What's the most glass you've taken on vacation?

two bodies, 3 lenses.

Camera Nerd wrote in post #10555430
Do you still have all those primes, it is impressive. impressive if you actually used them and it is impressive that you actually acquired that many primes, what pulled you away from zooms. Did they have any fast zooms f4 or f 2.8 zooms 34 years ago.

Yes, I used all of them.

No, they are all long gone. But I sold most of them for pretty-much what I paid for them. In 1976 there were very few zooms, all slow and heavy. And there were no super-wide-angle zooms at all.

None of them would fit either the EF-mount cameras I switched to in the early eighties.

Camera Nerd wrote in post #10554961
I see that you want the sigma 70-200 2.8 OS (stabilization) in your signature. Why? I heard its going to be priced at about 1600 bucks and for 1700-1800 you can get the canon IS version or for 1200-1300 you can get the canon non IS. I had used a friends sigma 70-200 2.8 for about 3 months before i got a 70-200 2.8 and IMHO the canon 70-200 2.8 (non is) blows away the sigma 70-200 2.8 (non os). but that can all change if the new sigma has changed optics, but sigma is know for its notoriously bad quality control. Just my input.

I didnt mean the OS the lower one, wahaha, I wasnt paying attention. And as for the canon 70-200 IS if I had the money for that I would definitely use that one

PrimePerspective wrote in post #10579483
I didnt mean the OS the lower one, wahaha, I wasnt paying attention. And as for the canon 70-200 IS if I had the money for that I would definitely use that one

Oh okay, i would definitely get the sigma 70-200 2.8 over a canon f4L (non is), but you should really save up for the canon as it noticeably more accurate and auto focusing.
Though im not sure if my comparison is accurate cause when I used the sigma, I used it on my friends Nikon d300 (the 7d equivalent for nikon) for three months (i did use this lens extensively), and of course i use my canon 70-200 2.8 (non is) on my 7d, so autofocus accuracy and speed may be different between nikon and canon. Still though youll be kicking yourself in the leg if you buy the sigma over the canon when you could have saved a little longer.

I'm leaving for Cuba tomorrow morning, I'm bringing all my gear.

T2i, 70-200 F4, 10-20, 18-55, 50, 430Ex II, tripod, and a lot of memory cards

Alaska was won with a 450D 17-55, 100-400, EX580
Mexico photos were shot with a 7D (upgraded my body) 16-35 (retired & gave back the company glass), 70-200 2.8, EX580

Rivest wrote in post #10580948
I'm leaving for Cuba tomorrow morning, I'm bringing all my gear.

T2i, 70-200 F4, 10-20, 18-55, 50, 430Ex II, tripod, and a lot of memory cards

bring back some cigars everyone goes to exotic places and im stuck in jersey shooting little leagues bball

^^ Will picture some for you

... on vacation, I need to be 24 hours ready indoor/outdoor, various situations and I must be able to carry with one R strap and pockets ..
After many years I found my dreamteam :
5D MKII
24L1.4II
85L1.2II
Zuiko 500ll F8 reflex

Um...ALL of it? It's not like I'm carrying to shoot the Olympics or the World Cup, but you never know...

Last time I went on vacation I took everything I had (minus my primes and TC because I didn't own them yet) in a Vertex 300 AW and carried along a Tamrac Pro 8 shoulder bag for when I didn't need the Bigmos. It worked out.

I have been carrying 2 bodies + 5 lenses, but I am now trying to travel light and bring what I need. We are now in Indonesia visiting some relatives. Not expecting any special shot opportunity, so I took 5D2, 35L, 135L, 1.4x and 580EXii.

Stuff taken:
40D - EF-S 10-22mm & 28-135 IS
5D - 85L, 50L, 17-40L, 100 Macro USM
580exII x 2, MT-24
2 x Giotto tripods
Cables, chargers, batteries, 20 x 4GB mem cards, shutter releases, adapters and other gadgets

Stuff used:
40D, 10-22mm & 28-135 IS, 1 x 4GB mem card

Lesson learnt:
To buy a P&S for vacations

If I couldn't bring it as a carry-on, I wouldn't bring it at all. The idea of putting expensive glass in check-in luggage... does not sit well with me. If it's not stolen, it ends up being broken.

So far, here in NYC, I've been using the 16-35 90% of the time, Zeiss 35 and 24-105 the rest.

My Yellowstone trip that I just got back from:

Tokina 11-16 15% of Shots
24-105 L - 30% Of Shots
100-400 L - 50% Of Shots
1.4x TC - 5 % of shots (with the 100-400)
50 1.8 - 0%

Daniel