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garyroach wrote:
Nice shot GDM. FWIW, the first time I went to Teton and Yellowstone, I took everything. The logic being that I didn't know when I would get back there and I wanted to be ready. Big mistake. I had one suitcase with nothing but a 300mm and a 600mm lens in it. Wrangling one or two suitcases is one thing. But, a third is overkill. Now I have a suitcase for clothes and my tripod. A carry-on suitcase for my gear. And a shoulder bag for personal items and cameras once I get to my destination. If I can't get my gear into a 20L bag, I don't take it. This year when I go to Teton and Yellowstone, I'll take two bodies, a 24-70 GM II, 70-200 G II, and a 300 GM with teleconverters. As I've gotten older I like to think I travel smarter. But, if anyone wants to take all of their gear, have at it. But, I would recommend leaving gear in your room or car as little as possible and make sure it's insured....Show more →
Thanks for the comment on the photo.
I can't imagine wrangling three large bags, though I see people doing it. My typical load is an Osprey Porter backpack, plus one other smaller shoulder bag for stuff I want to keep on my person. (that bag could be any of several different sizes, depending on the trip.)
The main backpack has a 46 liter capacity, plush shoulder straps and a make-do waist belt. I have traveled for up to 10 weeks using nothing but that and my auxiliary shoulder bag.
I use different secondary bags depending on the nature of the trip — the season, whether I'll need to bring some better clothes, and so forth. Usually it is a PacSafe bag that is large bough to swallow my iPadPro, Fujifilm XT5, and three (sometimes 4) lenses, plus stuff like passport, wallet, phone, etc.
This is a more secure bag, with anti-theft features. (Nothing is perfect, but the features will at least make be a less tempting target.)
On the trip we just returned from (6 weeks in Portugal, Spain, Belgium, plus a few days in New York City — and including a 1-week walk in the Douro Valley hills in Portugal) I used this gear, but added a MountainSmith "Day" lumbar pack for the trail. (I cold squeeze the PacSafe inside it for airline travel.)
The lenses I took for my APS-C system included 14mm f/2.8, 27mm f/2.8, 50mm f/2, and 90mm f/2. I barely used the 90mm this time, and in most cases I'll leave it home in the future. (On another trip last year I took the 27mm and 90mm and a 16-55mm zoom.)
I used to travel with a lot more stuff and much larger stuff — big Canon DSLR and numerous L zooms and, on a few occasions, big large aperture L primes. (In once case I was tasked with photographing an opera event in NYC, and I needed the primes for low light shooting.) Those days are past me now.
I still use pretty big gear for non-travel stuff... and occasionally when the travel takes me to a landscape photogarpy location. I was in New England for fall color a few years back, and I brought a tripod and a bag full of larger lenses. Aside from the tripod, this all when in carry-on — the tripod went in a larger-than-usual semi-hard-size roller.
Dan
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