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New Zealand Lens Choice

Started Jul 10, 2017 | Discussions thread
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Re: New Zealand Lens Choice

John Roy wrote:

Welcome to NZ

Much of the area you will be travelling through is big sky country, so wide is good. The equivalent of 20-24mm ideal. Our light can be very harsh even in winter, so a UV filter is advised.

Make sure you do the drive north from Queenstown through Cromwell to Lake Tekapo; lovely sweeping roads through the southern lakes, sadly patrolled by revenue hungry cops. It's Ferrari country where you could cruise fast were it not for the radar; at the end of a long straight there is a sign advising you to slow down - to the speed limit.

The Church of the Good Shepherd at Tekapo is a NZ cliché but none the less lovely for that. Compulsory.

Yes. I have seen many gorgeous Milky Way shots with that Church set in the foreground. It makes for a great composition as does Lake Tekapo which incidently is in a dark site region. So good on NZ for creating a dark sky area.

Greg.

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