Hi all,
I haven't posted on here for a while but I'm planning on going on a 3 week safari this summer and I was planning on upgrading my camera for the trip. My original plan was to hire both camer and lenses because I haven't been using my camera much recently, but for the cost of hiring a good camera and lenses for a month I may as well buy it earlier to get some practice with it and sell it all for a fairly minimal loss at the end of the summer. Do you think it will hold.... 90%? 80% of it's value if I look after it all and keep all the boxes and contents safe?
Anyway, I've done a fair amount of research and Youtubing and I have decided that the camera will be the R5, my main question is about lenses.
When I go travelling I usually take one wide-angle, one standard zoom and one telephoto zoom. In the past I've used canon 10-22mm at the low end and EF70-200mm IS with 2x extender at the other end, but having never been on a safari before I have no idea how close I am going to be to the animals or what I might want to take photos of. I'm also working with a weight limit for my whole luggage of 15kg on the small flight to Masai Mara and back. I only want to take a total of 3 lenses so here are my thoughts on options....
Wide shots/landscapes
* Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS
* Canon RF 14-35mm F/4L IS
Standard length
* Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L
* Canon RF 24-70mm f2.8 L IS
Telephoto zooms
*Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
*Canon RF 100-500mm F/4.5-7.1 L IS
So, the wide and standard length choices seem to come down to price/quality, unless I'm missing something that's fairly simple. The longer focal lengths are the problem I think. I understand that the extenders don't work with the 70-200mm which leaves me thinking that the 100-500mm is the only option. I don't have the weight limit or the budget for a telephoto prime lens so am I right in thinking that the 100-500mm is the only option? Is the gap between the 70mm limit of the standard and the 100mm limit of the telephoto lens a problem?
As I said, I have no idea how close we'll be to the wildlife when in the vehicles but I do also expect to do a bit of landscape photography and we will also be going mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda on the same trip so I'll need the best quality lens when standing up to 10 metres away.
Anyway. Any and all help from seasoned safari photographers would be gratefully received.
I haven't posted on here for a while but I'm planning on going on a 3 week safari this summer and I was planning on upgrading my camera for the trip. My original plan was to hire both camer and lenses because I haven't been using my camera much recently, but for the cost of hiring a good camera and lenses for a month I may as well buy it earlier to get some practice with it and sell it all for a fairly minimal loss at the end of the summer. Do you think it will hold.... 90%? 80% of it's value if I look after it all and keep all the boxes and contents safe?
Anyway, I've done a fair amount of research and Youtubing and I have decided that the camera will be the R5, my main question is about lenses.
When I go travelling I usually take one wide-angle, one standard zoom and one telephoto zoom. In the past I've used canon 10-22mm at the low end and EF70-200mm IS with 2x extender at the other end, but having never been on a safari before I have no idea how close I am going to be to the animals or what I might want to take photos of. I'm also working with a weight limit for my whole luggage of 15kg on the small flight to Masai Mara and back. I only want to take a total of 3 lenses so here are my thoughts on options....
Wide shots/landscapes
* Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS
* Canon RF 14-35mm F/4L IS
Standard length
* Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L
* Canon RF 24-70mm f2.8 L IS
Telephoto zooms
*Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
*Canon RF 100-500mm F/4.5-7.1 L IS
So, the wide and standard length choices seem to come down to price/quality, unless I'm missing something that's fairly simple. The longer focal lengths are the problem I think. I understand that the extenders don't work with the 70-200mm which leaves me thinking that the 100-500mm is the only option. I don't have the weight limit or the budget for a telephoto prime lens so am I right in thinking that the 100-500mm is the only option? Is the gap between the 70mm limit of the standard and the 100mm limit of the telephoto lens a problem?
As I said, I have no idea how close we'll be to the wildlife when in the vehicles but I do also expect to do a bit of landscape photography and we will also be going mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda on the same trip so I'll need the best quality lens when standing up to 10 metres away.
Anyway. Any and all help from seasoned safari photographers would be gratefully received.