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Camera kit for three weeks in Europe.

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
Sa7724473 Senior Member • Posts: 2,029
Re: Camera kit for three weeks in Europe.
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You do not need all this gear and it will take away from you enjoying your experience.

I'd suggest for you:

- pick one body and take only that. I'd suggest the EM5

- You dont need a backup body. You camera body isnt likely to die on you and if it did you still have a phone in your pocket as a backup camera for whatever memories you must capture.

- Telephoto: 14-140 will be enough for everything you encounter out doors.

- Interiors/Extra-wide landscape: 12mm f2 gets you extra wide landscapes and dark interiors

- Portaits: I'd with 25mm f14, because that gets you in-context images which is what you'll take on vacation, where you arent really in control of spaces you use or the time to pose. And you dont even have to take this lens off the camera while walking around town. Also the 45mm might be near-useless at close quarters in small rooms.

- small flash

- a tripod (if you really must) but you'll look like a dweeb in many places with this. Consider a little pocket one for night shots maybe.

- Leve everything else at home

But that's still twice as much as I'd take, personally. I would be perfectly happy with

- EM5

- 25mm f.4 as walkabout lens/indoor too

- 14-140 for telephoto only

- pocket tripod for nighttime city capes

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