Which 2 lens to bring to Ho Chi Minh?

[kelccm]

What do you take more often when you are on tour??

If street photography - bring your 70-300
If landscape - bring your 10-22

 

[jeryltan]

But wouldn't the 17-85mm be good enough for street? ie. without the paparazzi type shots

What do you take more often when you are on tour??

If street photography - bring your 70-300
If landscape - bring your 10-22

 

[spartacus.ret]

What do you take more often when you are on tour??

If street photography - bring your 70-300
If landscape - bring your 10-22

i dont believe theres much scenary or landscape to shoot in ho chi minh is there?
its not exactly one of those beautiful cities like ny, london, paris.

 

[holeinone]

Or they may just rob you of your camera... esp if it looks like it's worth 3 years of their pay. :bsmilie:

 

[jeryltan]

That's why I'm worried about carrying too much stuff

Or they may just rob you of your camera... esp if it looks like it's worth 3 years of their pay. :bsmilie:

 

[jeryltan]

I would guess, the 10-22mm is good for indoors and buildings too? Like Cho Lan, Ben Thanh or even the History museum and War Museum?

i dont believe theres much scenary or landscape to shoot in ho chi minh is there?
its not exactly one of those beautiful cities like ny, london, paris.

 

[USM]

My advice is - stay low profile.

Vietnam is still a developing market, not many people own a DSLR. By taking out a big camera with big lens, you will attract unnecessary attention, so stay alert at all times.

Go to those tourist streets, there are under-covered police on patrol, so quite safe. Ask aroudn which streets that you should wonder around especially at night.

Forget about buying camera stuff in Vietnam, you will know what I mean when you reach there.

Some Vietnamese speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English, so communication is ok.

Enjoy your trip.

 

[jeryltan]

Tks bro :thumbsup: Because you said so, I will skip the 70-300mm

My advice is - stay low profile.

Vietnam is still a developing market, not many people own a DSLR. By taking out a big camera with big lens, you will attract unnecessary attention, so stay alert at all times.

Go to those tourist streets, there are under-covered police on patrol, so quite safe. Ask aroudn which streets that you should wonder around especially at night.

Forget about buying camera stuff in Vietnam, you will know what I mean when you reach there.

Some Vietnamese speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English, so communication is ok.

Enjoy your trip.

 

[USM]

Tks bro :thumbsup: Because you said so, I will skip the 70-300mm

It's ok to bring your 70-300 since it's black in color and is not too big to attract attention, so ok.

 

[jeryltan]

KNS you, don't bring also you say, bring also you say Anyway, I think I'll just end up bringing the 17-85mm and 10-22mm.. I'm still tryingt o figure out, how to carry..

1. 350D
2. 430EX
3. 10-22mm
4. 17-85mm
5. 70-300mm
6. DC20
7. Tripod, Monopod
8. Spare batt., memory card, DVD-RWs, blower..

without breaking my back :bsmilie: I get tired just thinking about it :bsmilie:

It's ok to bring your 70-300 since it's black in color and is not too big to attract attention, so ok.

 

[fWord]

KNS you, don't bring also you say, bring also you say Anyway, I think I'll just end up bringing the 17-85mm and 10-22mm.. I'm still tryingt o figure out, how to carry..

1. 350D
2. 430EX
3. 10-22mm
4. 17-85mm
5. 70-300mm
6. DC20
7. Tripod, Monopod
8. Spare batt., memory card, DVD-RWs, blower..

without breaking my back :bsmilie: I get tired just thinking about it :bsmilie:

Heheh...if you're really concerned about getting mugged of your camera, then an old, crickety looking film camera might be the answer. If I were going to Ho Chin Minh soon, I'd consider taking my newly acquired [but old] film camera. Again, it depends on what you want to shoot. If you're primarily after street photography and portraits, I'd think that a standard 50mm lens on a film body will suffice.

I'd actually recommend that you bring just:

1. Camera body + 17-85mm lens (crucial) + 10-22mm (optional)
2. Spare batteries + charger (find out if the plug will fit into their sockets, or if you need an adapter)
3. Lots of memory cards
4. Dust blower, brush, microfibre cloth, lens cleaning liquid etc
5. 430ex (optional...omit if you want to stay really low profile)
6. Remote shutter release (optional, but preferred to self-timer mode. Allows you to release a shutter almost immediately, get the shot and scram, rather than waiting for the self-timer to elapse)

Tripods or monopods are great if you have them when you need it. But keep a lookout around you. I'd try my very best not even to take my hand off the camera hand grip.

 

[jeryltan]

Tks bro.. Yes, the 17-85mm is confirm bring one.. 10-22mm most likely, but 70-300mm think not likely mainly due to it's weight.. As for the flash, I guess I would be needing it for the museums and river cruise (at night) right?

Going to bring 1 x 1GB, 2 x 2GB and 1 x 4GB.. And a 20GB HDD for backup.. Should be enough bah?

Power adapter and other accessories, including the remote shutter also got already, just hope I don't forget to bring

Heheh...if you're really concerned about getting mugged of your camera, then an old, crickety looking film camera might be the answer. If I were going to Ho Chin Minh soon, I'd consider taking my newly acquired [but old] film camera. Again, it depends on what you want to shoot. If you're primarily after street photography and portraits, I'd think that a standard 50mm lens on a film body will suffice.

I'd actually recommend that you bring just:

1. Camera body + 17-85mm lens (crucial) + 10-22mm (optional)
2. Spare batteries + charger (find out if the plug will fit into their sockets, or if you need an adapter)
3. Lots of memory cards
4. Dust blower, brush, microfibre cloth, lens cleaning liquid etc
5. 430ex (optional...omit if you want to stay really low profile)
6. Remote shutter release (optional, but preferred to self-timer mode. Allows you to release a shutter almost immediately, get the shot and scram, rather than waiting for the self-timer to elapse)

Tripods or monopods are great if you have them when you need it. But keep a lookout around you. I'd try my very best not even to take my hand off the camera hand grip.

 

[jeryltan]

Tks guys.. Have decided to bring the 10-22mm.. Since got 4 votes more than 70-300mm.. Will be flying off in 4 hrs time, so will be closing this thread.. Tks again for all the help rendered :thumbsup:

 

[jeryltan]

Tks for all the tips guys.. Just came home, here's 3 pics. I took there using 10-22mm

 

[An drew]

Interesting pictures. I was at this temple before but did not have my DSLR then. The religion is a very interesting hybrid.

Did you have any 10mm shots of the Cu Chi tunnels? They might relieve my nightmares of crawling through the Vietcong's tunnels.

 

[dragos]

nice shots

 

[jeryltan]

Here's one Yeap, the crawling was bad.. My legs and back are still aching

Interesting pictures. I was at this temple before but did not have my DSLR then. The religion is a very interesting hybrid.

Did you have any 10mm shots of the Cu Chi tunnels? They might relieve my nightmares of crawling through the Vietcong's tunnels.

 

[jeryltan]

Tks..

nice shots

 

[An drew]

Thanks for the picture. This is actually the "Big tourist tunnel" so it does gives me some relief. :sweat:

 

[jeryltan]

No leh.. Actually is the small one.. I didn't go in, just squat outside take pic. only You mean you went in? :bigeyes:

Thanks for the picture. This is actually the "Big tourist tunnel" so it does gives me some relief. :sweat: