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Safari Camera & Lens Advice & Beyond

Started Oct 26, 2021 | Questions thread
WildImages
WildImages Contributing Member • Posts: 741
Re: Safari Camera & Lens Advice & Beyond
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cculp wrote:

I am going on safari to Rwanda and Kenya and to see the gorillas. I currently own a Canon 6D and looking at the Canon R6 for my new camera. Any advice on lenses? Beyond the safari I would like to lighten my load that I carry. Any thoughts on the new 100-400 rf lens and the 600 or 800 rf f11 lens? I will take my 6D body as a backup with my 28-70 L 2.8 lens. Would I be better off buying a used 100 -300L lens with image stabilization with my 1.4 ii teleconverter than the new rf lens? Do the adapters work well with the EF lenses?

It is my understanding that the 100-300L will not take telextenders.

Don't spend the money for a safari, then poor boy it on equipment.  Go for the R6, the RF100-500 and RF 800 and use your 6D for your short stuff.  Of course this is two different systems with no backup primary camera which is not wise.

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