Lenses for Morocco

maggiemole wrote:

I'm going for a very short visit in January, so I'm trying to be efficient with my camera gear. I will certainly take my 2 Panasonic cameras, GX7 and GX80, and probably use one for walk-around and distance, and the other for wide angle and low light. It should be easy to select the lenses, but I'm hung up on the walk-around and distance options.

I have the 14-140mm II and love it. But I'm really getting too dependent on a superzoom, and have acquired a Panasonic 35-100mm F2.8 which I want to use seriously. I also have the Olympus 45-150mm plastic fantastic. At the short end I have the choice of 12-32mm or the 12-50mm with its pseudo-macro facility.

I'm thinking the choices are:

1. Stay with the 14-140mm plus 12-32mm, but that does nothing to extend my experience

2. 35-100mm plus 12-50mm, and really get to grips with them

3. 45-150mm plus 12-50mm, the lightest combination and it gives the longest reach.

(I have the wide angle and low light bits sewn up, with small lenses.)

What would you do?

I’ve been to Morocco a bunch of times. Fantastic country. Great people!

The 12-50mm and 35-100mm sounds good, though I’d add a fast prime, especially in the medinas. Too bad you don’t have a 12-40mm.

The 14-140mm is such a great all around daylight lens. It really does a lot. Add an ultra wide and a couple of fast primes and that’s it.

I use that, 7-14mm f4 and Voigtländer 17.5mm and 42.5mm (night and interiors) as my basic travel kit.