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Hi, I could use a bit of input on what equipment to buy for a trip to Kilimanjaro and a bit of safari. As the title suggest I am trying to figure out which way to go in terms of value since I do not have money to do both. Currently I have the following equipment: Canon EOS 6D (primarily for landscape photography) and a Canon EF70-300 mm1:4-5.6 IS USM for telezoom. I also have a couple of wide angle lenses for landscape. I have never been on a safari before so I have no idea of the distances to the wildlife. The question I am trying to answer, is if I would be better of (considering the gear I have already) buying and carrying and extra camera body such as the EOS 7D mk II or EOS 80D which have faster autofocus than the 6D or buying a L-series telezoom such as the EF 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6L? Or do you guys have completely different suggestions? Any input would be appreciated!

What software do you guys use for focus stacking? Photoshop?

Hi, does anyone have experience with the Apurture Amaran Halo AHL-H100 ring light? I was actually off ring lights for macro again but this one seems to have gotten ok reviews while not being super exspensive... Any thoughts? Aputure Amaran Halo AHL-H100 Ring Light

Baby alligators resting on a leaf with mom nowhere to be seen

A view of Rondvatnet lake and the mountain station in Norway's Rondane national park. To reach this point it's already a 10 km hike from the parking lot. From here trails go into Rondane area.

I would recommend not worrying too much about and just carry a powerbank (one with ability to solar charge) to top up batteries each day. Of course it depends on how much you shoot and how much sun you have each day but in my case I went on the Snowman trek (which is around 30 days with no external power) and did fine with 3 batteries and a Power Monkey solar charger. It should be noted that we had 11 days of rain and it still was not a problem. I used a Canon 6D.

American alligator waiting for a meal

A gulf fritillary on a thistle shot outside Slidell in Louisiana. The shot was made with a hand-held 70-300 mm (at 300 mm) and not a macro lens - hence the ever so slightly out of focus :P

Mount Jichu Drake in the Bhutanese Himalayas. The mountain is around 6600 meters and as all other mountains in Bhutan it's not allowed to climb it due to the spirit living on the peak.

Thanks for the reply - this is what I was afraid off to be honest.. sending it to Canon is pretty expensive :/ I have tried to do a normal alignement and I'll see if it makes any differences. But it's beginnning to look like sending it for service is the only real option :p

Well, regarding the lens not being focused properly I would agree that it could of course happen, but not as consistently as it did (I have a number of photos where the problem is evident). All other lenses works fine so I'm assuming that its not an operator issue ;)