Re: Lenses Needed for Rhine River Cruise?

Oh, one other thing.  Keep in mind you will be on a moving boat.  There will
be a limit to what amount of magnification you can use and still keep the 
camera steady enough to take a good picture. 

Julie

In rec.travel.europe Juliana L Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I could not begin to tell you how wide the river is; but I can tell you that 
> I got some decent pictures of the castles in the Rhine Gorge with a 35 to 80 mm
> lens that I travel with; had I had my 80 to 200 zoom and 2x convertor (the 
> former was accidentally left behind)  I could have gotten any photo I wanted.

> Mine was a day cruise from Koblenz to Bingen.  I could have hoped for a closer 
> shot of the Lorlei.  You can see a few of the photos I took that dat at:

> http://www.dragonsholm.org/DE01RPT8.HTM

> Julie

> In rec.travel.europe john chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In a few weeks I will be taking a river cruise on the Rhine River
>> between Basel, Switzerland and Antwerp, Belgium with a side trip on
>> the Mosel River.  I have visions of sitting on deck leisurely taking
>> photos of castles and the like as we drift by.  My question is given
>> the width of the rivers, what lenses do I have to take to do this.  My
>> basic kit includes in long lenses a Nikon 80-200/2.8 AFS with Kenko
>> Pro 1.4x and 2x extenders.  But I can also take my Sigma 50-500 AFS,
>> which can also produce good results with the 1.4X even at 700mm. 
>> However, given its weight and all the other photo equipment, I would
>> prefer not to unless really necessary.

>> For those who address the photo aspects, can you give me some idea how
>> wide the rivers are at various points?

>> Thanks in advance for any advice that can be provided.

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