro tools that I’ve seen for about $99. My camera will not do HDR in the camera so I’m gonna need something to do a little more enhancement. I guess I should bite the bullet and try the nine dollar a month Adobe trial but the learning curve looks so damn steep. Is the best way just to do this to bite the bullet and start watching YouTube tutorials.

So I currently shoot with the Panasonic g85 with an Olympus 75-300 ii lense. I am having a bit of an issue with seen things thru the viewfinder. An example would be looking at a bird in the bushes and the shot looks fine to me. My brother looks at that same bird and he can see a twig up in front of the bird. He is using the Fuji XT3 with a 100-400mm lens. So we both are at the 600mm equivalent but when I look thru his camera I see a lot more details thru the viewfinder that I do not see in mine.

Now to my Nikon question, I have a chance to pick up a D300s for less than $100 dollars from a friend who does not use it anymore. I thought about picking up a 300mm f4 prime lense as they are selling for 400 to 800 dollars.

What I want to know from the Nikon shooter is whether this camera is still relevant in 2019, yes I know it is 12MP but that does not matter to me my old Canon 20d was less than that but still produced beautiful images.

Thanks for any input, I have just never even held a Nikon and looking for advice.