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Looking for some advice please peoples.... The wife and I have a 5 stop trip planned to BC at the end of June.
The Itinerary looks something like this:
Vancouver City - 2 days
Whistler - 2 Days
Drive to Vancouver Island (about a day in the car)
Victoria - 2 days
Campbell River 2 days
Tofino - 3 days
Drive back to Vancouver...
Kit: I'm just about to invest in a Sigma 150-600 for my 7D, so I thought that with my 70-200 f2.8, 6D with 24-105 & 17-40. We will be doing a fair bit of hiking, but at least we can drive to some areas, but I think I'll upgrade my CF tripod to something a bit better. I want to get the bodies & lenses in one bag to hand carry onto the plane (yes, I know it'll be more than 5kg!!). I can get most of the above in my ThinkTank Streetwalker bag, but need to go a bit bigger to take an additional lens. Currently my SW takes 7D with 300 f4 + EX1.4 attached, 6D with 24-105 and one other smaller lens so I'm sure I can find a carry on size bag for the above.
Subjects: Hoping to see bears (browns most likely) Bald Eagle and whales.
I'm sure some of you have got similar kit and have done similar trips. We're hoping to spend most of the time wildlife watching, but it is also the Wife's Birthday and our Anniversary while we're away, so a little bit of city scaping too.
Any advice on definite stuff I should/should not take would be handy - and bag suggestions too
Any other wildlife I should be looking for/researching ?
Thanks,
Steve
The Itinerary looks something like this:
Vancouver City - 2 days
Whistler - 2 Days
Drive to Vancouver Island (about a day in the car)
Victoria - 2 days
Campbell River 2 days
Tofino - 3 days
Drive back to Vancouver...
Kit: I'm just about to invest in a Sigma 150-600 for my 7D, so I thought that with my 70-200 f2.8, 6D with 24-105 & 17-40. We will be doing a fair bit of hiking, but at least we can drive to some areas, but I think I'll upgrade my CF tripod to something a bit better. I want to get the bodies & lenses in one bag to hand carry onto the plane (yes, I know it'll be more than 5kg!!). I can get most of the above in my ThinkTank Streetwalker bag, but need to go a bit bigger to take an additional lens. Currently my SW takes 7D with 300 f4 + EX1.4 attached, 6D with 24-105 and one other smaller lens so I'm sure I can find a carry on size bag for the above.
Subjects: Hoping to see bears (browns most likely) Bald Eagle and whales.
I'm sure some of you have got similar kit and have done similar trips. We're hoping to spend most of the time wildlife watching, but it is also the Wife's Birthday and our Anniversary while we're away, so a little bit of city scaping too.
Any advice on definite stuff I should/should not take would be handy - and bag suggestions too
Any other wildlife I should be looking for/researching ?
Thanks,
Steve