Erasmus667
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As you may know from a previous posting I'm going on a safari/temples holiday to India later this year. I've discovered a problem about which I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions. I've been advised by the tour operator that the allowance for cabin baggage for internal flights in India is 5kg. This morning I did a test weigh of the kit to go into the cabin to see if there was a problem. I'm planning to take my Z7ii/Z 24-120 and a D500/200-500. The total weight was about 8kg with nothing else. The question is 'what do I do?' My initial thoughts are these a) pack the D500 body in checked luggage which has a T.S.A approved padlock and hope that it doesn't get 'lost'. b) Sell the 200-500 lens and get a combination which might be lighter e.g 1.4TC with 100-400 c) bite the bullet and pay the excess charges on the grounds that i) I know that everything will be safer in the cabin and ii) I'm very unlikely to go to go to India again so pay up to get photos I won't ever get a chance to take again d) pair the D500 with a TC and my 70-300 4.5/5.6. I see this as a last resort as it appears that the D500/200-500 is one of the best combination to use on safari. I also plan to use it for airshows but this is a minor consideration. There may be other options and I'd be delighted as ever to hear them. I'm retired on a fixed income so if I can avoid buying yet more kit (it would have to be secondhand) then so much the better. Thanks for taking the time to read all of this. Kind regards