Australia / New Zealand trip planned

The same airline, on different years, has stated...

• You should check bags rather than carry it on.
  
• You can check bags and it costs you money, even for the first one! (or you can carry it on a save money).

• 11lb/5kg
  
• 12lb
  
• 13lb/6Kg
  
• 15lb/7Kg
  
• 16lb
  
• 17lb/8Kg
  
• 20lb
  
• 22lb/10Kg
  
• 26lb
  
• 30lb
  
• 33lb
  
• 40lb/18Kg
  
• 51lb
  
  

We (wife and I) are still negotiating about what the trip will entail. I prefer wildlife & nature. She prefers luxury accomodations.
I just ordered a refurbished 7D to use the 100-400L with. Hope to get a FF camera before we go for thw wide angle and walk around chores. Trip should be in North American Spring (Aussie Fall). The D6 should be out by then.

Agree if they do away with carry on it will be hog heaven for thieves and a major headache for the airlines

MrEWorm wrote in post #15092179
We (wife and I) are still negotiating about what the trip will entail. I prefer wildlife & nature. She prefers luxury accomodations.
I just ordered a refurbished 7D to use the 100-400L with. Hope to get a FF camera before we go for thw wide angle and walk around chores. Trip should be in North American Spring (Aussie Fall). The D6 should be out by then.

Looks like your wife will need a Leica, then! You need to look the part

You should be fine with your lens choices and 7D, whether you get a full frame or not. If you are going to be shooting landscapes outside major cities, bring some grad ND filters - the daylight can be strong and contrasty down here.

MrEWorm wrote in post #15092179
We (wife and I) are still negotiating about what the trip will entail. I prefer wildlife & nature. She prefers luxury accomodations.
I just ordered a refurbished 7D to use the 100-400L with. Hope to get a FF camera before we go for thw wide angle and walk around chores. Trip should be in North American Spring (Aussie Fall). The D6 should be out by then.

Good choice. Living in NZ & shooting landscapes/nature the 7d is a great body.

I find I only use wider than 16mm for seascapes and the like anyhow, if there is no movement issues you can always shoot more frames and stitch, a lot of NZ landscapes are better shot this way anyhow.

let me know if you want any more specific help! You'll have a blast.

Just a thought MrEworm, when I travel OS with my wife we both have a carry on bag. I take my camera backpack, she takes our books and my overflow stuff above 7kg (inc 13" laptop). That gets most of my gear on board with me and at legal weight. Ancilliary stuff goes into the checked luggage (tripod, remote etc). We use those neck pillows on long flights, but just put them around our necks when checking in to save space in her bag. Then when we get off at the other end I just put it all back into my backpack. Problem solved.

If you travel with books buy a kindle!

Also dont expect to find much in the way of high end photography gear in stores here, or at a reasonable price. So bring it.

You will only need tripods typically at dusk/dawn etc as we tend to have nuclear bright days with harsh contrast (depending on when you come over). Bring a polariser!

RobDickinson wrote in post #15092330
If you travel with books buy a kindle!

Also dont expect to find much in the way of high end photography gear in stores here, or at a reasonable price. So bring it.

Nah, gotta be paper Rob. As for buying gear in N.Z. I went into a camera store in Auckland and walked out reeling like a drunken sailor, I couldn't believe how expensive gear was compared to Au or the U.S.

Honestly paper is a real throwback, much prefer my kindle, and i have 2000+ books (just take a lot longer to pick up after an earthquake!).

If your coming to Aussie & your visitng the three main cities of Sydney Melbourne brisbane there are Camera shops with plenty of gear ,,...

weve even got Electricity & running water downunder....lol

Depenmds wher your going to?, its onlt a day trip to get into the bust anyway from ANY major city....

Al

Ando27 wrote in post #15092632
weve even got Electricity & running water downunder....lol

Depenmds wher your going to?, its onlt a day trip to get into the bust anyway from ANY major city....

Al

Yep, just popping down to the corner store...............

L.J.G. wrote in post #15092641
Yep, just popping down to the corner store...............

Did you photoshop my house out of that shot?

Brisbane is a bit backward,...but it aint that backward .....lol

If you squint your eyes hard enough you can see the 7-Eleven store just at the end of the road

Bunch of comedians you lot. Next you'll be warning them about vicious poisonous Kangaroos and Emus roaming about the streets and shopping centres