New Zealand Trip: 100-400 Hire in UK or NZ ?

[hania]

We are off to NZ Mar/April for a month to visit my daughter.

I have a 70-200 2.8 IS but feel I may need the rerach of the 100-400 instead. Can't justify buying, so am thinking of hiring.

Any idea how much to hire in NZ? & can you recommend anyone?

Uk price to hire for 28 days approx £144

Any help much appreciated.

[Moppie]

Heres a pretty good list of all the lens rental places I know of, and a few I didn't, and none of them list a 100-400.

What about just putting a 2x TC on your 70-200?
The only think I can see you needing the really long reach for would be birds, and most of the natives will let you get close enough to use the 70-200, and even that can be too long.

[tdodd]

Buy one second hand and then flog it when you get back. Net cost ~£0.

I spent 3 weeks touring NZ in Nov/Dec 2007. In total I took over 2,000 photos and have slimmed that down to 366 taken with my DSLRs. The breakdown of those remaining images is....

10-22 = 173
17-55 = 54
100-400 = 139

Many of the 17-55 shots could have been handled by the 10-22 as there was focal length overlap and no special need for f/2.8 and/or IS.

Here is the focal length breakdown of keepers from my 100-400....

[hania]

Originally Posted by Moppie

Heres a pretty good list of all the lens rental places I know of, and a few I didn't, and none of them list a 100-400.

What about just putting a 2x TC on your 70-200?
The only think I can see you needing the really long reach for would be birds, and most of the natives will let you get close enough to use the 70-200, and even that can be too long.

Yes - that may be a cheaper option ( I have a 1.4) . Thanks

[hania]

Originally Posted by tdodd

Buy one second hand and then flog it when you get back. Net cost ~£0.

I spent 3 weeks touring NZ in Nov/Dec 2007. In total I took over 2,000 photos and have slimmed that down to 366 taken with my DSLRs. The breakdown of those remaining images is....

10-22 = 173
17-55 = 54
100-400 = 139

Many of the 17-55 shots could have been handled by the 10-22 as there was focal length overlap and no special need for f/2.8 and/or IS.

Here is the focal length breakdown of keepers from my 100-400....

Very useful info!

one of the reasons I was thinking of the 100-400 is I have a lot of overlap with the 24-105 and the 70-200.
I see most shots were at the 100 & then the 400 end. Any particular type of shots at the 400 end? or just general.
I was also thinking of getting a 16-35 for the landscape shots.

I also seem to be linked into someone else's gear list!
I have a 30D & a 5D

[Moppie]

It appears this link didn't paste into my first post:

http://www.google.co.nz/#hl=en&sourc...b9fbe714089fdc

[tdodd]

I've uploaded a few examples at 400mm (the solitary penguin is at 560mm)....

http://picasaweb.google.com/EezyTiger/400mm560mm

Here are two that I can attach directly

[hania]

Originally Posted by tdodd

I've uploaded a few examples at 400mm (the solitary penguin is at 560mm)....

http://picasaweb.google.com/EezyTiger/400mm560mm

Here are two that I can attach directly

You have just made me put the 100-400 on my VERY wanted list

[hania]

Originally Posted by Moppie

It appears this link didn't paste into my first post:

http://www.google.co.nz/#hl=en&sourc...b9fbe714089fdc

Thanks for that.

[tdodd]

Originally Posted by hania

You have just made me put the 100-400 on my VERY wanted list

'Tis indeed quite a nice lens

Here are a couple more shots at 400mm, although nothing to do with NZ....







100% crop from my 50D....

[Cyclop]

Why not just purchase an extender/teleconverter to get more reach from your existing lens?

[Cyclop]

Wow, awesome shots! That canon 100-400 is a great lens.

[hania]

[quote=tdodd;8568053]'Tis indeed quite a nice lens

Here are a couple more shots at 400mm, although nothing to do with NZ....

NOOOOOOOOOOO.....................please stop showing such fantastic shots .........................I have mega lens envy

[hania]

Originally Posted by Cyclop

Why not just purchase an extender/teleconverter to get more reach from your existing lens?

I have a 24-105 - so quite a lot of overlap.

I already have a 1.4 teleconverter but want more reach that I can get.