Help me choose my camera and lens setup for Everest Basecamp autumn 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- This is an unusual video for me. I ask for your input, as I can't decide what to bring for my upcoming trekking trip in Nepal.
Only four days remain before I leave, and it seems I am in the lucky position to have to much very nice gear to choose between. I go through some setups that I consider, talk about what the different setups can do, and show image examples.
But the final decision has to be taken soon, as I don't like to pack my things too close to leaving for Nepal.
Give me your thoughts on the gear I have picked, and help me choose my final setup. Thanks in advance.
Just came back from a 2 week trip to archaeological sites in Turkey. My big regret was opting for lighter rather than higher image quality. Personally I would go with option 3. You get the benefit of both lightest and high image quality
Thanks for your comment. Good point you are making. I'll consider that
The set 4 seems the better form me.
Thanks for your comment, but why is that? I think better of set 3 of the two with the Sony ZV-1 as I prefer - marginally - the Nikon setup for the Canon, but you might have some input, I haven't thought of.
@@key2adventure I think the Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 zoom is better than the Sigma 28-200
@@sangliersepromene Oh yes it is, but it's also much heavier. On the analog camera the Sigma performs very well, and likewise on the crop sensor camera. Where you really notice the difference is on the Hasselblad, where the Sigma seems dated. The Canon is almost sharp enough for the Hasselblad, though not quite to the corners, but I can do a bit of cropping in post. You are perfectly right, the Canon setup is technically the best. Thanks for the input.
I found very interesting your set-ups and of course they corresponds to your needs. I'd love to throw up to your attention an underrated proposition: Olympus OM-d E M1X with those Olympus PRO lenses... I was surprised of my own very limited experience, but very meaningful.
Actually, I am testing out some Olympus cameras, and I'm impressed with the results, but I'm still not ready to take them with me on an important trip. Thanks anyway for your suggestion.
Hello Bo
Interesting video with your proposed set ups.
You know the mountains better than I but I would suggest simplifying it further.
RX10iv for main camera (covers all eventualities and no need for lens changes)
A film camera (your favourite)
iPhone 12 as a backup
Hope this helps
All the best on your adventures.
Richard
Well thanks but that's not sufficient. I want sublime images from some of the gear, and some of the other gear is preparing me for later gear reviews. So one camera, and one that I have already reviewed is not an option.
@@key2adventure Ah, well that’s a whole different scenario if you need to incorporate cameras for the channel.
Good luck whatever you decide 👍
I would definitely have the X2D, lenses of choice. Adapter to use 35mm lenses on the X2D, A good 35mm digital with a good zoom and a good standard prime. Happt Trails!
Thanks for your comment. I wont be taking both the Hasselblad and a full frame digital, that would make too much conflict in most situations. What to use Hassel or Full Frame? It is a much easier choice with something simpler. For the most demanding shots, always Hasselblad and a suitable lens, for something faster moving and not so demanding, one of the crop sensor solutions.
British mountaineer Chris Bonington used an Olympus 0m1 when he climbed Everest in 1975. Obviously there were few better options at that time, but that said, it didn't let him down. Worth a thought. I guess it depends on how much weight you're willing to carry.
Well we're not climbing anything. When I was on Everest and Cho Oyu some years ago, I took a Fujifilm X-E2 with one lens on the mountain, but for the trip to basecamp I took a more substantial gear consisting of my then best camera, the Canon 5D mark III with three lenses, a 17-40mm, a 70-200mm, and for portraits an 85mm f1.8. Climbing I go light, sometimes even with as little as the Fujifilm XQ2, but trekking with most of my stuff transported by others, I take a full gear for every kind of photography, and also carry some stuff for later gear reviews.
I guess if you are going to take the Hasselblad for ultimate image quality, as well as the Nikon DSLR, then a Holga pinhole camera would be just for the odd type of pictures.
I wont be taking both Hasselblad and Nikon DSLR. The Nikon 1 V1 is mirrorless. I shoot a lot of "crazy" photography. Some of my most wanted images come from pinhole cameras, some even home build cameras. On my recent photography exhibition visitors flocked around one of my images shot with a tin can camera. That's why I usually also on my travels carry some kind of pinhole camera.
spreadsheet disappeared but the Hasselblad X2D with the XCD25V or perhaps the 55V work well. I used the on the Jungfrau just last week!
Disappeared ? I don't have either the 25v or the 55v. My Hasselblads are 28p, 45p, and 90v.
To my it is quite suprising that you consider taking so much gear with you. Acutally I was assuing that one camera and one (or two) lenses will have to do. I wonder how you are transporting all this gear together with all the live-essentials (like food, sleeping bag, climing gear etc).
Thanks for your comment. It's a commercial trek on which I'm the leader. That means that all personal stuff is carried by others, and we only carry our personal gear, therefore camera and lenses are not a big problem, although there are limits to that. There's no climbing gear for a trekking trip except for some crampons for the glacial traverse of Cho La.
I am semi professional photographer, therefore I need some more gear. I do gear reviews (mostly old stuff except the Hasselblads), and bring some more gear for that. And I do a lot of different styles of photography, therefore one or two lenses rarely suffice.
So I guess you have no suggestions relating to my sets, just want me slim down. When I climbed on Everest and Cho Oyu (8202 meters) some years ago, I did exactly that, but that was also an extreme challenge. On Everest a Fujifilm X-E2 and one lens and on Cho Oyu even lighter with my Fujifilm X-Q2. That was for the climb itself, in basecamp I had my best camera at the time a Canon 5D mark III with three lenses: 17-40mm, 70-200mm, and a portrait lens, an 85mm f1.8.
So the size of equipment depends much on the challenge, but for easier trips (for me that is) like this years trek, I want a diverse set of gear for all kinds of photography.
@@key2adventure I understand. Thanks for the detailed explaination. I am glad, you are considering the X2D for your trip. I am considering buying one for portraiture photos myself. I think this is a spectacular camera. Have a nice and safe trip.
@@andreasstolten9179 thanks again for your comment. The X2D is an incredible camera, I shoot lots of portraits when travelling, and I love the look of the files coming from this camera. They are so good I rarely do anything to them in post, and that is a big thing for me. I like photography, not the work behind the computer screen.
A Holga?
Why, is it because of the weight, being very light?
Hah, yes I understand your comment. But then I guess you haven't followed my channel, cause I shoot a lot of "crazy" photography. Some of my most wanted images come from pinhole cameras, some even home build cameras. On my recent photography exhibition visitors flocked around one of my images shot with a tin can camera. That's why I usually also on my travels carry some kind of pinhole camera. Definitely not for weight, but it's good that it doesn't add much weight to my already heavy gear.
You may want to bring a Nikon F/G to X adapter.
Well that is of course part of the package otherwise I wouldn't be using those F mount lenses on my Hasselblad. Have you seen some of my reviews of older lenses including Nikon lenses? There I present my adapters, of which I have a lot for different camera systems. I even made a video on my adapter setup, you can watch it here: th-cam.com/video/iIrtNQkeEV0/w-d-xo.html