Re: July 4th in New York. Need tips on lenses, hotels and places to visit. Please share your photos.
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Yake wrote:
You have 3 big zooms. For a family trip I'd find that pretty burdensome. Everyone has their own tolerance for bulk & weight and I respect anyone wanting to carry that much. But it sounds like even you are thinking it will be heavy given that you're planning to leave 1 or 2 lenses in the hotel safe.
For may last family trip, I carried 20/2.8, 35/2 IS and 70-200/4L IS. That's as much as I could carry.
Thanks for your answer Yake.
Your lens setup "20/2.8, 35/2 IS and 70-200/4L IS" got me thinking, perhaps adding one or perhaps two primes. One really small and one really fast for my most important and most used focal lengths 35-40mm.
My wife brings her Sony RX100 III and my son his Lumix LX3. They will also take a lot of photos. This means that my wife and son have 24-70mm and 24-60mm covered.
Then perhaps a small Canon EF 40f/2.8 and/or a really fast Sigma 35f/1.4 Art prime are better companions to my 16-35f/4L IS and 70-200f/4L IS than my 24-70f/2.8L II?
One or some times two of the zoom lenses will some times stay in our hotel room safe. I will bring different lenses on my 6D depending on our plans for the day.
Bringing home the best reporter style photos of my wife and son discovering NYC is my absolute priority. Our son is 13 years old and he is growing up very fast. I can always come back for more photos of NYC iconic buildings and places another year.
The most obvious of my lenses to bring to NYC and most big citys is my 16-35f/4L IS. It is certainly a perfect lens for cramped places and architecture.
But is it also the best lens for family/people? IMHO 16-28mm is to wide for people. I prefer using 35mm for my most important reporter style family/people photos.
The Sigma 35f/1.4 Art and even the small Canon EF 40f/2.8 primes are faster and a lot better resolution wide open than my 24-70f/2.8L II and my 16-35f/4L IS at 35mm.
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I am more and more leaning for this NYC set up:
6D + 16-35f/4L IS + 35f/1.4 Art and/or 40f/2.8 + 70-200f/4L IS.
Like my 24-70f/2.8L II if we decide to get the new primes they will be on my 6D for more than 80% of the time and depending on our plan for the day one or two zooms will be carried in our two small & simple backpacks with our 3 small refill tapwater bottles.
99% sure: Canon EF 40f/2.8 Pancake. It will make my 6D really as small, light and inconspicuous as it possibly can be.
80% sure: Sigma 35f/1.4 Art. 2 full stops faster, smaller, 140g lighter and even better IQ than my excellent Canon 24-70f/2.8L II.
Grateful for all your thoughts, advice and suggestions. Thanks!
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Pietro M
Stockholm