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<p>Ray, i'll be buying some stuff to keep here with my wife and using around at her studio. I forgot to remove from the list some things, my bad and thanks for the advice</p>

<p>Well, i've made some changes in the gear for the travel and i've just asked to a friend of mine who is going to NYC next week grab for me the equipment at B&H.<br>

The list:<br>

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera <br />Canon Battery Pack LP­E6 for the EOS 5D Mark II, 5D Mark III, 6D, & 7D Digital SLR Cameras ­ 1800 mAh (2 spare)<br />SanDisk - 16GB CompactFlash Memory Card Extreme 400x UDMA - 2-Pack<br />SanDisk - 16GB CompactFlash Memory Card Extreme Pro 600x UDMA<br />SanDisk - 16 GB SDHC Memory Card Extreme Pro Class 10 UHS-I<br />Vello - Wireless ShutterBoss Timer Remote<br />Pearstone - Duo Battery Charger for Canon LP-E6<br />Tamron - 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical IF Macro Autofocus Lens)<br />Canon Telephoto EF 135mm f/2.0L USM Autofocus Lens <br />Samyang 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Canon<br />Lensbaby Creative Effects System Kit<br />Tiffen 67mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit<br />Tiffen 72mm Digital Essentials Filter Kit<br />Benro - C-0691 Travel Angel CF Tripod (Trans-Functional) W/B00 Ballhead<br />Think Tank Photo - Retrospective 7 Shoulder Bag (Pinestone) - Walkaround Bag<br />Incase Designs Corp DSLR Pro Sling Pack (Black) (Travel Bag)<br />iPad with Retina display Wi-Fi 64GB - Black<br />iPad Smart Case - Polyurethane - Light Gray<br />Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader<br />Lightning to USB Camera Adapter<br />Lightning to 30-pin Adapter<br />M.I.C. All-in-One Card Reader For iPad<br>

My only last doubt is about choosing a 50mm 1.4f instead the 135mm or taking none of them, what do you guys think?</p>

<p>Hi guys, first of all thanks a lot for all these replies. Your advices made me think a lot these days and i think i've reached the following conclusion: <br /><br />Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera <br />Tokina AT-X 16-28mm f/2.8 Pro FX Lens for Canon <br />Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 DI VC USD Lens for Canon <br />Canon Telephoto EF 135mm f/2.0L USM Autofocus Lens <br />Benro C-0691 Travel Angel CF Tripod (Trans-Functional) W/B00 Ballhead <br />Filters <br />2x 16gb CF Card <br />1 8gb SD Card <br />iPad2 with CF/SD card reader <br />USB hard-drive <br /><br />All fitted in a backpack: Fstop Guru or Lowepro Pro Trekker 300 AW <br />The camera backpack will be with me all the time and double padlocked <br />For clothes, i've decided using a Deuter Helion 80 rucksack, it has wheels and also a shoulder strap if necessary <br /><br />In order to keep my things safe, both packs will stay locked with Pacsafe 55L Bag Protector and Pacsafe 85L Backpack Protector while the luggage stays at hostel/sleeping time. <br /><br />Once again, thanks a lot and any further advices or recommendations will be very appreciated</p>

<p >Well, after all these replies i have to thank each one of you. I live in Brazil and the price of equipment is way, way to high (almost 5k USD in grey market and 9,5k USD in local retail stores camera body only) but my wife bought a 5D Mark III yesterday and, following you guys advice i'll gonna get used and friendly with the camera and then buy new body in Japan. No, this is not a HOAX, just a really question from someone in doubt about the proper gear to cary. I used to shoot with a D90 and i think it is time to move to a Full Frame camera, the capacity of the bag was one of the advices that i had, 70l is to big (and heavy) but the backpack/travel pack i will be only for my clothes and gifts that i'll take to my friends that live in Tokyo, Nagoya and Hamamatsu. It will stay at my friends house and at the hostels (that i'll be booking next week after price research), the camera, lenses and computer will be with me all the time in the daypack/camera bag. My body type isn't a tank, i'm 1,75m tall and 75kg weight and yes, i'm starting to consider less lenses (any recommendations?) to this.</p>

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<p >Here is my trip plan</p>

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<p >Tokyo (3 days)</p>

<p >Nikko (2 days)</p>

<p >Hakone (2 days)</p>

<p >Takayama/Shirakawago (1 day)</p>

<p >Nagoya (1 day)</p>

<p >Osaka/Nara/Kobe (3 days)</p>

<p >Himeji (1 day)</p>

<p >Kyoto (4 days)</p>

<p >Hiroshima/Miyajima (2 days)</p>

<p >Tokyo (1 day)</p>

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<p >Thanks you all!</p>

<p>Hi guys, i'll be traveling to a 20 day trip to Japan in early May and i have doubt. At first, most of my transportation in Japan will be by train and i'll be sleeping in hostels / friends house, i'll be doing a lot of street photography/landscape/portrait photos. My gear (i'll buy this new body and lenses in Japan) will be Nikon D800 or a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with Tokina 16-28mm F/2.8, Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8, Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 and, maybe, a 50mm f/1.4 lenses (ok, i know that's a lot of glass and i should carry/buy less lenses). Plus, Benro C0681TB00 Tripod with B00 Dual Action Ballhead and UV Protector, Circular Polarizer and ND filters. A macbook pro 15" will also travel with me and will be carried with the camera/lenses trough the travel and city walks/hiking-trekking. Should i travel with a backpack, maybe a travel pack with 70l+10l (Deuter Quantum 70+10 or other similar, the attached daypack is dispensable i guess, then, i'll choose a multi-day backpack) and a daypack (Kata Bumblebee PL-220 / Crumpler The Sinking Barge Deluxe / F-Stop Loka pack with medium pro ICU) for camera / lenses / food / jacket or should i choose a trolley luggage (Deuter Helion 80)? Do you guys would rather choose to travel with backpacks or with luggage?</p>