If you’re taking your RF 100-500 then I would take your 28-70mm and for anything wide just use your iPhone. When I travel to Eastern or South Africa I’ll bring only 2 bodies and two lenses.
My current setup is my Z9 + Z 400mm 2.8 with the built in TC and my Z8 with my 70-200mm 2.8. I took this set up (Z7ii instead of the 8) for a 5 week trip to SA this last Nov/Dev, and to the Pantanal (with the Z8) few weeks ago and I’ll be taking this exact same setup when I head back to SA for 12 weeks on Sunday.
vbnut wrote: Uarctos wrote: Cduff406 wrote:
So I'm planning on taking two camera bodies with me to Kenya. One with a long zoom (100-500, but if canon comes out with the 200-500f4 in time, I might be crazy and take that). I have a 70-200f4 for the other. Will I regret not trading that for the 2.8 version?
With the 100-500mm lens you already have most of the 70-200mm range, so the 70-200mm f4 will be pointless (although 1/3-2/3 brighter). F2.8 is a different story.
As someone who has yet to do a safari and has been monitoring this thread closely, Cduff406's question was particularly relevant as I also have the 100-500 and am hoping for the 200-500 (or some other faster but hopefully relatively light super-tele). I was also wondering, whether, even though I'm primarily a wildlife photographer, I'm likely to wish I had something wider than 70mm. If so, would the 24-105 be a better combination with the 100-500 even though its only f/4, or would we be better off with the 28-70 f/2 or the the 24-70 f/2.8 along with the 70-200 f/2.8? The latter seems like it would also work well with the 200-500. The downside, of course, is that its 3 lenses instead of 2, resulting in more weight and probably the need to change lenses in the field.
