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Wide angled lens for mountains?

Started Oct 8, 2015 | Discussions thread
Gary from Seattle Veteran Member • Posts: 7,852
Re: Wide angled lens for mountains?

I last did a trek around Manaslu in 1999 with my film camera and lenses 20, 35, 55, 105 and 180. I mostly used the 105 and 180 for cultural shots of the local people. The lenses from 20 to 55 were what I used for the vast majority of my mountain scenery shots. I carried this kit plus at that time plus a 5 lb. tripod throughout the 22 day 200 mile journey. With m4/3 a much lighter tripod will suffice. If you are going with porters, which I would recommend both for convenience but also culturally your pack needn't be heavy. Yours could easily weigh less than 15 pounds, perhaps even ten.

There is not only a great deal of relief to the snow-capped peaks but the mountains are very large, extensive. The width is valuable to encompass the great height and breadth of scenery.

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