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Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

Started Dec 31, 2015 | Discussions thread
drmarkf Contributing Member • Posts: 951
Re: Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

For this I take the 12-35 and 35-100 f2.8 Panasonics: lighter and smaller than the Olympus equivalents and they share the same filter size and are weather resistant (with the E-M1). They don't focus very closely so I'd also take the Oly 60mm macro. This is also my basic foreign travel kit.

I suppose for the Panasonics against the 14-150 one has to balance zoom range, volume, weight, cost, max aperture and knowing you'll always have the correct lens on: only you can decide where the sweet spot lies (plus what else you will be using the lenses for).

I do recommend MindShift Gear's Panorama photo backpacks for daysack use and I think they've now produced some larger models that might suit your 2-3 day hikes.

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Fujifilm X70 Sony a7S Olympus OM-D E-M10 II Olympus E-M5 III Olympus E-M1 III +17 more
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