Bob Rogers
New member
My wife and I are taking a trip to the four corners region of the USA. We will be riding a steam engine through the mountains, visiting Mesa Verde and Arches National Parks, and attending a music festival.
Normally I would have a pretty good idea of what to take, but this trip is different because my wife has been expressing a desire to learn photography. She has her own camera. I think it would be a good time for her to get some practice and some experience using the camera beyond yearbook photos.
It is also different because we will be in the desert in the summer with no place to store things besides the rental car (changing hotels sometimes every night). There isn't much photographic gear I would want to store in a rental car in the summer! Therefor everything will need to be carried, and mostly by me.
So we will probably each take a camera body. I have the following lenses to chose from (all Nikkor unless noted):
18-55 AFS vr
18-105 AFS vr
80-200 /2.8 AF
50 /1.4 AIs (MF)
24 /2.8 AIs (MF)
8 (Rokinon fisheye)
10-20 Sigma
I bought the last for the trip; I don't have it yet.
I'm thinking of putting the 18-105 on her camera; the 10-20 on mine (as default lenses, so to speak), and carrying the 80-200 and the 50, and leaving the rest at home. Buying substitute lenses really isn't an option ;-) I'm interested in opinions regarding my plan
Normally I would have a pretty good idea of what to take, but this trip is different because my wife has been expressing a desire to learn photography. She has her own camera. I think it would be a good time for her to get some practice and some experience using the camera beyond yearbook photos.
It is also different because we will be in the desert in the summer with no place to store things besides the rental car (changing hotels sometimes every night). There isn't much photographic gear I would want to store in a rental car in the summer! Therefor everything will need to be carried, and mostly by me.
So we will probably each take a camera body. I have the following lenses to chose from (all Nikkor unless noted):
18-55 AFS vr
18-105 AFS vr
80-200 /2.8 AF
50 /1.4 AIs (MF)
24 /2.8 AIs (MF)
8 (Rokinon fisheye)
10-20 Sigma
I bought the last for the trip; I don't have it yet.
I'm thinking of putting the 18-105 on her camera; the 10-20 on mine (as default lenses, so to speak), and carrying the 80-200 and the 50, and leaving the rest at home. Buying substitute lenses really isn't an option ;-) I'm interested in opinions regarding my plan