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100-400mm for Travel Photography

Started Dec 13, 2017 | Questions thread
Blokfluitist
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Re: 100-400mm for Travel Photography

ButterySAM777 wrote:

Hello everyone.

I've recently acquired this great lens for my FF 6D. I'm thinking about spending two weeks travelling by southern Asia (Vietnam, Myanmar).
I don't think of wild animals or birds, but I'd like start practising new techniques with a telephoto lens.

The thing is that it weights 1.700g (3,74 pounds), and I don't know if for all day hiking, visiting temples, city walks, and so on would be appropriate, or it rather will be a pain.

I also carry a 17-40mm, and a 50mm. I pick the 100-400mm above 70-200mm because I thought 70mm would not be very telephoto for a Full Frame sensor.

Thanks in advance!

Congratulations on acquiring a great lens ! But if you're not going to be taking photos of wild animals or birds I would question whether you really need to take a 100-400 to Vietnam. Yes you can use it for landscapes, but it'll be too long for city walks and visiting temples, and probably too heavy for all day hiking.

Rose

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