Well, we’re just over a week away from our departure for what will hopefully be the Southwest trip of a lifetime. After we’re done in the Wave on Tuesday we’ve got a tour of Antelope Canyon on Wednesday and then we’re off to camp in the Grand Canyon. We’ll then go up and see Monument Valley and maybe one or more of the following: Mesa Verde, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and/or Great Sand Dunes National Parks.

But I digress… I was planning on talking about my final photo gear.

Camera:
    Canon EOS 40D
Lenses:
    Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L (due to weather sealing, this will be on the camera most of the time)
    Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro (can’t go without it)
    Sigma 10-20mm (wideangle for in the Wave)
    Canon 28-135mm or Canon 17-85mm (stabilized mid-range lens – just in case)

I’ll have a polarizer for the 17-40 and 10-20mm lenses. I expect that it’ll get some use.

I’ve got an alternative lens hood for the 17-40 on its way as well. The EW-83J should provide some extra protection and coverage for the lens and will work on a hypothetical future 24-105 f/4.0L as well…

Because no camera backpack seems to be designed to actually hike with I’m using my regular daypack and I’ll have all of my lenses in padded cases inside. Each lens will also be in its own ZipLock bag. I’ve been warned about dust and encountered some dust storms myself so I know to take precautions.

That’s about 26.1oz + 18oz + 21.2oz + 16.6oz + 19oz ~ 7lbs. Plus the tripod (almost 6 pounds) and a gallon of water (8 pounds) and I’ll be hauling at least 24 pounds of gear.

While I’m thinking about it, I bought the PDF version of the Wave guide from PhotographAmerica yesterday and it is an excellent resource. I can’t seem to get Preview to print the PDF, but it is a good screen read. I found the site while Googling the Wave and expect that I’ll be getting a few more PDFs from them in the future.

I know I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I wasn’t expecting Wikipedia to have pages for almost each piece of my gear.

Go Wikipedia!

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