Wild Africa Trek

Nice shots! ; Thanks for the in-depth review of the tour. ; I'd love to do this someday... I just need to figure out how to safely carry the 200-400 with me

 

I was thinking about how to get a big lens on the tour. ; If you mount it on the camera the whole time and secure it via a strap, they should allow it. ; The vests have a couple of clamps (see my pic) you could secure it with to take weight off your neck. ; I could have done it with the 80-400VR as it is more compact then the 200-400. ; Next time, I will definitely have it on the camera. ; That extra 100mm would have come in handy for the cheetahs.

 

well this'll be a good test of my gh2 with the 100-300 on it. we are booked on 4/19/12, for 0845, it's my anniversary present to karen, i booked the dak backstage tour for our anniversary trip 3 years ago and she loved it, still talks about it. and this is a trip where only the mirrorless system goes

 

The problem for me is that the 200-400 is so heavy that suspending it from the camera could damage the camera. ; I've heard stories of big lenses tearing the lens mount out of the camera body and don't want to take a chance on it. ; I would need to rig a camera strap directly to the lens which is not difficult to do, but would take some thought on how to do it so the lens pointed down and ; so the camera body is not bouncing around all the time. ; I'll worry about it once I figure out if I'm attending this year or not[nb]Current plan is to attend a photo charter on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, NM in October with a side trip to Great Sand Dunes NP. ; If that trip doesn't happen I'll probably be at Pixelmania[/nb]

 

I do the same thing. ; Seems to work fine and you don't have to unscrew it to use a tripod.