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<blockquote data-quote="Boomer" data-source="post: 41655" data-attributes="member: 7973">Rick,I took the same trip last October!&nbsp; It was absolutely fantastic.&nbsp; I took my D3100 with a 18-55 and a 55-300 lens.&nbsp; The 55-300 was used 90% of the time but the 18-55 was nice for wide landscape shots and when the animals were right next to the truck (really, an elephant brushed the front bumper of the truck and a lion took a nap against a tire in Ngorongoro!).&nbsp; I took about 3000 shots.&nbsp; You can take a look here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.301116483234605.82554.100000087662283&amp;type=3" target="_blank">Facebook</a>The 55-300 worked great and was comfortable to carry.&nbsp; I saw some guys with 3' long, 500mm, F2 lenses - lugging that round was no vacation!The best accessory I took was a monopod.&nbsp; I set it for about 24&quot; and could steady the camera on the roof of the truck or even tuck it in my belt to steady the camera.&nbsp; Helped a lot and was easy to carry.&nbsp; A few times I wished I had a tripod but I had to balance that with&nbsp; lugging more gear around.If you would like to talk further, feel free to write me at bdmann *at* gmail.com.Brian[ATTACH]7365[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boomer, post: 41655, member: 7973"] Rick, I took the same trip last October! It was absolutely fantastic. I took my D3100 with a 18-55 and a 55-300 lens. The 55-300 was used 90% of the time but the 18-55 was nice for wide landscape shots and when the animals were right next to the truck (really, an elephant brushed the front bumper of the truck and a lion took a nap against a tire in Ngorongoro!). I took about 3000 shots. You can take a look here: [URL="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.301116483234605.82554.100000087662283&type=3"]Facebook[/URL] The 55-300 worked great and was comfortable to carry. I saw some guys with 3' long, 500mm, F2 lenses - lugging that round was no vacation! The best accessory I took was a monopod. I set it for about 24" and could steady the camera on the roof of the truck or even tuck it in my belt to steady the camera. Helped a lot and was easy to carry. A few times I wished I had a tripod but I had to balance that with lugging more gear around. If you would like to talk further, feel free to write me at bdmann *at* gmail.com. Brian [ATTACH=CONFIG]7365._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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