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Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

Started Dec 31, 2015 | Discussions thread
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Re: Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

Apekkpul,

As you are finding out, there is no utopia kit.  It comes down to what you like to shoot.  If you are a wildlife guy, then a telephoto lens is a must.  If you are a ultra wide angle landscape guy, the telephoto lens is a paperweight.  My guess is that you are in the middle..  So here are my thoughts

First I would take a couple extra batteries and program your M10 to save battery power..  The bottom line is that an EVF will burn a battery in ~2-3hrs of ON time.... turn off your camera...

Second, I bought a few cheap lightweight things to help my hiking setup.  I bought 35lb/test fishing line to tie promaster pinch lens caps to my strap..  I bought infant/toddler socks to put around my unused lenses in my backpack.  I bought a Bushnell binocular harness to allow me to take off my backpack but keep my camera strapped on. I bought an OpTech hood hat to put on the end of the lens.  I use Optech straps and quick connect ends to attach to the Bino harness.

I trend towards ultra wide landscape so I take a Sirui 025x (or 024x) tripod, circular polarizer, and a 3 [or 6 stop] ND filter

Lens...   I take an Oly 9-18mm and the 12mm.  I *may* take a Oly 25mm if I have the room in the backpack and I want a general purpose FOV. If I think I will be in a town during the hike, It may get replaced with the 17mm for street shooting. The 75-300mm goes along only if I think I will see wildlife in daylight conditions...

Hope this helps

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