Travel photography

Well, i think i need to write something about the travel photography. I love to travel and to take nice photos. So, i often get a question. What kind of equipment is the best for travelling, what camera, ...

Basically, there is no clear answer. Equipment depends on several factors. Whether somebody wants to travel light, whether focus is on taking photos, location, time, and not the least money. Analog/digital? Compact/SLR??

My travel equipment depends on location and how i will travel. If i'm backpacking, i will surely pack less equipment than when staying with someone or travelling with a group.

My basic digital gear consists from:
- Canon 20D
- Canon 28-135IS
- a few CF memory cards
- Image tank 40gb
- an extra battery with charger
- small tripod (very light)

Almost always I will add something wide. If I want to travel really light, my kit lens, but since I have 17-40, thats my companion. When going to safari, tele zoom lens is indispensible... For low light photos 50/1.8. I only rarely take with me my Sigma flash. But at the end of the day, most of my photos are taken with 28-135IS... Surely, I have a really good backpack for photo equipment, Lowepro Compu trekker. But, as i usually travel quite light, i don't take this backpack when going out of Europe.

So, here are a few links...
http://www.danheller.com/tech-travel.html (Dan Heller is one of my favourite travel photographers)
http://www.fodors.com/focus/
http://www.photo.net/travel/traveltips
http://www.photographers.co.uk/html/travel-camera-gear.cfm
http://www.photosecrets.com/p00.html

And by the way, if you are still travelling with analog equipment and using films, read this warning!