Jeroen Wenting
(K=25317) - Comment Date 11/30/2002
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Don't be lazy and keep the lenses both.
Optical quality (and thus the resulting images) are a lot better.
You might want to consider (IF you can afford to) to return the 70-300 and getting the 80-400VR instead. The image stabilisation might come in handy when working from a vehicle with people moving around in it.
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Charles Morris
(K=5969) - Comment Date 12/2/2002
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Definitely don't be lazy. especially if this is a once in a lifetime trip. You will get a lot of images if you use one of the very latest generation of the tamron 28-300 XR lenses, but you still lose quality at both ends of the spectrum. The example i have played with showed a bit of chromatic aberation at the long end with high contrast subjects. and at the wide end it showed some barrel distortion that the nikon 24-120 controls a lot better.
I still like a 3 lens setup. If you can afford the cost ($900) and the weight, tokina has a 100-300mm f4 zoom that is simply a stellar performer. they also have a low cost wide-angle zoom 19-35mm f3.5-4.5 that is excellent for outdoors and nature and is quite light. mine has been to west africa bouncing around in the back of a pajero for days at a time and other than a few internal dust specs, it never complains. you have the 24-120 already and i can't fault it much, but for portability and sharpness i prefer the 28-105.
Given your current inventory either keep it as it is and just accept that you will need to change lenses on occasion, or if you really want a tele zoom that will improvbe the chances of success, the suggestion of Jeroen to think about the 80-400VR is a good one.
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chris meyer
(K=597) - Comment Date 12/5/2002
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Get a tripod and a second camera body for the lenses. You should have a backup! I'll see you there, going to SA twice in 2003! ;) cheers
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Gustaf L Bjerne
(K=245) - Comment Date 12/21/2002
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Keep the two lenses that you alreade have.
Both will suit a satari trip well.
Lightweight and quite small and still the optical quality is rather good.
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Bart Aldrich
(K=7614) - Comment Date 12/30/2002
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I'd deffiently carry both. You'll need everything from wide to long tele for landscapes to animals. Even 300 might not be long enough. Most Africa travel/shooters carry at least 400 or a 2x converter on a fast 200-300 lens.
Also bean-bags are very flexible stabilzers in place of tripods when shooting from Jeeps, SUV's or Land Rover type vehicles.
Can't wait to see those pix!
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