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The ideal walk around kit

Started Apr 16, 2017 | Photos thread
h2odog
h2odog Senior Member • Posts: 1,225
Re: The ideal walk around kit

timo wrote:

  • h2odog wrote:

I've gone back to the roots of micro four thirds ( a small camera and small, lightweight lenses), as my walk around kit. It consists of the GM5, 12-32, 35-100 4-5.6, 20 1.7II and my generic 8mm fisheye. Everything fits in a small bag. Wonderful, and a pleasure to take everywhere without hesitation.

Lens-wise that looks eminently sensible. I happen to have GX7 and GX8, but for my purposes the line-up you describes covers virtually everything. For special occasions I put a fast 50 or 100 Pentax MF prime on to an adaptor, but that gets a bit heavy.

I have a Leica M4 and a rigid 50/2 Summicron from back in the day.  Never use the Leica anymore and although I have an M4/3 adapter for the 50/2  ( beautiful lens), it's just too heavy and not enjoyable to use.

 h2odog's gear list:h2odog's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Canon EOS Rebel SL2 Canon EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM Panasonic 20mm F1.7 II Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM +4 more
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