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hi everyone,

i am just getting started with the photography bug!!!!

i have always enjoyed taking pics and have always had canon compacts ixus,anyway i have now purchased a canon eos 60d with a 135mm lens as we are setting off on a road trip around north America next week taking in such sites as Hollywood/grand canyon/Hoover dam/death valley/las vegas/yosimiti i hope they get the fires under control by then and also san Francisco….

i have watched all Oksana’s you tube videos and found them very very help full and im looking forward to being an active member of this forum,

i class myself as a beginner but i do understand the basic principles of how a camera works,i have always been a snapper rather than a set up a tripod type of guy but am coming round to using a tripod,i have a manfrotto 190xdb but i feel thats too big and heavy to be carrying around in the Arizona heat,i also have a green the pod which i think is great…would the pod be ok to take or would i need another travel type tri pod??any recommendations if so…

also have you any tips as i really do enjoy taking landscape pics would the 18-135 lens i have be ok for this trip

thanks for looking dustybin!!!