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South America / Rainforest trip - lens selection

Started Apr 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
georgehudetz Veteran Member • Posts: 6,299
Re: South America / Rainforest trip - lens selection

lsanto wrote:

The most important thing to me would be a second body. Not only as a backup, but to avoid changing lens. Protecting the sensor is a real necessity in most of those places.

I never visited Peru but I've been in the Amazon forest, Atacama and Patagonia. Long glass is more important then fast glass, I would say. Below the canopy in Amazon is very dark, so it's high ISO anyway. The 55-200 should be enough. Count on bad weather, even in august, so I would take the 16-55 instead of the 18-55. Not a large weight difference, in my opinion.

Regards

Yeah, for the rainforest the 16-55 would be a good choice.  And I agree about the weight there.  But for MP, I've been told you feel every ounce that you carry.

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