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Sony travel the world kit

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
Let's have some fun. Say you won a contest to travel the world all expenses paid for 3 months. The only catch is you come home with 50 outstanding travel images, so what kit would you take. Rules are you need at least 1 body, 1 lens and 1 bag, that's the minimum. Oh and 1 tripod. So pick all 4 general items plus plus. What tripod , what bag , what lenses and what cameras.


What's the best in your mind. Remember this is for fun:toocool:
 
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Vivek

Guest
Easy. After a few days in Paris, I know this.

The A7s plus the Olympus pen F 60/1.5 plus ~10 batteries, a few SD cards, towels, air blower. Everything in a Lowepro AW 16L.

NO tripods (charger and such, of course).
 

Michiel Schierbeek

Well-known member
I would take the A7r and the following lenses:

Zooms:
new Zeiss 16-35
Contax N 24-85
Contax N 70-200

That could be enough but I will need some fast evening prime lenses:
VC Ultron 21/1.8
Contax Distagon 35/1.4
Minolta Rokkor 58/1.2

And then my Sirui mini travel tripod all in my Lowepro sling bag and also a low profile
smaller shoulder bag for dayly use. And don't forget the battery grip.
 

Tim

Active member
My Ricoh GR goes in a pocket. Thats 28mm taken care of.
In a small over the shoulder Think Tank bag, I'd take my A7II with either the new 15mm VC MkIII OR a VC 20mm SL AND a Sony FE 55mm. Throw in copious amounts of SD cards as I would leave laptops and tablets home.

In place of the tripod I would take a camera bean bag to rest cameras on tables and rocks and one of those bottle cap tripod heads, which I'd probably never end up using. :D

IF I took a tripod I'd take one of those pano head kits that pack away.

As I go out the door I would chicken out and pop the Sigma DP2 Merrill in the bag as well.

:watch:
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
Yes think night shooting too folks.

I'm heading out to a job but I know one lens would certainly be in my bag the 16-35
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
My Ricoh GR goes in a pocket. Thats 28mm taken care of.
In a small over the shoulder Think Tank bag, I'd take my A7II with the new 15mm VC MkIII OR a VC 20mm SL and a Sony FE 55mm. Throw in copious amounts of SD cards as I would leave laptops and tablets home.

In place of the tripod I would take a camera bean bag to rest cameras on tables and rocks and one of those bottle cap tripod heads, which I'd probably never end up using. :D

As I go out the door I would chicken out and pop the Sigma DP2 Merrill in the bag as well.

:watch:
Novaflex has a cool table top that fits in your pocket. I'll get a link later
 

Tim

Active member
I really find these posts a great way of verbalising what I end up considering before leaving. I guess we all do, when you have more stuff than you can take!
Last holiday I took the GR and DP2M only. And I never really missed having anything else. So it was 28mm/45mm pair. To a large degree it was dictated by the current mood.

I think I could also do it with the A7II with FE 55mm and a 28mm or maybe even a 24mm would be better.
It seems to be for many mirrorless users about paring down weight vs will the kit cover 90% of your wants/needs.

I wonder if someone approaches what they take from a different way other than focal length?
 

Thomas Fallon

New member
Great. The forum is giving away a 3 months all-expenses paid trip around the world. Fantastic. I will take a A7r, an A7r modified to IR, 15 mm Zeiss, 17 Canon t/s that I bought from Guy, 100 mm Zeiss macro, and Pentax 85 mm Soft focus.
 

jfirneno

Member
Let's have some fun. Say you won a contest to travel the world all expenses paid for 3 months. The only catch is you come home with 50 outstanding travel images, so what kit would you take. Rules are you need at least 1 body, 1 lens and 1 bag, that's the minimum. Oh and 1 tripod. So pick all 4 general items plus plus. What tripod , what bag , what lenses and what cameras.


What's the best in your mind. Remember this is for fun:toocool:
So let's see. I'll bring the A7S and the A7R and the A7II. Each has its strength. Also the Sony A850 just for any action shots. For a-mount I'll take the 135/f1.8 and the 200/f4 macro. I'll want the LAEA3 and LAEA4. For e-mount I'll take the 35/f2.8, 55/F1.8, the upcoming 35/F1.4 and 28/F2, and the 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 zooms and both of the Loxia primes. I'll say the Mitakon 50/f0.95 and the CV 12mm/f5.6. I'll take a big bag for everything and a smaller sling for day trips. I'll pack a big tripod and head for landscape stuff but I'll also take a trigger collapsible monopod with a trigger operated ball head for a lighter support system. And even though I lived the first 30 years of my life in NYC, if someone was going to pick up the tab, I'd spend two weeks of the trip in a luxury hotel off Central Park and stroll around Manhattan in the early summer. Between cityscapes and people there are about a thousand pictures I've always wished I had the time to take there but never have.

Regards,
John
 

engel001

Member
Sony A7R with native 55mm and 35mm
Metabones IV with Canon EOS 16-35mm/f4L (ultra wide angle I like to work slowly and the precision of the EVF is a great tool for manual focusing).
Perhaps an additional high-performance prime such as Sigma Art 35mm for EOS (or Sony with LAEA3) and/or a favorite Zeiss ZE lens.

Second body: Sony A99 with Zeiss 85mm and Minolta 200mm/2.8.

Tripod: Benro C1182TB0 Travel Flat II.
Manfrotto 709 Tabletop Tripod with Ballhead.

77mm Hoya Pro2 Polarizer
 
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danlindberg

Well-known member
Love these games :)

IRL I would go Alpa TC + SK72L + Credo 60 and be happy, but since this is a Sony game I'll play....

A7r + Canon FDn 35/2 + FDn 85/1.2L + Gitzo 2 series + Novoflex mini magic ball
 

Eoin

Member
For me, A7II with 5 lenses FE55, C/Y 18 f4, 28 f2, 85 f2.8, 100 f2. A single Novoflex C/Y-Nex adapter, RRS L Plate, Gitzo 2531 & RRS 30BH. My daily carry bag would be a Black Billingham Hadley Pro.
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
I would take the A7r or its replacement. Probably take a A7000 when it comes out. This gives me a backup and a small cam for like dinner or night time fun.

16-35, Zeiss loxia 35 mm or the new Zeiss 35 1.4 still need to get one of them. My Minolta 200 2.8 which I can always leave in a hotel room if need be to be light weight small for a day. The 85 1.4 and I would also take my Canon 24TSe with 1.4 extender which could be like the Minolta 200 and be left behind if need be. Mitikon 50 as well.

Travel pod I need to buy one and I do like my Think tank streetwalker for transport reasons and a think tank sling bag for daily. It also packs flat
 

Paratom

Well-known member
Let's have some fun. Say you won a contest to travel the world all expenses paid for 3 months. The only catch is you come home with 50 outstanding travel images, so what kit would you take. Rules are you need at least 1 body, 1 lens and 1 bag, that's the minimum. Oh and 1 tripod. So pick all 4 general items plus plus. What tripod , what bag , what lenses and what cameras.


What's the best in your mind. Remember this is for fun:toocool:
A7II (or A7rII if available), 16-35 (even though I dont see the need for it at the moment) 24-70, 70200/4.0FE, 35Loxia, 55/1.8
 
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Vivek

Guest
Highly Opinionated Opinion:lecture:

After handling the A7s, to me the A7r and the A7 are absolute crap. It is a shame that Sony uses its customers as beta testers for its "alpha" products.
 

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
A7II (or A7rII if available), 16-35 (even though I dont see the need for it at the moment) 24-70, 70200/4.0FE, 35Loxia, 55/1.8
Tom I absolutely love the A7II it hits all the check marks I need except one more MPX. I wish Sony would just drop in the 36mpx sensor in it and call it a day.
 
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