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Lens suggestions for museums old houses and galleries

Started Jul 8, 2019 | Discussions thread
Smaug01
Smaug01 Veteran Member • Posts: 7,001
Your lens + a wide angle zoom

Your Panny 20/1.7 has the "fast" part covered.

Add a wide angle prime or zoom for interior room views. Wide angle lenses don't need to be as fast, due to the short focal length; it's much easier to hand-hold them steady.

Your subject matter is mostly not moving, so a camera with decent body-integral image stabilization + either of the above lenses will cover you.

I was not into wide angle zooms for a shamefully long time. It seemed to me they were expensive and hardly ever useful. Then, I got my current phone, an LG G6. It has a dual lens camera, a "standard" (28mm e.) and a proper wide angle. Now, I use that darned wide angle as much as the standard! It compliments a kit zoom on a camera really well. I'm definitely going to add a wide angle lens of some sort to my µ4/3 bag as soon as I can afford it. They're so useful for crowded streets when I want to fit a big church but can't back up any more, and for crowded interiors.

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