July 4th in New York. Need tips on lenses, hotels and places to visit. Please share your photos.

Rexgig0 wrote:

Pietro Marchesi wrote:

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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.

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I remember using my EF 40mm STM on a 5D, and my EF-S 10-22mm on a 7D, for a late afternoon/early evening walking street/architecture/moonrise photography class in Houston's Downtown a few years ago, led/taught by Kathy Adams Clark. (10-22mm on a 7D is equivalent to the angle-of-view of a 16-35mm lens on a 5D/6D.) If I brought a longer lens, I do not remember using it, at all, for this shoot.

Notably, as I was repeating this class for a second time, I tended to capture the other photographers, with candid images, rather than concentrate upon the inanimate subjects. This could be seen as equivalent to you capturing images of your family as they shoot.

My 40mm STM virtually lived on that 5D, until the 5D experienced the not-unexpected mirror failure. This little lens is not so happy on my 5Ds R, though AF micro-adjustment may be the only remedy needed. I have yet to bother trying AFMA, largely because my 5Ds R is so very happy with my EF 35mm f/2 IS, and the Shorty 40 does well in other cameras.

The EF-S 10-22mm still lives on my old 7D. I see no reason to part with either of them, even though I now have a 16-35/2.8L II, and 7D Mark II cameras.

Edited to add: To be clear, I am not meaning to discourage bringing a longer lens.

Thanks your reply Rexgig0!

I really appreciate hearing of your good experience of the EF 35f/2 IS on your 5Ds R.

I was really interested in the EF 35f/2 IS as it is sharp, relatively small, only 335g and IS.

But then a youtube review changed my mind when comparing it to the Sigma Art. The review was very positive of the EF 35f/2 IS but I was put off by high coma in the border/corner affecting contrast and resolution at f/2.0 and f/2.8.

Have you found coma at 2.0 and 2.8? Is a real problem at night or is it exaggerated and not really visible other then in very extreme situations, perhaps only in bright lights in night city photos?

I will try to find the reviews and post links to them here after work.