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.