Backpacking/world travel 45mm or 75mm?

..if you did not have one, and were now looking for one?  I am considering such a purchase, while I shoot mainly Olympus, for such a camera, I am not bound by brand

This made me think about a recent story here on dpreview about a Russian mother taking photos on the farm...what was most interesting to me was the number of the shots taken with a full frame 135/f2.8 lens which seems to be her go-to lens. That story encouraged me to get more creative with my 75/f1.8 (fairly close equivalent). Sometimes imposing a focal length constraint can really force some extra creativity and thought into composition that a zoom would have me waste due to laziness. The 75 is a very special lens imo.

This was the story and her flickr site in case you want to see some of the shots:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/26/russian-mother-captures-atmospheric-photos--family-portraits-of-sons-on-farm/1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75571860@N06

PDavis wrote:

This made me think about a recent story here on dpreview about a Russian mother taking photos on the farm...what was most interesting to me was the number of the shots taken with a full frame 135/f2.8 lens which seems to be her go-to lens. That story encouraged me to get more creative with my 75/f1.8 (fairly close equivalent). Sometimes imposing a focal length constraint can really force some extra creativity and thought into composition that a zoom would have me waste due to laziness. The 75 is a very special lens imo.

Good suggestion. I agree, 75mm is nice to work with!

I got a Voigtländer 75mm f2.5 Color Heliar instead of the Oly 75mm, but 75mm is quite nice to shoot with. I had to take some time to learn to work with 75mm, since I tend to have a more of a wide-angle eye, but once I did, I really came to enjoy it. I often use it for walkabouts in the city, shooting people, architectural details, etc..