When you travel...

[Conner41]

Do you bring all your gear? Or do you select only certain things to travel as light as possible? We are thinking about traveling to Brazil in August and I was just wondering what gear I should bring. I don't feel like lugging around everything and taking a chance of something getting lost or stolen. Having a few items would be much easier to manage than having a mountain of gear to maintain.

What are your thoughts?

Ton of gear? or just the essentials?

 

[kacielynch]

I've never been brave enough to travel with my 5dII so I just pack up my old rebel xsi with a cheap 50 1.8mm. I take those two also when I go hiking.

 

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Ton of gear? or just the essentials?

I don't walk out of the house with anything I won't need on a days shoot, why would it be any different for travel?

Having said that, with my trip to NZ fast approaching I'll be taking a 24-120 and a 70-200 but I may live to regret that decision.

 

[Trever1t]

what you don't bring you will regret.

 

[xjoewhitex]

what you don't bring you will regret.

Agreed. Id take everything on a trip like that, something close you could possibly go back? Pack light.

 

[Nubbs]

When I went to Europe for 2 weeks all I took was my small bag with the 24-105mm, 10-22mm and a 50mm. that's it and I made do with what I had never regretted not having anything else.

 

[dxqcanada]

It depends ... if it is a "vacation" or a "trip" ... a vacation requires large amounts of alcohol ... on a trip I bring all my lenses, monopod, and a travel tripod.

 

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It depends ... if it is a "vacation" or a "trip" ... a vacation requires large amounts of alcohol ... on a trip I bring all my lenses, monopod, and a travel tripod.

Bingo!