Hi, I'm Charl from Pangolin Photo Safaris here in Kenya's, Masai Mara.
And in this video, I'm gonna discuss what camera gear to bring with...if you
will join us on a Pangolin Photo Safari.
First of all, this is all gear from our guests.
So we will discuss what to bring.
And then we'll also show with some photo examples - what you can expect
with gear like this in the field.
Masai Mara is well known for a beautiful landscape.
And for this ideal lens to be starting off with is a 70 - 200mm.
In the newer generation, mirrorless cameras, they are quite compact already.
So it doesn't take a lot of space in your camera bag.
And this is really great for a wide open shot.
In this last trip, we had quite a bit of cloud cover as well.
So to do the wide shorts of the landscape and to bring in the clouds in your
image, this is a perfect lens to be used.
Also great for iconic balloon flights in the Masai Mara.
So you can do again, wide open shots for the landscapes, and if the balloon comes
lower to the ground, you can have the 200 mm zoom lens...To zoom in on your animals.
So very nice for the balloon flight and also for silhouettes, we have
get beautiful silhouettes here.
So very nice lens to be used for that.
To get a little bit more reach, another great lens is your Canon 100 - 400mm.
Um, we have the Tamron lens, 150 - 600mm, the Sigma lens, 150 - 600mm...All
really nice lenses...If you decided maybe just to bring one lens or
you only have one lens to bring, this is the perfect lens to bring.
You can have then the wide option for landscapes.
And if you want to zoom in to get closer to your subject...perfect
lens to be able to use for that.
Another good option for a zoom lens is of course your Canon 200 - 400mm
lens with the built in converter, so a great lens as well...if you
just wanna bring one lens again.
Nikon has the same lens, 180 - 400mm...
So's really a good option to have.
Um, if you just want to use one lens.
Let's move over to our prime lenses.
You can't beat a prime lens on any safari.
Um, let's start off with the 400mm lens.
I saw in the last two weeks, the 400mm is your sweet lens.
It's a sweet spot lens.
Perfect reach.
Um, the 2.8, I mean, it's just incredible, the nice, uh, depth of
field you get with it...and with low light conditions, of course.
We often had cloud cover, um, even after the sun was setting.
We had beautiful lions and then there was no light.
So the 2.8 was really nice to work with in that scenario.
A little bit more reach is your, uh, 500mm...either your Sigma,
you have your Nikon, Canon....
All of them.
Um, me, myself shooting with a 500mm lens, I found it was a
really good reach...Sometimes a little bit, uh, too close.
And that's why I have a second lens which is a 100 - 400mm lens.
So the combination works really well.
If you are traveling, of course, and with the weight restrictions,
another option to, to save some weight, is this really nice thing
from Lens Scope is your lens hood.
Your lens cover should fold the really nice and small, so you can leave your lens
hood at home, and then you can bring one of these that, uh, save a lot of space.
You can even put this in your and hand luggage, or in your suitcase and you
don't have to put it in your camera bag.
If your camera bag is maybe not big enough to put all your gear in.
. So let's move over to the bigger lenses.
Here we have the 600mm from Canon.
Now it's a fantastic lens, but a little bit big and bulky.
Now, would you come with a 600 millimeter?
You're definitely going to need a zoom lens that covers you between 100 - 400mm.
Yes. As well, Sony one.
Um, for some reason, you'll see that between a Canon and the Sony lenses,
the Canon is much bigger than the Sony.
Um, so the Sony actually 600mm, you can still travel with.
Um, I don't think it'll take too much space.
It's not as bulky as the Canon one.
And then another great option...again, the zoom lenses...
This is a fantastic lens from Sony, the 200 - 600mm...will cover almost all areas.
Um, so this will be a really good lens as well to travel with.
Um, we are gonna get ready for our last game drive for the day and
hope to get something really cool.
So, um, we hope to see you soon on safari...and until next time.
Bye bye.