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Camera kit for three weeks in Europe.

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
Rich K
Rich K Senior Member • Posts: 1,006
Re: Camera kit for three weeks in Europe - heading out today.

Have a great trip!  We returned several weeks ago from a river cruise covering much of the same territory.  Love Budapest!

Like jeffharris above, we do a lot of walking and I've slimmed down my kit substantially.  I tote the EP5 with the two Panny 2.8 zooms (12-35, 35-100), VF-4 and Oly 17/1.8, all in a small Tamrac sling bag, including a folding umbrella.  The 12-35 is on most of the time, while the 17/1.8 comes out for those dark church interiors and for evening/night walkabouts when I want to leave the bag in the hotel room.  It's all light enough that I don't need to make any choices about what to leave behind when we head out in the morning.  My wife carries the Sony RX100 mk 3.  She does people and I do architecture and landscapes, so this works out just fine.  This leaves me a little disadvantaged on the wide end, but I find I'm just as comfortable with stitching if I need something wider than a 24mm equivalent.

However, that's just me.  My priorities when traveling are to see and experience, and my photography hobby is just that (small "h").  It sounds like your photography hobby has a capital "H" for sure.

Enjoy!

 Rich K's gear list:Rich K's gear list
Sony RX100 III Olympus PEN E-P5 Olympus E-M5 II Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm 1:2 Panasonic 12-35mm F2.8 +5 more
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