Gear for travel over the years

deednets wrote:

Gringostarr wrote:

Sadly you can only pick one between having a small and light kit or fast and amazing glass and this applies no matter which system you buy into.

I will say that your post has me looking at the planned changes to my kit in a completely different light and now I'm looking at a third option to consider which would consist of just the 16/1.4, 30/2.8, 56WR, and 70-300, especially since the 30/2.8 has shown itself to be the prefect one lens solution for backpacking. Upgrading to an X-Pro4 would yield a full WR kit at just under 5lbs, a backpacking kit of under 2lbs, and a walkaround travel kit of the 16&56 at 3lbs which is very appealing to me and inline with what I'm trying to achieve with the other options with one less lens to keep track of and a completely uniform filter size outside of the macro.

That's a lot of glass. Looking at those lenses, why not try the unthinkable and just use the 16/1.4 and the 56/1.2? You might know how close the 16/1.4 focuses, right?

Deed

Not really, the 13/1.4, 30/2.8, & 50/2 (one of the possible kits I'm looking at building) is actually 5g lighter than the 16/1.4&56WR.

The 4 lenses I listed would be the only lenses I'd have, however at most I would only ever plan on bringing 3 of them with me depending on what I'd be shooting. No sense bringing the 56/WR with me on hikes or when I'm doing dedicated landscape when the 70-300 would be much more useful for that endeavor. Conversely, no sense bringing that same 70-300 with me for street or night photography.

For me, a good telephoto as well as a good macro lens is essential which is why the 70-300 is there and the 30/2.8 just replaced the 60/2.4 along with being a preferred focal length for me over the 35/1.4. To round things out though on the wide end the choice has always been between the 13/1.4, 14/2.8, and 16/1.4, however after your fantastic travel shots with the 56/1.2 I'm now considering that along with the 50/2 to fill the gap loosing the 60/2.4 made, especially since with the planned departure of the 35/1.4 it would be nice to have a subject separation lens.