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Hi all,



we (bunch of amateur photographers) have organized a photographic tour to northern Vietnam (two weeks starting from the 3rd. week of October). Any kind of advices are appreciated from the ones who experienced such a tour... "Any" might be a broad range for some, but experience is golden for me because I did not have a visit to south east Asia before (and furthermore, this is my first photographic tour for 2 weeks). Nevertheless, I can name some of the interest areas to be more specific:

1. Which lenses to bring with me (for Nikon FX)? Weight is one of the most important issue here because we'll be on the road or will be hiking every day. Northern part of Vietnam have very decent landscape opportunities + the local villages & tribes (and markets) will be visited. I plan to take the following with me (some of them will be ordered soon):
   
   
   
   - D800
   
   - Tokina 17-35mm (or Nikon 16-35mm, or Nikon 17-35mm, or 28mm is enough wide?...)
   
   - Nikon 50mm f/1.8G
   
   - Nikon 85mm f/1.8G (maybe, maybe not!)
   
   - VL 90mm
   
   - Nikon 135mm f/2 DC
   
   
   
   As you can see, the wide angle part (as usual) is the issue. I have no idea if wider than 28mm will be needed. And since these UWA monsters are too heavy and big, I don't want to make a mistake here.
2. Which filters? I've heard (and read) that the landscapes can be misty/hazy. I though polarizers and ND filters can help to capture nice shots. What do you think?
3. Portable storage: I don't plan to take a laptop with me. Rather than a laptop, I'm getting close to the idea to bring such a portable storage: [url="http://www.nextodi.com/product/en_nd2730.html"]http://www.nextodi.com/product/en_nd2730.html[/url]. It is said to be fast and robust. Battery life looks fine also. But I never used such storage devices, and not familiar with what is "user friendly" in this area.
4. Extra camera: I've ordered the Fujifilm X10. I thought that the extra camera I will take can only be used if something happens to the D800... Therefore, the extra should have been small and light. I hope this will be a good decision, but I'm still open to advices from your side.

That's all (for now <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />)... Thanks in advance...







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