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Light traveling - wide zooms or 2/3 f2 primes

Started Jan 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
KariP
KariP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,458
Re: Light traveling - always the same advice
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Marek Kac wrote:

Hi all,

as I'm planning to travel quite a bit this year I'm thinking about best combo for my Fuji xt-20. It's an age old question, what is more practical. A set of small f2 primes. 50mm f2, 23mm f1.4 (IQ of 23mm f2 is disapointing to me), and something even wider like 14 f2.8/ rokinon 12mm f2. Or a slow zoom 10-24 f4 and 18-55 f2.8-4, that you don't need to change that often. What is your expirience? I will be visiting cities, that's why I need wide angles lens for architecture.

I currently own 23mm f1.4, 56 f1.2 and 18-55 f2.8-4, for context.

Swapping lenses fast "on the road" is frustrating, dangerous and collects dust...

10-24 with 18-55 has been my optimal set from Helsinki  to  Jerusalem - and somewhere between these places .

16-80 could be better than 18-55.  "Speed" does not have much significance when you travel - OIS lenses help much more.

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Kari
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