I have been to WDW several times before but this will be our first trip during the flower festival so I am looking for any tips or suggestions for our trip on the 29th of this month. We will be at WDW 6 days. My wife and I are going and we have reservations for another 6 days the week after Christmas when we will be taking the kids and grandkids down. I plan on taking my D500 with a Sigma 17-50 F2.8 lens for shooting along with my Iphone plus for some video. It has been my experience that this lens will cover almost all the shots that I take while i am down there. Getting wide enough is more of a problem than shooting longer. Thanks for any suggestions that you may have.
Tips and recommendations for Walt Disney World
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Sound like you have it well in hand.Bikerbrent
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Your original posting really covered all the bases. Good camera, good lens if you really don't need more than 50mm. The only thing I might question is why the Iphone for video rather than the D500?
I am going to try both the camera and the iphone while I am there. Video is a whole different thing from shooting stills I have been out practicing and I have not been doing a very good job with video on my D500 or the Iphone. I think that I will be doing more video in the late afternoon and evening when I can see the LCD screens better without the sun giving me problems seeing the screen. Video is a little more challenging than I thought it would be. The wind seems like it is going to be a BIG problem with noise and the focusing without hearing the focusing motor is a problem also.
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Sounds like the only thing you think you'll need is a wider lens. Grab a Tokina 11-16mm and stick it in your wife's purse, in case you need it.
Personally the 17mm would be wide enough for me.
I have been to WDW before and shot everything with my Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 on my D7000 and it did a great job and should do even better on the D500. I researched pictures before I went last time and about 95% to 98% of the pictures I could find on the internet were taken between 18-40mm and I found that to be very accurate for me when I went last time. The video is what seems to be a problem for me. With picture taking everything is just automatic with my hands and the controls but the video is just not that way yet. I am sure as I do more of it I will get better but as of right now my video skills are really bad. We will find out at the end of the month when I spend six days at Disney. I just don't want to come home without having some video worth watching.