Wide angled lens for mountains?

stringy wrote:

I'm lucky enough to be spending a couple of weeks in Nepal in early November, and will be doing some trekking up in the mountains.

I've currently got an EM-10, and the only lens I've got at the moment is the panasonic 14-140mm. This is a great lens and is really versatile.

I've not really done much photography of/in mountains before, so am wondering whether 14mm will be wide enough? or if I can make do with what I've got?

I like travelling light so if I can get away with the lens I've got, then that would be ideal, however I don't want to be up a mountain and wishing I could fit more in!

If I were to get something wide, then I think I'd be looking at the olympus 9-18mm or the panasonic 7-14mm to compliment the 14-140. I've been doing a bit of reading and they both seem to be great lenses with their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Im also not sure how much I'd need the full range of the 14-140, so wonder whether a 12-35, or 12-40 would work well on its own instead of taking the 14-140 + a wider lens. Having said that, both these lenses seem quite large?

Basically Im a bit lost, so any advice is welcome!!

I think Paul De Bra had given an excellent suggestion on pananorma. The following 2 were stitched of 4~5 images by Microsoft's free ICE from 14-45 during a trip to Riederalp, Swiss, shooting at the Alps:

In fact, although I like to shoot with 7-14 on landscapes, and had that lovely lens with me, I had shot a lot by the 14-45 at that location:

Depending on your mode at that time, and the connection to the scenery, it'll be hard to pre determine what focal length be better for the job. If size and weight would be essential (long trekking at high attitude), I would think a 14-140 could be quite sufficient. I would also consider a small table top tripod for human body stabilization (2 legs on shoulder, 1 leg at stomach) suggested by Andre for slower shutter speed. Thin Dof from fast f/stop might not what you want for the mountainscape shooting.

Just my 2 cents and wishing you a lovely trip.