Hi all.
I'm starting to put some thought into my 6-week travels around the US next year.
I'll most likely be travelling through October and the first week or so of November. A deliberate choice to catch 'Fall' in the US, and the beautiful photographic opportunities it will present.
I don't want to lug around the full photo bag on this one, like I did in NZ...so I'm thinking what's the bare minimum I can get away with without limiting myself too much?
I'm taking the 40D...and my lens collection at the moment is 17-40L f4, 50mm f1.4, 24-70 f2.8L and 70-200mm f4L.
In between now and then there's a chance I may buy and sell a few lenses...I'm really keen on the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX for a genuine wide angle lens on the cropped sensor 40D...for those amazing canyon/desert shots.
And what to use for the majority of my walkaround shooting? I don't fancy lugging 'the brick' (24-70) around all the time. It's a beautiful lens, but weighs in on close to a kilo!
I'm thinking I might offload it for a 24-105L...seeing as how I don't really need the extra speed of the f2.8...
Or would it be lunacy to own both the 24-70L and 24-105L?
And I suppose I could also take the 70-200...but then that's 3 lenses, camera body...and assorted bits and bobs.
Your thoughts?