Mike,
This is one of the main areas I am struggling with, a lot of the wildlife shots will be taken in the region of waterholes, not a great distance away so I expect that either cropping the 50-135 or even a straight 55-300 will do.
But suppose in terms of lenses required what I am asking is do i need your 60-250 or Siggy 100-300 f4?
Or indeed maybe something else? a bigma is too big and heavy for me.

Fatspider;
It`s a good idea, but for other reasons I can only manage one body at a time.

Think if i add the 100mm macro then i can take insects just like mayday. Nearly got a 300mm prime but decided it would be to limited


Davex.

While i can always justify a new lens, a second body seems too much of a luxury. Besides, SWMBO would notice 2 cameras

Davex.

In 3 months time am off to Namibia for a 3 week trip. So far I plan on taking;Samsung 12-24, Sigma 24-70 f2.8, DA*50-135, DA 55-300, AF 1.7x.

The trip is a mixture of desert, coast, and 8 days safari.
Questions are,

Will the DA55-300 with teleconverter when required be good enough for the safari?

I assume the 24-70 and 50-135 will be good enough for other situations?

The 12-24 will probably be used for Dune and skeleton coast shots, do I need to cover the 24-50 gap in my lens selection?

Weight is not an issue on this trip, budget is secondary, should I get something longer or faster than the DA55-300?

For those of you with safari experience;
What would you recommend?

Davex.

Not interested TBH, but a price might be useful ?

A couple of useful sites for you;

Pentax lens reviews here, ignore the values but the comments are pretty much spot on.

Pentax database here.

Enjoy your journey

Davex.

You have a PM Danny.

Davex.

There was, but china suppressed it

Indeed John, they are like small soft towels, but they work great.

Davex.

Strongly recommend these
The size of face flannels, well worth 2 quid.

Davex.

Oh dear,
Cue the cute photo brigade.

Davex.