Lenses for Alaska?

[jayb29]

Folks

My wife and I are heading to Alaska for 2 weeks at the end of the summer. We will be spending one week on a small cruise boat that allows a significant amount of kayaking and hiking, and the other week in Denali. I will be bringing my new Canon S50 for point-and-shoot digital, and also my Canon Elan IIe. Currently, I have the 28-105 USM 3.5/4.5 lens, and a 20-35 USM wide angle. I was considering buying a tele zoom lens to add to my collection, but don't know what is the most useful for my trip. I was considering the 70-200 2.8L IS, or the 100-400 4.5/5.6L IS.

Does anyone have other good options? What about something combined with a teleconverter? I am confused about the use of IS and AF with a teleconverter and the Elan IIe, which I bought in 1997.

When not on vacation, most of my photography is sports related (cycling, sailing, etc).

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jay

[paulnj]

well IS and 400mm is always A GOOD THING!!!!!!

SPORTS SHOOTER..... 70-200IS W/ EF 2XII... 140-400 F5.6IS(and a EF1,4XII for the 320f4 IS COMBO)

[Dave E.]

We were there two summers ago. Would love to go again, but we have other places to see first.

I used the Canon 100-400mm L series IS zoom. Be sure to take a shuttle back into Denali. The park shuttles are just fine and cheaper than the tours. Make advanced reservation at the park headquarters. Also, there is a trail just into Denali that goes to Horseshoe Lake. There we saw a moose and Canadian Lynx. These images are from scanned prints.

Oh, watch out for the strange people with antlers though.....Ok, its me

Dave E.

[Dave E.]

Here is a link on my website with some additional Alaskan images. Would be happy to give you other travel pointers.

http://www.geocities.com/gredwardsd/Alaska.html

-Dave-