The name in Japanese is pronounced 'Nikon (Nee-kon)' ;)

Thanks for making my country sound so epic Thomas.

Thomas, I can not get enough of your content!

Its great to see you guys together.

Yessssssssssss two awesome photographers in the same video!!!!

Thanks for taking the time for such a detailed video.

Just goes to show the reputation you both have as this vlog is still running and both tours are sold out. Amazing stuff

Such a great topic! Thanks for sharing. You guys are great together!

man this video is crazy! loved loved loved watching this you landscape photography from namibia is just stellar!

Love the photographer's view videos!

I'll have to put it on my list. Thank you guys for sharing your trip.

Hey, you can get a permit to shoot there at night you just have to talk to the park managers about it. So you can do that legally, you just pay more for the permit. Also the Sesriem campsite and lodge are between the main gate and the gate into the park. So they open their smaller gate into the desert one hour before the main gate gets opened. So you can drive down to Deadvlei in time for the sunrise. You can also make it back from watching the Dune 45 sunset. I just was there for two weeks doing a solo self-drive. Awesome spot.

Good to see you 2 together.

Awesome video! I’m planning a few trips next year and it’s nice to hear other photographers give their point of view on travel tips and great locations. Thank you.

Such an amazingly beautiful location. Not sure though that I’ll ever venture there. Thanks for sharing!

oh man, I really want to go here. GREAT info guys. Always appreciate it!

Love it!

This was a refreshing video, very good information. Thank you Thomas

Two of my favourites together again, you guys work so well together 😂

I've been so busy with life that I'm 6 months behind Thomas' videos!

Great video , pressed play & smiled so much seeing you 2 guys back side by side. So cool 😎 Oh & what a fascinating & interesting location. It's so good to hear your views & experiences on such an intriguing & captivating place .

Always love to watch your new video 👍👍👍

Love both your channels..... in fact I don’t even watch tv anymore.... I just watch your channels... keep up the great work❤️

Great video, I knew most of the facts, but still very interesting, Namibia is in my head for years...

Action!

Cool collaboration great advice from the road warriors. Thanks for sharing

Wooo can't believe the coincidence guys, I'm going to Namibia in a week! Thanks for all the tips, you both are always fun to watch!

YES....., Good the best two photographer in great video. I watch of your video.👍👍👍 Thank!

Thanks guys. Planning a 2 wk photography trip to Namibia i oct 2019 and this video was very tres informative. See you in Patagonia in April

Hi from Japan . Thank you for this lovely Collaboration with Brendan . I’ve got to known him through your Vlog and I met him in my hostel in japan this April. I’m really happy to see both of you guys together ! You guys are absolutely Stun... ,, Absolutely ridicu... oops yeah simply fantastic . Thank you always for sharing such a motivate story !

Awesome guys... great advice and seeing the bromance blossom!! Lmao... 👍😆 was looking forward to the impressions (ala Patagonia) but not this time... cheers Jase 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍😎

Please do more of this style of video of different locations you guys have enjoyed

Good to see you guys making a video together. I follow both your channels. Keep up the good work.

great video tom! more like this love the stories and pictures to go along with! my dream is to travel abroad taking photos and adventures. Maybe one day. Have to finish the gear list first.

Love your new haircut (style) !

Great dual vlog . Awesome

Your videos are the best

Good video Tom, these are a useful series. Liked the background music too; unobtrusive but sets a nice chilled mood :) .

With a rooftent you can stay inside the park in the camping in sussosvlei. You’ll be surrounded by springbok in the night and they chew loudly on the seeds of the trees. The view 1 hour before sunset into the park is truelly magical!

My feet are absolutely stunning.

As someone from Utah, I dig the shirt dude.

Great idea.

Great discussion. And that's a pretty nice Utah t-shirt Thomas. 😁

Just returned from Namibia 2 weeks ago. It is really beautiful country, especially for night sky/landscapes/wildlife. Just my 2 cents about night photography: Quiver Tree Forest that Brendan mentioned is amazing, really nice location for night shots. 5 km from there you can find another place called Giants Playground where you can also find the same trees but in addition to that there are tons of nice rock formation which can really be nice subject in the pictures. I also wanted to do night photography at Deadvlei but couldn't find any reliable information online:/ I stayed at Sesriem Camsite (between first and second gate) and stuff told me that I need to obtain special permission in Windhoek to be able to shoot there at night. One place I would like to add to your list is Kolmanskop with it's abandoned houses covered with sand. You can easily spend whole day there. Beware that you need special permit if you want to stay there outside regular visitors hours. Highly recommended:)

Great video, I’m thinking of going there next year..

Have been there in 2009 and it made me start with photography as an serious hobby. Great and safe country. I liked to photograph the ghost town of Kolmanskop and the Skeleton coast and Fish River Canyon and the Kalahari desert and the Waterberg Plateau and the wild horses of Garup and ... Oh, wanne go there again.

I did an overland tour from Cape Town to Vic Falls in June 2015, and we camped in Sesriem camp grounds. The guides woke us up around 5 AM and lined the truck up at the gates so that we'd some of the first into the park. We got there in time to hike Dune 45 and watch the sun come up, so it is possible to be there before sunset (and you can do the same thing with a private car).

Informative and very amusing.cheers.

Perfect timing! Just as you said, "...you want 400mm." FedEx drove up with my B&H delivery of a 100-400mm Canon lens! WOOHOO!!!!

Great content.

could not believe how FAST the workshops sold out!

Patagonia again 😍

Cracking video, with some spot on useful tips. Keleton coast sounds like a fantastic adventure, though Kolmanskop has a huge draw for me.

Great vid! Looks like a great place to shoot.

Looks like a fantastic place to get some unique landscape shots and the opportunity for amazing wildlife images too. Might bring a 600mm lens instead of the the 400mm though, just to stay a bit further from the lions ...

Ha. We went the wrong way in Deadvlei also. The sign you showed look like it’s pointing to the right and there was a post 100m to the right. We headed for the post and luckily someone shouted which way to go. We had it all to ourselves also

i really liked seeing this video. keep going 👌

Great 🎥!

Great collab! Peace and bye for now!

Diggin these videos 😁

These two define my pursuit of photography. I would love to do nothing more than to catch that one image (Heaton) but I can't help but shoot a few different compositions (van Son) every time. It's why I follow them religiously. I am checking off my list of gear and equipment as I watch this for my beach vacation and attempt at Milky Way photography! Awesome collaboration you two!!!

Nice video! And I’m finally early

Really great video, there are so many amazing stories waiting to be told in Africa. It is pronounced "knee kon" according to the Nikon people I spoke with in Tokyo.

Let me be the frst to cmnt..awesome one Thomas..you my idol😊

you guys are great :)

My favorite shirt of yours... But I'm biased due to living there. 😋 Live life elevated..😎

Great video. Also what months were you there to see wildlife?? What lens did you shoot the dunes with??

No mention of the huge Baobab trees in the eastern part of the country... well worth the trip

Tom you are right about Nikon. I have no idea if I voted correctly though

great photos :)

Well, I'm going this week and I've planned to bring a Sigma 150-600mm, Sigma 10-20mm (f3.5), Yongnou 50mm (f1.8) and a Nikon 18-105mm (for my Nikon d5300) what would you say is the best to use? Your video kind of set me in the mood to get there even faster.. Can't wait!!

At Sossusvlei I always stay at the campsite and you can definitely get down to the Deadvlei end (at least to the end of the sealed road) before sunrise, without speeding. I've been climbing one of the big dunes as the sun came up a few times now. Dune 45 is probably only half way down and I have photos of people waiting for the sunrise there. I've done it in winter and mid-summer as well, but in summer you want to be on your way off the dunes by 9:30am I'd say, because the sand get SO hot it will burn your feet quite badly of you aren't wearing closed shoes.

Hey Tom, when you go away to places like this for a decent length of time how many memory cards do you take with you to make sure everything is backed up and you don't run out more importantly!?

Screenshoting the location on Google maps is such a nice trick! I've been doing that to track my positions in Joshua Tree when I do hikes and backcountry

Loved the chat, but that will be in my dreams

Thomas you were supposed to end the video by saying: “Until next time, bye for now” Lol, I watch way too many of your videos 😊

hope to visit there is august, did you find the heat haze to be an issue?

I think it's "ni" as in the knights who say ni!

Cool vid Guys 👍👍👍

I've been looking at safari trips to Namibia and what really strikes me, as you mention in the video, is the size of the country. It's pretty glossed-over in the safari itineraries that I have seen, but there is soooo much driving involved in going to various destinations. Something like an average of 200km per day of driving over an 8 or 10 day trip. I can only imagine that means hours upon hours in vehicles driving on the gravel roads at 50-60kph. Not something I am interested in if I can't stop whenever I want to take photos.

Hello Thomas, great video and really useful information, so many thanks for that. I'm going to Namibia March 2019 for a trip of a lifetime, and am honing up on my photography skills (amateur / enthusiast). I'll be taking over a month, starting in Windhoek heading to Fish River Canyon, then Northwards (via Swakopmund) to Kaokoland, Etosha, Caprivi strip and ending up in Zambia, just above the falls via a quick dip into Chobe. Your advice would be really appreciated before I commit to buying my new equipment. Also, I'm intending to trade "up" from a Nikon D7100 to a full-frame SonyA7 III. I'd value your advice and guidance for my trip.. In trying to keep my photo equipment weight to a minimum, what 2 lenses would you take? Based on your video advice, I guess the Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 OSS G Master for the Etosha NP is the equivalent to your Canon. However, would you take something to complement this, like a Sony FE 24-70mm f/4 (or the f/2.8) or the Sony FE 16-35mm f/4 (or the f/2.8) for the Southern Namibia landscapes? I've been advised that the Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 would be good 'all-round' solution because I wouldn't need to change the lens. However, I'm worried that images might be a little soft with the 24-240mm. Maybe you might suggest something completely different?

Hey Brendan, sounds like you've been to a bunch of the wildlife parks in Africa. Any chance of a video with some reccommendations on the best ones?

Do a photographers view for Iceland!

This might not be true but it makes sense. I heard that digital cameras that are primarily for still images have that time limit to recording because if they can record endlessly they're categorised as a video camera for export/import purposes and would be hit with higher duties. Would love the visit Namibia. I've been to Iceland and imagine it's a lot like a bigger, hotter version of that :/

Fingers crossed 2020 will be happening as 2019 is just a bit too early for my plans next year as this is the final month of my professional career. Im sure those who book this will have a blast

Please do a video about snowdonia in the UK!

Thanks for the great video! What about your gear? Did you have problems with dust? Next week I will travel to Namibia and I am a little worried about my Sigma lens which is not weather sealed.

Any recommendations where to book the Sossus Dune Lodge? Is there an official site? Thank you so much :)

In the next Patagonia workshop, will you promise that Brendan will wear those white boots again? Lol !!! The boots alone would be worth the trip!

Hey, Brendan! Tell me where to buy that nice, white gum boots... Love it! (Good work, guys ;) )

Sorry to ask , but 4x4 options are all fully booked . U think I can drive all those destinations in Namibia with Toyota Corolla ?

Great video fellas you two look good together haha seriously though some brilliant info but the music is shyte 😀

You should do a trip to the Australian red centre

no question- NEE-KON!

Wow! Great helpful video guys...thanks! I think I’ll book this for 2020 March...is that a good season?

Nice video...

1. nice 2. ahah nice that vloged with an m50 - didnt expect that ^^

Amazed that most of the comments are about how to pronounce Nikon (who cares) the video is about Namibia. I had actually booked a workshop back in April to Namibia with Thomas Heaton but for some reason it was cancelled. Fortunately I am going on 1st Sept on a different workshop, so great timing. I am going to post this on our own little travel site and hope it inspires and helps the others. Normall Thomas is Bear Grylls on steroids climbing up the mountains loaded with camera gear, I thought the Namibia trip would be great and keep him down at sea level. The Patagonia trip which they have for May 2019 sold out in 15 min. and there are 2 consequtive tours.

Nice video (apart from the music). Definitely "Nick on"!

Another recommended area to visit is the Fish Creek Canyon. Ok, it is far in the South though ...