You know, I'd never be happy on such a major photogenic trip without
something longer than 100mm. Have you considered at least a 2x
converter? A Vivitar 2x macroconverter would add real close-up to the
100mm and give 200/4 for tele shots. The longest lens I had in Central
American rain forest was 200mm and there were plenty of times I wanted
more. I had an old 3 or 4 element teleconverter, but it required
stopping down to be sharp, limiting its usefulness. There were all these
birds and butterflies. And then there were the other wonderful things
that one can't just walk up to.
A word about binoculars. If you are actually going to be tromping
through the rain forest, make sure you have a pair that focuses pretty
close. I took a pair of Nik*ns that didn't focus closer than about 3 m.
Fortunately, I also took a pair of light, cheap 7x25s that focus to
about 1.2 m as backups. In the forest, I often found things I wanted to
take a closer look at just out of reach in places where it wasn't safe
or practical to get closer, so the binocs were in use a lot. The Nik*ns
got very little use by comparison.
Moose
Olaf Greve wrote:
So, it's pretty much final now that I'll be bringing the following:
OM-4Ti
24/2
35-70/3.6
100/2
Extension rings (for pushing the 100/2's close-up capabilities somewhat
further)
T32
Light weight, small tripod
Worn down, small, low-cost, trashy looking camouflage back-pack Lots of zip
lock bags and silica gel bags
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