tomazkunst

<p>In my opinion, too, your equipement is quite sufficinet; if you can borrow some faster lenses, then do it, otherwise you can make quite amazing shots with ISO settings up to 1000 if you do not need photos to make supersized jumbo prints).<br>

I used Nikon D600 in Tanzania, making many shots in low-light conditions, from animals to people, with slow lenses and fast shutter speeds, and upt to 800/1000 ISO not much noise occured; at 800 virtually none!<br>

Enjoy the festival, and many good shots! Tomaz</p>

<p>Ashwani,<br>

this equipement is going to get you many good shots, as safari drivers are amazingly able to get close to the wildlife, youo can not beleive it until you see it. Yet, I strongly recommend you to take another body (strong advice) with a telephoto lens with at least 400 mm at top end for distant subjects; do not change lenses, there is going to be quite a lot of dust, and animals are fast moving - they come close in no time, as you take pictures, you suddenly find how close they are. At least rent one!<br>

Another body, with 18-135 mm is very handy. I have been in Tanzania during new year period, in autumn I bought Nikon D600, from film times I have Tokina 80-400mm, plus I have D200 with 18-200mm; amazing percentage of animal shots had to be made with 18-200! But, by no means, do not forget longer lenses, you will regret that!<br>

Enjoy the safari! Tomaz</p>

<p>Than you Bob for the response; I agree that stronger is better, but the decisive factor is weight, as I will mostly carry tripod in the mountains. Smaller one (8225, I think) is too small, I had Cullmans Magic2 tripod which was flat when folded, and fully streched and without center column extended it was pretty stable. Small and lightweight, but with digital cameras it was not strong enough (and the legs stopped to stretch now).<br>

Thanks for information about the heads, as Vitruvian is somehow my favorite (based on internet information, of course); I will reconsider about VGR 8265, though.</p>

<p>Thanks again Tomaz</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

after reading many posts on this forum and checking a lot of websites, I came to the difficult choice between two compact tripods, one being Feisol CT 3441s(or t), the other Giottos Vitruvian 8255; both will be needed for travel/trekking purposes, less for the other.<br>

I am aware of additional built-in monopod benefit of Giottos, but since nowhere in Slovenia, as well as nearby cities of Austria and Italy the physiscal comparison is not possible, I would like to ask the photo.net members if they have any experience with them (or slightly different models of the same brands, not other types of Feisol or Giottos), to make decision between brands easier. Many people decided to purchase on or the other, unfortuneately I cannot find any post about their satisfaction with the choice.<br>

Giottos comes with a ballhead included, which will probably need a later replacement with Markins (probably QEmille), for the start with Feisol I consider Manfrottos 460MG head. The choice of head is actually not a consideration here, as one of Markins heads is the nearest end-type. Camera Nikon D200, with 18-200 VR the longest lens. <br>

Thanks for the answers in advance<br>

Tomaz</p>

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<p>From many thousands of beautiful places, my favorites are:<br>

Bled, Slovenia<br>

Altiplano, Bolivia<br>

Death valley, California<br>

Wadi Rum, Jordan<br>

Bali</p>

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