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Safari Camera & Lens Advice & Beyond

Started Oct 26, 2021 | Questions thread
tdbmd Senior Member • Posts: 1,546
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?

I have done a photo safari in Etosha National Park in Namibia.  Probably a bit more open then the jungle areas for gorillas.  I had a crop body, Canon 7D with a 17-55 f2.8 and EF 100-400LII.  The 28-70 should be a good general use lens but on a full frame, you may wish for more reach than the 100-400.  In good light, the RF 600 or RF 800 will probably work but if it is dark forest, maybe not?

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