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I am going to be spending two weeks in Hawaii and would like to know what you guys think I should take. I have never been, but I don't want to bring all my glass. Shooting with a Nikon D700.
Here is my lens collection . . .
24mm f/1.4G (would like this for some nice star pics)
35mm f/1.4G
50mm f/1.4G (I am sure I will be leaving this)
85mm f/1.4G
60mm f/2.8G Micro
14-24mm f/2.8G (I think this is must bring for landscapes)
24-70mm f/2.8G
70-200mm f/2.8G VRII
Me? I'd take the 14-24, the 24, the 50, the 60, and the 85.
Nothing else.
During the day and away from town I'd walk about with the 14-24, the 60 and the 85.
I'd leave the 60 and the 14-24 in the hotel when in town with the family, replacing it with the 24 f/1.4
So that would be the 24, the 50, and the 85 in town. Maybe not even the 50.
But that's me.
I have no idea how or what you shoot.
Well take what you can put in your photo bag that you can take onto the plane with you. Check with the airline first.
If I could take two lenses, I'd take the 14-24 and the 70-200. Your feet can cover the distance inbetween.
But then again, it all depends on what you shoot.
I think I am mostly going to be shooting landscape. This is also a honeymoon, I think the lady would be :( if I spent the whole time changing lenses and all
Which is going to bother the lady more, changing lenses all the time or hauling a 3 pound lens around and expecting her to believe your attention is actually on her? ;)
Regardless, my plan is for three lenses at a time max. Your style dictates how many lens changes that is, not their coverage.
Thanks Drab . . . point taken
i went last year and all i had was my d60 kit and still got amazing pix. when i do it again and i'm much richer i will take one ultrawide and a walkaround zoom, maybe the 24-70. the weight of this alone will be more than enough. if you add a tripod then you definitely be more on the camera side than the wifey side. stay as light as possible because there's a lot of walking around.
Hi,
If it's your honeymoon, take the 20-70mm and have a good time. That lens should be enough for what you should be the focus of your vacation. ;-)
I've shot a couple of weddings and quite a few portraits in Oahu, and just about any lens will get a work out, and it's quite likely that any lens you take will also work out.
This was with a 18-105mm zoom, on a D90, and the print is tack sharp.
My best,
Mike
Hard choice indeed and Mike brings up a good point. We only took my wife's P&S on ours because I didn't want to mess with it. Personally to enjoy the time I would take the lightest least troublesome combo. I think you will miss out on the photo ops, but it is something you will have to sacrifice. Maybe just pick one type of photography you want to focus on while there and take the lens that will do that. IMO an 18-200 lens is really what you need even though you have such nice glass. It isn't as big and heavy as your lenses and you wouldn't have to switch.
Anyway I will go with mike on the one lens and either the 24-70 or the 14-24.
I can see the argument for the one lens 24-70 solution. It's a pitty OP doesn't have a prime wider than 24 because the 14-24 is such a beast.
I, personally, would be using the 24 and the 85 almost exclusively, but there ARE going to be great opportunities for ultra-wide use in Hawaii AND macro. That said if you can afford all these lenses you can likely afford to go back, and maybe should focus on WAF this trip.
EDIT: Also jealous, as I love the 24 f/2.8 and can only imagine how much more I'd love the 1.4!
EDIT 2: Perhaps rent a 16-35? 16-35 + 85 1.4 is a bitching combo.
EDIT 3: Again (not knowing your style I may be way off the mark) but I really think the 70-200 would be your least used lens by a huge factor.
EDIT 4: PS - Congrats on the wedding!
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I found the 18-200 invaluable for day-to-day cruising around Kauai, lets me frame quickly, but of course is aperture-limited. This is not much problem except in a few cases when I want to "pop" something in front of a background.
The 14-24 and 70-200 could cover a lot of that ground, and if I had it, I would bring the micro. I found a lot of flora photos to shoot but had to mess around with distance/focus/frame filling for detail.
Since you won't be carrying the 24mm 1.4 around, I say bring it for those night time possibilities, but check the weather before you go to see if there will be any clear nights--its "winter."
I was just there and I did use my 11-16, 24-70, and most of all the 70-200 with the 2x tcIII.
You really need the 70-200 to get to the wildlife.... Munkseals, seaturtles, dolphins etc as you are not allowed to get close....you can actually be fined for bothering some there.
At minimum take the 14-24 and the 70-200 you can also use it's close focus for the beautiful flowers and stuff there also.
Rob
I love the Nikon 18-200 VR for travel - hate carrying and changing lenses, and it's light and works great, and the aperature limiting characteristics of it don't come into play outside. I'd also take something with low light, maybe the 24mm 1.4 for landscapes and to carry around in the evenings and stuff ( I personally use the 35mm F1.8 for this and it's perfect for me.
Went to Kauai a few years back. Thye have the most beautiful island for taking pic's. This is the island that Jurasic Park was filmed.
70-200 2.8 would be a great choice for all landscape. The Napali coastline would be a great location too.
Have fun,..it's the best place I have ever seen.
I will say it again...because of the size and weight of the 70-200 I can't imagine you want to take it on your honeymoon. If your soon to be wife is anything like mine (or most women) she will hate you after the first day if you think you are going to bring tons of camera gear and be switching lenses, etc all the time....just my $.02 for a newly wed ;)
I went to the Bahamas on mine and I don't have a single picture I would put on my wall or say was great, but that wasn't the point of the trip right?
Is it just me or shouldn't you be thinking more of your wife rather than which equipment you need to take?
You only have one honeymoon...you could always go back to Hawaii another time to take photographs ?
broxibear said:
Is it just me or shouldn't you be thinking more of your wife rather than which equipment you need to take?
You only have one honeymoon...you could always go back to Hawaii another time to take photographs ?
Exactly. At least you are smart enough to have all the nice lenses before you got married. They get harder to come by when you get married for some reason :)
A Canon S95 does most of what you want and is very nice and small. Perhaps leave ALL the big toys at home. ;)
You wont have time to be setting up macro shots.
You will have time for getting a lot of lovely environmental portraits of your wife.
you don't need 24mm for that (yikes)
you don't need 1.4 for that
what lense makes her look the best? maybe the 24-70 (lanscapes in a pinch at 24) or the 70-200 (wildlife in a pinch at 200).
you need to take 2 or 3 speedlites and an umbrella, maybe a small softbox, some pocket wizards.
I would grab a P7000 and what ever YOUR fav lens is.(Sounds like its the 14-24?) that 24 1.4 sounds like a nice combo with the D700 for such a trip.
Its a "honeymoon" the P7000 will allow you to capture the moments! Only other sugegstion is get a waterproof camera instead of the P7000(Panasonic lumix FT2?) ! hawaii and water goes together!
Most importantly enjoy your time there! Lots to experience!
Thanks everyone for the replies.
My style - I am not a pro photographer, I am a glass collector it seems. Photography is just a hobby but my girl is sold on the fact that I take pictures, and I always have a camera. I will not be taking a PS at all, in fact I used to have the Canon S90, but it never got used, I consider my D700 my PS camera.
For my lady, she understands about capturing the moment, and bringing some (not most) of my gear will be a PITA on the trip, but looking back at the pictures 10/20/30 years from now and having amazing pictures from our honeymoon will greatly outweigh the week+ of lugging the gear around.
I didn't even think about an underwater, and will be getting an underwater PS for that . . . thanks for the reminder!
I think I am going to bring most of my gear, with the exception of the 50 / 60M / 85 lenses. The 14-24mm will be used mostly to get the landscapes. When I was in El Salvador, I found that 90% of my daytime pictures were taken with this lens. The 24-70mm will be my walk around lens if we are checking out the towns. 70-200mm will be in the bag and used as needed.
The 24mm and 35mm will be used in the evenings, and taken out at night when I need the available light for some luaus.
SB-400 will be with me well most of the time, and the SB-900 will probably stay in the house.
Lol why did you ask if you are just taking them all? Even not being a pro if you have invested that much in lenses you have to know something about using them. I would assume you could figure out there would be landscapes, wildlife, and plants.
Hi Segura,
Knowing what kit to take makes for a better time on location. Primes are really, really nice. I use a prime over a zoom anytime I can, unless I'm carrying a kit across a dateline. ;-)
I might opt for a zoom that covers the prime, with any exception that would mean a dominate use of a prime, for instance, 70-200 over 85, unless I new that I would be taking more 85mm portraits, then I'd opt for the prime and skip the zoom.
When I was a working press guy, I carried 6 lenses, but really three of the lenses were duplicates. Since zooms weren't considered sharp enough to use, we had to carry a 24mm, a 55mm, and a 135mm, on a B&W and color and a color camera.
I also worked in El Salvador, too, during the civil war.
Good luck with which ever why you go and my best,
Mike
LOL Comparing his honeymoon to the civil war !! Hehe.. I can see it !! heh!
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