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Nikon Df + 600mm f/4 around the world (Part I)

A “Light” photo bag

The year was 2018. I quit a girlfriend and a country. I decided to simply go to Southeast Asia and South Africa, with a 300mm f/2.8 VRII (reviewed here) and a Nikon 600mm f/2.8 VRII and a X-Pro2 (reviewed here) and Pen-F (reviewed here) and my little sister. What could go wrong was a way of living back then.

I will divide this series in multiple parts – got 20 000 photos for a 3 months trip!

I won’t go that much in a chronological order…

Me handholding a 600mm f/4 VRII

Leaving Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

300mm f/2.8, 600mm f/4, 23mm f/2 Fuji, 35mm f/2 Fuji, Nikon D7500, and D300s. The essential.

In San Franscico.

Fuji X-Pro2 and the 23mm f/2

Fuji X-Pro2 and the 23mm f/2


Singapore, 600mm f/4 on Nikon D7500

600mm f/4 Nikon on a D7500, 20 000 iso

South Africa! Addo National Park.

Singapore, 600mm f/4 + Nikon D7500, ISO 16 000

In South Africa! Addo National Park

Singapore, 600mm f/4 + Nikon D7500, ISO 16 000

And that is it for part 1. I still have a ton of pictures to go through!

A few thoughts: The X-Pro2 is my all-time favorite camera. Attach a 23mm f/2 and you can take over the world. The X-Pro2 was an end-game camera: the perfect one; the only one you’d need. 8 FPS, 4k video, 24mp sensor… dual card slots and weather sealing… Fuji killed the word pro in the X-Pro3, with that flippy screen.

The Nikon Df is an incredible camera. I don’t think there’s a better camera out there on the market, for photography.

The Nikon 600mm f/4 VR is amazing, but the 300mm f/2.8 with a 1.4x and 2x converter is all you need. Really. Which is why I’m running that combo now, on the Canon side.

Okay, stay tuned for more pictures.