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Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

Started Dec 31, 2015 | Discussions thread
Sa7724473 Senior Member • Posts: 2,029
Re: Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

apekkpul wrote:

Ideally I would like to manage with one all-around zoom and one prime. For example, I would purchase Panasonic 14-140mm (ii) and use it for landscape photos/videos, and use Panny 20mm for low light situations.

I will also take LX100 and iPhone 6s with me, and a hiking pole with a camera mount so that stabilize cameras if needed.

This is the right general direction, IMO.

Remember that here in Norway, as also in Finland, you'll have very long daylight hours if hiking around June-July, so basically you could almost do it all with the 14-140. Maybe add one wide or semi-wide for indoors e.g. the 17mm 1.8. Or the 20mm as you said.

But you could pare it down some more. Maybe you dont need the LX100. Its a bit of a tweener. If you really needed to you can easily buy a used M43 body here - lots of them on Finn.no. If you must bring your own backup, You'd probably get more utility out of having something like the GM5 or GM1 as a 2nd body.

Also remember that you might encounter dampness and or rain, so the more the bring, the more you have to protect and care for. I wouldnt bring anything more than absolutely necessary.

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