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Re: One all purpose zoom for travel in Spain.

Started Feb 15, 2020 | Discussions thread
tamatama
tamatama Junior Member • Posts: 31
Re: One all purpose zoom for travel in Spain.

Nice trip to look forward to! It looks like you'll be in cities a lot. Even though you say, 'no pro' I'd recommend the oly 12-40mm, f/2.8. It isn't the lightest lens around but it's small and not heavy and it gives you those needed 12 mm as the older quarters of the cities aren't spacious. Great quality, too!

The 'pro' qualities will come in handy in unforeseen circumstances. Happened to me this week, but that's a different story.

Actually I live in Spain, mainly Madrid and wouldn't worry too much about getting stuff stolen. Just use the common sense precautions as in any city. When you get ice cream/drink spills on your jacket, hold tight to your belongings. Leave important docs/stuff in the hotel.

We've been getting returned a dropped iPhone, a forgotten laptop (airport) a left behind backpack with laptop, quite a lot of cash, e-book, c-cards, well everything. But that was in the countryside.
You'll see many people walking around with camera gear. Enjoy your trip!

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Olympus E-M1 II Panasonic Lumix G Vario 7-14mm F4 ASPH Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH Olympus 12-40mm F2.8 Pro Olympus 12-100mm F4.0 +2 more
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