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Big Choice Made -- Lenses for 6 Weeks in Chile
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Does it help lewiedude2, if you think of The Brick as a Cornerstone?
lewiedude2
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Ok...fine! It is a fricken fantastic piece of glass and it is what it is.
Have fun!!
Anyone want to buy my 18-55? Never used on my trip as I got very good with video+16-55. It’s mint.
Have fun!!
Anyone want to buy my 18-55? Never used on my trip as I got very good with video+16-55. It’s mint.
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biff56
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Well Greg I only have the Brick and the 50-140, but feel they are both Fuji’s finest zooms and cover almost all my needs. As I have mentioned before, I think we are all envious of your travels. I may be relatively new to this forum, but always enjoy your input and photography! Greg B
swwang
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Greg I agree with your choices. I am not into Astro photography so don't have/need a 12mm.
My travel kit used to be 10-24, 18-135; now it is 10-24, 16-55 and 50-140. Primarily because of IQ and constant f/2.8. The handling with grip is actually very good so I am ok with the added size/weight. I also don't mind the lack of OIS on the brick.
I used to add the 55-200 for wild life; now it is the 100-400 because 55-200, while a great lens is just not long enough. TC1.4 comes for a free ride now that I can use it for both 50-140 and 100-400.
I am mostly a zoom shooter even back in my Nikon days, the only Fuji prime I have is the 23mm f2 that came with my XPro2. it's a nice lens and make the Xpro2 a great looking camera (love that retro/Leica look) but I don't use the 23mm much.
Like you, if I am on a road trip by car, all the lenses and RRS tripod come along for the ride. You pick the tool for the activity of the day. Even if you don't pick the right lens for the day the zooms give you much more flexibility in my opinion.
On big trips I take both the XT2 and Xpro2 like my recent Antarctica trip.
Scott
My travel kit used to be 10-24, 18-135; now it is 10-24, 16-55 and 50-140. Primarily because of IQ and constant f/2.8. The handling with grip is actually very good so I am ok with the added size/weight. I also don't mind the lack of OIS on the brick.
I used to add the 55-200 for wild life; now it is the 100-400 because 55-200, while a great lens is just not long enough. TC1.4 comes for a free ride now that I can use it for both 50-140 and 100-400.
I am mostly a zoom shooter even back in my Nikon days, the only Fuji prime I have is the 23mm f2 that came with my XPro2. it's a nice lens and make the Xpro2 a great looking camera (love that retro/Leica look) but I don't use the 23mm much.
Like you, if I am on a road trip by car, all the lenses and RRS tripod come along for the ride. You pick the tool for the activity of the day. Even if you don't pick the right lens for the day the zooms give you much more flexibility in my opinion.
On big trips I take both the XT2 and Xpro2 like my recent Antarctica trip.
Scott
Matt Fulghum
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Jerry's advice is spot on. get as much done as you can, while it's easy to see! 
With a lens as wide as the Rok 12, though, you're going to have a pretty wide degree of latitude on acceptable focus, compared to what you're used to. if, for some reason, you can't get any work done ahead of time, though, just open that aperture as wide as it'll go, crank the ISO as high as it'll go, and point the camera at the brightest thing you can see in the sky. since you'll be in MF mode anyway, activate the magnifier, and adjust the live-view focus until the stars look as small as possible; this is usually really, really close, and is a method I've had to use in the past many times. one of the challenges of astro is that nothing goes right every time.
Like the others have already said, safe travels, and clear skies. I'll add one other - good health!
With a lens as wide as the Rok 12, though, you're going to have a pretty wide degree of latitude on acceptable focus, compared to what you're used to. if, for some reason, you can't get any work done ahead of time, though, just open that aperture as wide as it'll go, crank the ISO as high as it'll go, and point the camera at the brightest thing you can see in the sky. since you'll be in MF mode anyway, activate the magnifier, and adjust the live-view focus until the stars look as small as possible; this is usually really, really close, and is a method I've had to use in the past many times. one of the challenges of astro is that nothing goes right every time.
Like the others have already said, safe travels, and clear skies. I'll add one other - good health!
Hi Greg,
There's no right answer on lens kits. It just come down to what you like and the old adage that the best camera to have is the one you have with you...... The 16-55 and 50-140 would be a great kit without any third lens.
Noted that you're leaving the 16mm... Did you ever compare the 16 and 16-55? Obviously they're different lenses with different maximum apertures, but after all your exaltation of 16mm, did you run a side-by-side comparisons to see how they both perform through a range of common apertures (say f2.8, 4, 5.6, 8)?
Enjoy the trip
Cheers, Rod
There's no right answer on lens kits. It just come down to what you like and the old adage that the best camera to have is the one you have with you...... The 16-55 and 50-140 would be a great kit without any third lens.
Noted that you're leaving the 16mm... Did you ever compare the 16 and 16-55? Obviously they're different lenses with different maximum apertures, but after all your exaltation of 16mm, did you run a side-by-side comparisons to see how they both perform through a range of common apertures (say f2.8, 4, 5.6, 8)?
Enjoy the trip
Cheers, Rod
Greg7579
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Rod, you know I love the Mighty 16, yet I fly to Chile tomorrow without it.
Yes, I have played around with comparisons between the Brick and 16 at 16, but very unscientifically, and not with a methdology that would survive the scrutiny of this board.
The 16 is unbeatable, but the Brick does 16 so well that I can't believe that anyone could pixel peep any difference at my walking shooting daytime apertures, meaning 8, 11 etc.
Wide open? I don't know really. Seems very close, even on the edges.
The 16 is so fast with flawless IQ and so close focusing..... It is still the Mighty 16.
But the Brick is my thing right now. I can't get it off the camera except to put on the 80 for macro or the 50-140 for everything else. No... I'm not taking the 80 to Chile. But I'm taking the 10-24. I bet I grab a prime as I walk out the door....
Naaaah..... I'm zooming this trip.....
Do you know I have taken long hikes with nothing but primes? And I mean like 6 of them....
Not this trip though.....
JacquesC
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... soon you will get to where I am for travel - one camera and maximum two lenses.
Enjoy the trip!
Enjoy the trip!
Have a fantastic trip.
I went to many of the places you listed in 2016 and took much a similar setup: XT1, 14mm, 16-55 and 50-140 with 1.4TC.
The only change I would have made in hindsight is taking the 10-24 instead of 14mm. The 16-55 is truly a beast both in terms of size and image quality.
I went to many of the places you listed in 2016 and took much a similar setup: XT1, 14mm, 16-55 and 50-140 with 1.4TC.
The only change I would have made in hindsight is taking the 10-24 instead of 14mm. The 16-55 is truly a beast both in terms of size and image quality.
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Bobo Hodls
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Greg7579
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On the way out the door. I stopped, reached in my closet, grabbed the Mighty 16 and its CP and ND filters, and threw it in my wife's big travel purse. After a week of restricting myself I added it at the last second.....
MarcosV
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Ah. That's your secret: your wife won't notice the tiny extra bit of weight in her purse that is the "Might 16" and a few filters.
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