[Leica] How to take gear long-haul

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>
>
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