Travel First river cruise

[JackC]

We are doing our first river cruise (Rhine and Moselle) the end of May this year and I am stressing over the lenses to take for my R7. I am thinking the EF S 10-18mm and RF S 18-150mm. I also have a EF S 55-250 and RF 100-400. The 100-400 takes up a lot of my camera bag (Lowepro Fastback 250 AW II). I was thinking the 10-18 for wide landscape and 18-150 for everyday walk around. Just not sure if I would wish I had a longer lens for shots from the boat to river banks. If anyone has some experience with this I would appreciate your insight.

 

[THXGEEK]

That cruise sounds like fun! I wish I could offer some sage words of advice, but I have not (yet) been on a river cruise. Perhaps when I retire.

I have been on an Alaska cruise (twice) and can verify the wide-angle lens is a must. Not much street photography in the fjords, so the 18-150 sounds like a good plan for everyday shore excursions. If I could manage it, I would definitely take the 100-400, and perhaps a 1.4x TC for that last bit of oomph. Don't have room? Sacrifice taking those few extra socks or shirts. After all, that ship does have a laundry, right?

 

[StevenAunan]

I have not (yet) done a river cruise, but I took a cruise to Alaska last year and found the 100-400mm/2x extender useful. However, I think the amount of time spent on shore would dictate the lens choice.

 

[JackC]

Thanks Steven and Craig. We too have done the Alaska cruise and a longer lens was a must for sure. Pretty sure I will end up taking the 10-18 and 18-150 only. Keeps the bag very manageable, I used those two in Scotland last trip and they did the job. On the crop sensor R7 that gives me 16mm to 240mm.