Advice for trip to Hawaii

[MarkB]

Make sure to bring a c polarizing filter for the 70-200. Can't always control the time of day or direction you shoot from. Chances are water will be in a lot of shots Tried Shooting windsurfers in Maui without one and nothing but water glare. Bought one went back the next day around the same time and got great shots.

 

[kiniro]

Make sure to bring a c polarizing filter for the 70-200. Can't always control the time of day or direction you shoot from. Chances are water will be in a lot of shots Tried Shooting windsurfers in Maui without one and nothing but water glare. Bought one went back the next day around the same time and got great shots.

Especially at noon. My circular polarizer did wonders for my pictures.

 

[dawgfanjeff]

Make sure to bring a c polarizing filter for the 70-200. Can't always control the time of day or direction you shoot from. Chances are water will be in a lot of shots Tried Shooting windsurfers in Maui without one and nothing but water glare. Bought one went back the next day around the same time and got great shots.

Especially at noon. My circular polarizer did wonders for my pictures.

+1 on CP. Also consider a laptop to dump the many more GB of pics than you are estimating Makes late night chimping/sharing easier, too.

 

[charlesa]

Definitely the CP. 70-200, an ultrawide, backup batteries and spare CF cards and backup hard-drive space.

 

[leviathor]

I was on Kauai over Xmas, and used a 24-85 (near the wide end) 99% of the time. The other 1% was a 17-35. I only took my 50/1.4 and 70-200/2.8 out of the bag to leave in the condo so I wouldn't have to lug them around.

My most vital piece of equipment was a LensPen to clean the Hawaii sea spray off my lenses and grads. They are MUCH more effective than Pec-Pads or anything else I tried. Also, bring hard stop grads--two- and three-stop grads should do nicely.

 

[lonelywhitelights]

you have have that amount of quality gear and you're asking advice for which to take to hawaii!?

surely someone who's invested that kind of money should have at least SOME kind of idea as to what to take on a family holiday :-|

madness.