Glacier National Park - New lens?

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Again, I can't thank you enough for all your help!

I went to my local camera store today and tried out the 10-22. 10mm is quite a difference from 18! I then tried to see if they could come anywhere near B&H prices (so I could support a local place), but they wouldn't even budge a few dollars and they certainly wouldn't match the current price.

Needless to say, I went home and purchased the 10-22 for my trip. Thank you all for your wonderful advice, and for reassuring me with what I was leaning towards in the first place.

Sorry I didn't acknowledge everyone earlier.

rlaverty - thanks! I'm really looking forward to the trip.

Fat Daddy - I am definitely going to make sure the Going to the Sun Road is included on our trip. I've heard quite a bit about it.

Texphoto - It's a great idea and as much as I'd like to, I think renting another body would be a little too expensive for my taste for just one location on our trip.

Robby - I do plan on renting the extender, so thanks. I'll have to look at Polebridge.

RLP - thanks for your input on the lens
Standard - unfortunately, I am not a huge fan of the manual focus only sticker on that lens (at least not at this point... so Zeiss lenses are out too I guess... :P

Scrappy - I liked the 1.4 extender, as I also tried both of the extenders at the photo store. I really didn't notice much AF slow down or accuracy issues at all with either extender, so that was super nice!

Neuro - thanks. As a side note I appreciate your more technical posts, as I am an engineering student myself (I believe I remember you are some type of engineer, but I digress)

Steve - yeah that's kind of what I was thinking and seeing via flickr.

Distant - I completely agree! I've missed several pretty stellar shots because I sometimes just have to put my camera down and soak it all in.

Halfrack - I'll definitely consider renting both converters, and I'll definitely bring my trusty tripod and trigger

Alan - I looked into that after your post, and I must say it looks pretty interesting. Thanks!

Michi - That kind of surprises me, but that's awesome! Thanks for your input as well.

bholliman - I am really looking forward to the trip! Sorry to make you jealous, but hopefully you'll get to make it back soon!

Michael - I will definitely bring a CP with me, as well as a ND. Thanks for your advice on locations as well.

Thanks again!
 
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Diverman said:
I will definitely bring a CP with me, as well as a ND.

A neutral density filter is what I forgot the last time I went to a national park... Yellowstone, in my case. NDs are a must for taking proper exposures of all the awesome waterfalls and rapids, if you want that soft, velvety water look. At glacier, you'll use it a LOT.
 
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FatDaddyJones said:
Diverman said:
I will definitely bring a CP with me, as well as a ND.

A neutral density filter is what I forgot the last time I went to a national park... Yellowstone, in my case. NDs are a must for taking proper exposures of all the awesome waterfalls and rapids, if you want that soft, velvety water look. At glacier, you'll use it a LOT.

Good point, but I kind of stopped using mine. A CP and careful settings seems to do just fine most of the time. Definitely not a bad idea to have one, though. Glacier is, IMHO, a water park at its heart.


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