Shortly we will be flying to Papeete, Tahiti for our two week trip around French Polynesia. Our trip includes spending a few days before and after our cruise at the Intercontinental Hotel in Papeete. That is one of the hotels that features exotic bungalows over the water. They are expensive...so we opted to just spend one night in that type of accommodation and the remainder in more reasonable rooms. This is a trip that Lynn has wanted to do for at least 5 years. And something (usually Africa!) always has gotten in the way. Not this time though! We heard about the trip and within 30 minutes we were booked. Our ship is the Paul Gauguin...a small ship (Only 300+ passengers). Highlights of the trip are snorkeling opportunities and 4 wheel drive trips on the islands. I will be spending one day with a local professional photographer, Renaud Sayada. I assume that we will be taking landscape and nature photos.
We are packing light. For camera gear this time I am abandoning my heavy Nikon DSLRs for a lighter micro 4/3 package. I recently bought the Olympus OM-D EM-5 with two lenses a 12-50mm and a 50-150mm lens, I think that this should be sufficient. I also purchased the Olympus TGH point and shoot, waterproof camera for underwater shots. I have never photographed underwater before so this will be a new and I hope fun experience. I also will be taking my Canon G1X camera for general shooting. I have included a photo that I took last year in a dimly lit restaurant in New York City with the G1X in low light at ISO 3200 with this camera. The resolution that this camera delivers is amazing. I only wish that Canon would either upgrade the camera or come up with new firmware for this camera. It suffers when used for macro photography..
More later...
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