Take either the DA 16-45 or the DA*16-50 The high end of the 10-20 and
the two primes are your redundancy there and there's no reason to take
both Zooms especially as the DA* is considerably heaver than the DA
16-45. I'd carry the Tamron 500 f8, because it weighs nothing
comparatively speaking, and gives serious reach, if you need it. However
you already have the 55-300 and that and a decent 1.4x multiplier might
give you equal quality. Mirror telephotos are often disappointing.
Also don't forget to bring some cleaning gear, if you don't you'll end
up with something stuck to the sensor that only a rocket blower will
remove, and a lens cleaning cloth wouldn't hurt either.
On 9/2/2014 8:09 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote:
My wife and I are heading for the UK for two weeks starting October
20th. We will have a car for part of the time. My wife understands that
photography is a major goal and is okay with that...as long as she can
go sailing.
The kit I am pretty sure I will take:
K-3 with battery pack
Sigma 10-20/4-5.6
DA 16-45/4
DA-WR 55-300
FA 35/2
FA 50/2.8 macro
*istD for backup and IR
Lowepro Computrekker AW for the pack
Lowepro Nova 3 for walkabouts
Manfrotto lightweight tripod
Lots of filters, batteries and cards.
I'm also wondering about taking:
DA* 16-50/2.8
Tamron 500/8 mirror
What do you think?
Two more questions:
1. I am debating whether I want to take a laptop computer, just to back
up my cards onto. I had a card go bad on me two weeks ago and now I'm
paranoid.
2. Apart from Cotty, is there anything else in the UK worth
photographing?
Quoting Mark Roberts <[email protected]>:
I'm just winding down my UK trip hiking through Yorkshire. I took
my light travel kit: K5, DA 12-24, DA* 16-50 and DA-L 55-300, plus
a Manfrotto Mountaineer carbon fibre tripod and a Sigma +1.6
diopter achromatic close-up attachment for "macro" work. No backup
body. All this kit has proven so dead reliable through years of
atrocious outdoor conditions that I felt confident without bringing
more (actually, the DA-L 55-300 is relatively new but I thought I'd
risk it).
Last year in Italy I brought a similar kit but with a backup body.
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