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!

My wife and I are also going to Vietnam, leaving next week for 3 weeks including four days in Singapore. In Vietnam we intend to go to Cat Tien National Park near Ho Chi Minh City for two or three days which apparently has a good variety of bird, animal, and butterfly species.  Other than the national park we will go to parks and zoos in HCHC and Singapore.

Like you, a few months ago I was also pondering whether to take my 100-400 lens but have decided to take it, with my monopod. It is a great lens, not only for wildlife and flower photography but also for tightly framed landscape and people shots.

This link in particular is what helped me make up my mind:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/60174786

For me, I'd rather have this lens with me than not having it. I am sure it will get a lot of use. My dilemma is now deciding what other lenses to take or leave behind.