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OM-D goes Guatemala, which lenses to take?

Started Jun 29, 2013 | Discussions thread
jalywol
jalywol Forum Pro • Posts: 12,301
Re: OM-D goes Guatemala, which lenses to take?

Hopepark wrote:

After selling all my Canon stuff (started with AE1...up to EOS) this will the first Holiday using the OM-D. Like it a lot and have got the following lenses: Panasonic 20mm f1.7, Olympus 75mm f1.8 and wanted to get the Panasonic 12-25mm. But I just picked up the Olympus 14-150mm at B+H on a business trip to NY I am quite impressed with that lens and the zoom range. Also bought the Thingtank Retrospektive 5.

Now I am not quite sure if I should take the 75mm on the trip to Guatemala and Belize or leave it at home. We (my better half + 3 kids) will so the “usual” tourist hotspot like Antigua and Tikal but also plan to stay in Jungle lodges and do some trekking or canoeing.

What does everyone think – taking all the 3 lenses or only the 20mm and the 14-150mm? Thanks for suggestions!

For a trip like this, take the zoom and the 20mm and leave the 75mm at home.  You will probably want a long lens for when you are out in scenic areas, and a wide lens for night and in town, and the zoom and 20mm will have you covered for all of that very nicely.  The 75mm is kind of a specialty lens that I don't see as being all that useful in tourist mode....

YMMV, of course...

-J

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