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Light setup for hike X-E4 with 14 2.8 or 16 2.8?

Started Jul 15, 2021 | Discussions thread
OP christ0f Forum Member • Posts: 72
Re: Light setup for hike X-E4 with 14 2.8 or 16 2.8?
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absquatulate wrote:

I've no idea why people take primes when hiking, and I've done more than my fair share. In my experience you can't beat a standard zoom if you're travelling light, no need to change lenses and wide to normal telephoto are covered.

It could be weird indeed to sacrifice the freedom of having a zoom, but actually it works for me quite opposite. When I'm limited with a given focal I'm working a lot to get a shoot that I'm happy with. With the zoom I often end up with rotating the ring back and forth. Second thing is quite a low profile and weight - it also counts.
I know that 16-80 could be the option, I really hoped it is a quality lens, but after having Canon 24-105L and seeing the samples from it I really can not stand it, the drop of quality is higher as expected.
After the responses in the thread I'm really now thinking about the combo of 14 with 60 2.4.
Thanks for replies!

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