Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, I get allowed two carry ons of unspecified weight when I travel to East Africa by Qatar or Emirates, my airlines of choice. I have a roller bag, the Lowepro Pro Roller Lite, which is lightweight and airline carry on compliant, but manages to carry all my usual equipment - Nikon D4/D800E, 16-35, 50, 70/200. 200/400, three teleconverters, a Fuji X100S and a binoculars - except last time, when the Arusha customs decided to shake me down for a baksheesh, I have never had a problem carrying this level of equipment in and out. Of course, my equipment is mainly for wildlife. I am not sure where you are going near Kili, but in general for wildlife photography in East Africa, a reach of 400mm is more than sufficient, and a pair of good binoculars is essential! Get in touch with whatever additional info you may require. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > Hi LUGers, > > Next summer I?m following a college group on a service trip to Tanzania. > Mostly I?ll be documenting their work in several orphanages associated with > Benedictine monasteries in the south-west part of the country. We?ll also > be doing a bit of sight-seeing in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, and finishing up > with a week up near Kilimanjaro. It?s a month-long trip. > > I?m honored to be the tag-along photographer! > > I?m also intimidated about how to take a substantial amount of gear along > with me on the long flights. Fortunately I?m able to fly business class > (Delta/KLM) but I still am limited by carry-on. > > I know there are folks who do this sort of traveling on an almost regular > basis. I?d really like to hear your advice on how to pack, what to take, > and what to take it IN. > > My focus will be on the students, their interactions with their African > hosts, life at the monasteries. I have a reasonable selection of moderate > to fast primes. For the safari part I?m thinking of taking a ?super-zoom? > small camera that can shoot up to 1200mm (a Canon or Panasonic perhaps). > > I?d gratefully value the communities? help. Maybe there?ll be something on > the ?Claus list! > > Thank you! > > Adam ?that?s a long time to hang in the air? Bridge > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information