Which lens to take along?
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ChrisLivsey
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That rather depends on which interview you read 🙄
" Don thanks me for my help with the cameras and lenses. He is drawn to the 24mm, 35mm and 135mm, explaining that much of what he used to shoot on SLR was produced at these focal lengths. "
http://clivebooth.com/don-mccullin/
raid
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I removed from my camera bag the M8 and the 75 Lux. It is much lighter now.
ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
If only one prime, then 35 equiv.
If only one prime, then 35 equiv.
Raid, first my personal greetings! Hope to see you again in the NE one of these days.
I just faced the same dilemma. Trip to Peru, including famous Inca sights and Inca/Spanish towns. Outdoors, high-altitude bright scenes mixed with interior shots. At Machu Picchu, I wanted high image quality. I had to travel light.
Here's what I took:
- Sony crop body (the A6000, a terrific camera)
- For low light and for highest quality images, Zeiss 24mm (35 equiv) f/1.8 prime
- For bright light more casual shots the tiny slow Sony mid range zoom.
I was very pleased with the results. The consumer zooms from all the manufacturers are quite good these days in good light. And the Zeiss performed perfectly. At Machu Picchu, the 35 equiv viewpoint was fine for most shots I wanted. A 50 would have been too tight. If a few places, 35 wasn't wide enough. So, I stepped back or found another shot.
The 35 viewpoint, to me, is the one if I'm taking only one prime lens. Yes, for us, that's traveling light!
Here's a sample, the classic overview from the "guard house". I know I could have shot it wider, but I'm happy with this.
If only one prime, then 35 equiv.
Raid, first my personal greetings! Hope to see you again in the NE one of these days.
I just faced the same dilemma. Trip to Peru, including famous Inca sights and Inca/Spanish towns. Outdoors, high-altitude bright scenes mixed with interior shots. At Machu Picchu, I wanted high image quality. I had to travel light.
Here's what I took:
- Sony crop body (the A6000, a terrific camera)
- For low light and for highest quality images, Zeiss 24mm (35 equiv) f/1.8 prime
- For bright light more casual shots the tiny slow Sony mid range zoom.
I was very pleased with the results. The consumer zooms from all the manufacturers are quite good these days in good light. And the Zeiss performed perfectly. At Machu Picchu, the 35 equiv viewpoint was fine for most shots I wanted. A 50 would have been too tight. If a few places, 35 wasn't wide enough. So, I stepped back or found another shot.
The 35 viewpoint, to me, is the one if I'm taking only one prime lens. Yes, for us, that's traveling light!
Here's a sample, the classic overview from the "guard house". I know I could have shot it wider, but I'm happy with this.
ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
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