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Wide angled lens for mountains?

Started Oct 8, 2015 | Discussions thread
RedDog Steve
RedDog Steve Senior Member • Posts: 1,972
Re: 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 tend to like the 24mm EqFOV so have both the MZ 12mm f/2 and Lumix 12-35mm.

Strengths and weaknesses aside, you might end up wanting something even wider for the mountains if it's a wide vista.

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