My wife and I are off to Mysore in India on Saturday. We have booked a guide for bird watching and will be arranging further nature and sightseeing trips once there.
For bird watching, I have decided to take the 5DIII and the 300mm f/2.8 II with 1.4x and 2xTC s, and my wife will take the 7DII + 100-400mm II + 1.4xTC. For really long distances, I’ll put the 300+2xTC on the 7DII. (If I was travelling by myself, I'd probably take just the wife's kit, but with the two of us there is more flexibility.)
I am not taking any more lenses for the 7DII and 5DIII. For more general wild life and sightseeing, I’ll have the G3 X, with it 24-600 effective fov. In addition, I’ll take the EOS-M with the 11-22 and the 22mm pancake. The reason for this is I don’t like having obviously expensive and large gear around cities. Further, the EOS-M + 22mm is great for holding against the eyepiece of the telescope that the guide will have for digiscoping. The EOS-M + 22mm is also a great pocket camera. The 11-22 gives a nice, compact wide angle set up.
What would you take?
For bird watching, I have decided to take the 5DIII and the 300mm f/2.8 II with 1.4x and 2xTC s, and my wife will take the 7DII + 100-400mm II + 1.4xTC. For really long distances, I’ll put the 300+2xTC on the 7DII. (If I was travelling by myself, I'd probably take just the wife's kit, but with the two of us there is more flexibility.)
I am not taking any more lenses for the 7DII and 5DIII. For more general wild life and sightseeing, I’ll have the G3 X, with it 24-600 effective fov. In addition, I’ll take the EOS-M with the 11-22 and the 22mm pancake. The reason for this is I don’t like having obviously expensive and large gear around cities. Further, the EOS-M + 22mm is great for holding against the eyepiece of the telescope that the guide will have for digiscoping. The EOS-M + 22mm is also a great pocket camera. The 11-22 gives a nice, compact wide angle set up.
What would you take?