AGeoJO wrote: ChrisMak wrote: AGeoJO wrote:
With “hot and sticky” 😜 best wishes from Costa Rica…
Just beautiful.
I will be travelling to Costa Rica this year beginning november, and feel uneasy taking the 600GM along, since it is the tail of the rainy season, and there will be multiple trips in a small guided group.
How do you carry and protect the 600GM there?
I am thinking to get the 300GM and use it with both converters, but it of course would be a shame to not use the 600GM
Thank you, Chris! Is yours a birding/wildlife trip? Mine is and there are 2 participants out of 6 that took a 600mm lens, including me. Well, the guide also has a 600mm lens. The 600mm lens is my most used lens but sometimes, you need to be a little bit flexible with the focal length selection. My other most used lens is the G 200-600mm lens. We are currently at a high elevation for quetzals. My 200-600mm lens has come in handy to take take-off and in-flight shots. It allows me to give more room for the quetzal to fly into and not clippings the wings or tails.
No special care to carry the lens. I carry around 1 lens. Either the guide or his assistant/driver carries the other lens with the A7r V while we are searching for birds. So far, so good. Both lenses have camo protection on them. I love using my tripod with gimbal, it feels sufficiently sturdy and I can get a lower shutter speed and lower ISO for perched shots that way. Sometimes I just extend one of the legs of the tripod and use it as a monopod. Being an old guy, I really need some kind of support for my camera/lens. I am 74 years this year…
Hope this helps and please feel free to ask any additional questions.
Joshua
Hi Joshua, yes it will be a dedicated birding/wildlife trip. Taking the 600GM in a small carry-on friendly backpack means I will not be able to carry the lens with camera attached, but will have to assemble/disassemble the combo a lot. Given the likelyhood of wet weather in second and third week of November, I will face a challenge of keeping the lens out enough without stressing its weather sealing..
I developed the idea of getting the 300GM with both converters to have an assembled combo at the ready, the 200-600G would be a bit dim is my thought.
But for such a unique trip I guess I would regret not taking the 600GM, so should probably suffer the impracticalities
Enjoy your trip!!
Jan 15, 2024 at 08:53 AM
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