Thank you so much for the information!! I'll drop them a line tomorrow and order one.
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Within the last week I watched a video from airline Youtuber Sam Chui about a flight on AirIndia. He said after thousands of international flights they were the first people to not allow his nail clippers in carry-on....The bigger pain is be prepared to take everything out of your bag for security, and I mean just about everything! Be prepared for chaos on the security line and keep your eye on everything (not that it would be stolen, just easy to forget or drop something.) And don't pack any batteries (of any kind, even non-lithium) in your checked luggage or they will make you remove them.
Have a great trip, India is amazing!
Within the last week I watched a video from airline Youtuber Sam Chui about a flight on AirIndia. He said after thousands of international flights they were the first people to not allow his nail clippers in carry-on.
Indeed, in India they took my spouses hex key for his Peak Design plate. Not sure how you could use that tiny thing as a weapon....Anything that can be remotely called a tool is usually a no go ... anything even as trivial as a keychain shard / wallet tools etc. Forget any form of hex keys / screw drivers etc. Almost a 100% chance that they will take it away.
I mark all such items in red in packing lists and they go into a pouch and into the checked bag(s).
Everyone needs to read the full post above. Outstanding advice!Just to add my two cents.....
I appreciated the thread:...
I have a few different ideas and am not seeking advice per se, just saying I appreciate the thread.
Only reason for posting gear weight is if anyone has a similar setup it will give you a baseline of what to expect.
I think the black is more discrete when you fill it with your items than the sand one. I have the black one, I found it less noticeable when I have it onMany thanks for all your comments and suggestions. I've had a look on B & H's website as you kindly suggested. They only have the vests. Following this I telephoned Tiffen who confirmed that the jackets have been discontinued. It's just now a question of deciding whether to go for the sand coloured or black one. It defiinitely seems to be the solution to the baggage issue. It'll also be useful on holiday as I won't have to carry around a camera bag.
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 regar
I have this kit i.e. Sony 6700 and Sony 70-350 and I am more than satisfied. First of all, as a pensioner, I don't have to carry a lot of weight. The weight of this kit is approximately 1120 grams. I had been carrying gear in a Burton Zoom backpack for 15 years and my back was screaming for help. Now I have a tiny backpack and in it the aforementioned kit plus the Sigma 105mm macro Art.I am mobile and don't get tired.Maybe I won't photograph for National Geographic with this equipment but I assure you that you won't be disappointed.Speaking of weight restrictions, I am looking for some advice. My wife and I travel with groups that are not photography focused. For many years I carried a couple of point and shoot Canon cameras. Now that I’m hooked on bird photograph, I like to take a camera that is capable of getting some decent shots of birds and animals, but small and light enough to fit I’m my carry on (along with “Meds” and other necessities required by an old man). I packed my Z8 with the 100-400, along with my Z6ll and 24-200 for Africa, and it made for a heavy carry on. Fortunately, I was able to persuade our guide to carry my bag on the aircraft, thus working around the weight restrictions.
However, I’d like a smaller, lighter kit. Ive been shooting Sony gear recently, and tried the Sony 70-350 cropped sensor lens on my a1 and found it works pretty well. The lens is tiny and gets you out to 500+ mm in crop mode. So my question is this: Has anyone tried the Sony a6700 body and what do you think about the view finder and rear screen. I hear the viewfinder and screen are not good. But, if people are satisfied with the a6700, I’d pick one up and take the a6700, 70-350, and 16-55 on my next trip… and feel a bit more comfortable around the rest of the tour group who are using mobile phones for photography.
I'm not interested in adding another system like a micro 4/3rd, just hoping that someone has had success with a a6700.