Shooting Portland/Columbia River Gorge--am I travelling too light?

[Mark Elberson]

You NEED the wide-angle! I went hiking in Portland (up by Hood) years ago and all I had with me was35mm Rebel and a crappy 80-200mm zoom attached (just out of college, this hand-me-down kit was all that I had[]). It totally killed the perspective of the height of the cliffs and theview down 45 degreeterrain that we were hiking. Rember that your nifty-fifty will provide the same angle of view that my 80mm did on my 35mm Rebel. If you can get your hands on the 18-55 kit like Daniel suggested that would be great since it's so light but I personally don't feel like the 17-55 f/2.8 is very heavy.

[Jarhead5811]

If you were thinking of renting this is whenthe EF-S 18-200mm f-3.5-5.6 IS seems like it would be nice. Just a thought.

[Mark Elberson]

If you were thinking of renting this is whenthe [url="http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-S-18-200mm-f-3.5-5.6-IS-Lens-Review.aspx]EF-S 18-200mm f-3.5-5.6 IS[/url] seems like it would be nice. Just a thought.
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Good suggestion

[moldovamark]

Thanks for the advice, everybody. The 40D and 17-55 f/2.8 are packed and ready to go. The 70-200 will have to wait for the next visit to the zoo.