Packing for Alaska in July Advice.

[irispatch]

My hubby and I are off to Alaska next month. While I think I want to bring just about everything we own I am thinking maybe I should be more prudent.

Original plan:
50D and Xt
20-35 2.8L
28-135 ( hubby's favorite)
70-200 f4 is this is the one I am thinking of leaving home.
300 f4 is plus 1.4x tc
100 2.8 macro I remember the all little tings we saw the last time we were there but didn't have a decent camera to capture them or is it a waste of time to take the macro lens?
and a Benro travel tripod.

[WaPat]

Don't have a clue to your shooting style, obviously.

But Sharon and I lived in Juneau for 13 years and I can't imagine not having the 70-200 f4 IS up there.

But that's just me.

Maybe pick up an extension tube and have the best of both worlds.

Enjoy your trip.

Pat

[TheMissouriShooter]

I'd leave the following at home: 100mm 2.8 and the 28-135mm

[rouxeny]

I am going in July also! Hope to catch some fish, and some fishing shots.

I'm bringing
5D, maybe my backup 10D also, just in case of real disaster
17-40
15mm fish
70-200 2.8 (I would definitely bring yours)
2x tc (thinking of buying a 1.4x also, the 2x is very soft)
300mm (renting it)
tripod

So, essentially everything I own other than my 50/1.4 and lensbaby.

[ccookdo]

When I was recently in Alaska most of the time I used a 17-55. The vistas are so large it is hard to get much in with the telephoto zoom. I also had a 10-22 along, but the 17mm end was usually sufficient. The wildlife is not all that accessible unless you leave the developed areas.