A basic checklist for advice perhaps needed.

[visagieh]

Just lost the long email I typed. An internet problem, not ODP.

The Idea is a basic flow chart, say starting with X amount for wildlife, maybe spending just X+xx and save money in the long run.

Or landscape, what is needed, etc.

A simple guide where not to go wrong.

A general would be something like say Kruger, any recent body, 100-400 good combo.

Always nice to see what others have in the bag, not always into everyone’s budget.

Start with the lens you need, and learn it inside out.

Hannes

[Henk Coetzee]

A simple guide where not to go wrong.

Until this starts to promote uniformity and reinforce people's anxieties that their gear is inadequate.

[Roberto]

Something along these lines?

http://www.sabisabi.com/photography/

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Until this starts to promote uniformity and reinforce people's anxieties that their gear is inadequate.

Well... that's gonna happen either way...

I personally love to see what people carry and many times I am surprised to see that a "favorite" lens was some cheapy or manual or something they have had forever!

[Henk Coetzee]

Something along these lines?

http://www.sabisabi.com/photography/

Containing odd statements like this:

prime or fixed lenses

These are lenses that have a fixed length starting from 200mm and going up to 600mm. These are excellent lenses but very expensive and not always necessary. These lenses are wonderful in low light conditions, are very fast and offer great abrasion/shallow depths of fields giving your portrait shot that sharp look with a blurred background. However, they do tend to be heavy and need to be shot on a tripod or support of some kind.

Maybe for wildlife, lenses shorter than 200mm aren't that useful, even though the site keeps telling you how close you will get to wildlife. I would worry about taking advice from anyone who says that prime lenses start at 200mm and have great "abrasion".

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

hehehe... I often use my lens to sand down furniture and make little woodden statues... It's "Photo-art"

[Henk Coetzee]

hehehe... I often use my lens to sand down furniture and make little woodden statues... It's "Photo-art"

Are you sure it's photography?

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Ok... Photographic Based Art?

[Roberto]

Henk, I was pleasantly surprised and happy with my results when I managed to photograph these photos at Addo Elephant National Park with an MKIV and 70-200mm a couple of months back, self drive. I stated the day off with 300mm and after switching to the 70-200mm because an animal came too close I decided to keep the lens on for the remainder of the day and the next. Wildlife is funny, one day your lenses are way to long and the next too short, you just cant tell. I believe that it's always right place at the right time and a plenty of luck.