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A prime travel kit - or - walking around in Nuremberg / Germany

Started Jul 7, 2017 | Discussions
markusw Senior Member • Posts: 1,705
A prime travel kit - or - walking around in Nuremberg / Germany
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Dear all,

we had a lot of discussions on travel kits, prime lenses, Leica looks, if mFT is enough / superior / worse and so on.

To make it short - I rent a PEN F and took two prime lenses (12mm/f2 and 25mm/f1.8) and gave 'em a trial in Nuremberg, a old and famous city in Germany. PP done in LR.

My conclusion:

- the PEN F is a fantastic, inspiring tool

- the 12/25 combo seems to be perfect for european cities

- 20MP with the PEN's IQ gives enough pixels for cropping to taste

Here are some pics:

(Sorry for loosing the EXIF data. It seems that the Adobe DNG converter is not really perfect...)

(And yesssss, I bought that wonderful camera)

M.
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windmillgolfer
windmillgolfer Forum Pro • Posts: 17,782
Re: A prime travel kit - or - walking around in Nuremberg / Germany

Thanks for posting these, an interesting place that we plan to visit within the next year or so. 12mm is so much better, than 14mm, for city work. Hence, while  not enjoying the same apertures, the 12-60mm Panasonic lens has the perfect  range or city tours.

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Chas2 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,715
Nice shots...Nuremberg / Germany

Great shots.  I used the 12-35 when I was there during the Christmas Markets. I often wished I had more reach but was really glad I had the 12 end and was glad to sacrifice the reach.

We did not have the light you had, nor the blue skies....it was as one guide put it...bloody cold

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