david.elliott
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Hello all,
I had planned on going to the Grand Canyon this year (see - http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=130150), but just got a pretty good deal on airfare to Iceland so my girlfriend and I are going there instead. We will be there toward the end of April.
So, I have a few questions for all of you. But, first, you should know that I am not an experienced traveler at all. So any tips and advice, no matter how trivial they may seem to you, would be greatly appreciated by me.
As budget is always a useful bit of info in these threads, we anticipate having about $800 each as an 'activity budget' remaining after airfare and hotel. While we are on the subject of hotels, hotel recommendations would be appreciated -- I will be booking one this week.
Are there any other photo opportunities / activities that we should look into? Any particular tours, guides, outfits, charters, etc that are worthwhile? I would love to do a bit of hiking (moderate, not super rough terrain), visit some springs, check out the local food and pubs, and of course fit in some landscape and macro photography time.
I think your recommendations as to the above are probably most important, but I wouldn't mind getting some advice as to what equipment to bring as well.
I mostly do macro work, which you can see by looking at my website (www.renderedinsilver.com). On the digital side of things, I mainly use my om-d and a macro lens.
At the moment, I plan to bring my om-d with 60/2.8 macro, 100-300, and 12/2. I should probably get a nd filter for the 12mm lens to do some long exposure landscapes. Will definitely be bringing along a travel tripod.
I would love to bring some film equipment as well. We'll be renting a car so I can bring some extra stuff. What do you guys think, rolleiflex or a leica with a 28mm elmarit or 50mm summicron?
I have a billingham hadley pro which does not fit a great deal of equipment. I don't have any other bags. So, I guess it is somewhat good insofar as it forces me to travel light. My travel tripod is a gitzo traveler (can't really use my hasselblad on it...too lightweight of a tripod).
Is it worth buying a red filter for some dramatic skies? I've only ever used UV filters on my lenses and sometimes a yellow filter with the rolleiflex...
Anybody have a good shoulderpad solution for the billingham bags? I don't think that the actual billingham shoulderpad that they sell is not particularly comfortable.
Any insight or advice regarding what equipment will be best suited to this trip would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for answering all of my myriad of questions!
-David
I had planned on going to the Grand Canyon this year (see - http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=130150), but just got a pretty good deal on airfare to Iceland so my girlfriend and I are going there instead. We will be there toward the end of April.
So, I have a few questions for all of you. But, first, you should know that I am not an experienced traveler at all. So any tips and advice, no matter how trivial they may seem to you, would be greatly appreciated by me.
As budget is always a useful bit of info in these threads, we anticipate having about $800 each as an 'activity budget' remaining after airfare and hotel. While we are on the subject of hotels, hotel recommendations would be appreciated -- I will be booking one this week.
Are there any other photo opportunities / activities that we should look into? Any particular tours, guides, outfits, charters, etc that are worthwhile? I would love to do a bit of hiking (moderate, not super rough terrain), visit some springs, check out the local food and pubs, and of course fit in some landscape and macro photography time.
I think your recommendations as to the above are probably most important, but I wouldn't mind getting some advice as to what equipment to bring as well.
I mostly do macro work, which you can see by looking at my website (www.renderedinsilver.com). On the digital side of things, I mainly use my om-d and a macro lens.
At the moment, I plan to bring my om-d with 60/2.8 macro, 100-300, and 12/2. I should probably get a nd filter for the 12mm lens to do some long exposure landscapes. Will definitely be bringing along a travel tripod.
I would love to bring some film equipment as well. We'll be renting a car so I can bring some extra stuff. What do you guys think, rolleiflex or a leica with a 28mm elmarit or 50mm summicron?
I have a billingham hadley pro which does not fit a great deal of equipment. I don't have any other bags. So, I guess it is somewhat good insofar as it forces me to travel light. My travel tripod is a gitzo traveler (can't really use my hasselblad on it...too lightweight of a tripod).
Is it worth buying a red filter for some dramatic skies? I've only ever used UV filters on my lenses and sometimes a yellow filter with the rolleiflex...
Anybody have a good shoulderpad solution for the billingham bags? I don't think that the actual billingham shoulderpad that they sell is not particularly comfortable.
Any insight or advice regarding what equipment will be best suited to this trip would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for answering all of my myriad of questions!
-David
