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Walk around lens

Started Jun 2, 2012 | Discussions thread
Marc Sabatella Veteran Member • Posts: 6,679
Re: Walk around lens

JeffAHayes wrote:

Sort of depends on what your requirements/preferences for a good "walk-around lens" are. Currently, as I've posted probably five times already this week, if I had to choose only ONE lens to keep with me all the time, it'd be my Pentax DA 55-300 F4-5.8

I can't imagine most people being happy with a telephoto lens as a basic walkaround, though, except maybe for walking around wildlife preserves. Certainly not for a city vacation. Most people would take the vast majority of their shots at 55mm and wider.

So for me, the starting point would be to ask, what's wrong with the DA18-55? Are you concerned you won't be able to get good shots of distant pigeons? Seriously, what makes a vacation, and vacation photos, are the images of things and places you are able to see first hand and up close - not the things you only see in the distance.

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