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Hi everyone,
Next February I'm heading off travelling in SE Asia and Australia for 20 weeks- I'll be backpacking around SE Asia for 6 weeks, then I'm off to the Philippines to volunteer with a marine conservation organisation for 10 weeks, then I'll be doing 4 weeks of backpacking around Australia.
I'll be taking my DSLR (Nikon D7100) and 2 or 3 lenses, but I'm uncertain about taking my tripod. I own a MeFoto roadtrip tripod, which is pretty compact and folds down to just under 40cm long and weighs 1.6kg.
My dilemma is that I would really like to take it for use with long-exposure and night-time photography and for bits of video, but its a big piece of kit, and, especially in Asia, I might feel a bit self conscious touting round a tripod.
It'd be great to hear from anyone who has experience of backpacking/travel with a tripod and whether they regretted taking it?
Thanks!
Bill
Next February I'm heading off travelling in SE Asia and Australia for 20 weeks- I'll be backpacking around SE Asia for 6 weeks, then I'm off to the Philippines to volunteer with a marine conservation organisation for 10 weeks, then I'll be doing 4 weeks of backpacking around Australia.
I'll be taking my DSLR (Nikon D7100) and 2 or 3 lenses, but I'm uncertain about taking my tripod. I own a MeFoto roadtrip tripod, which is pretty compact and folds down to just under 40cm long and weighs 1.6kg.
My dilemma is that I would really like to take it for use with long-exposure and night-time photography and for bits of video, but its a big piece of kit, and, especially in Asia, I might feel a bit self conscious touting round a tripod.
It'd be great to hear from anyone who has experience of backpacking/travel with a tripod and whether they regretted taking it?
Thanks!
Bill