Primes vs zooms for travel photography

[strawbale]

Thank you all so much for your answers!! I think i will go and purchase the kit i mentioned. 16-35mm f2.8 (for general use and crop if needed), 50mm f1.4/f1.2 (for portraits and some food photography) and 70-200 (for landscapes and portraits). That kit covers over 95% of what i want and need. Maybe later i will add a macro lens for more specialised food and product photography

What about a Nikon Z + 14-30 f/4 + 24-200 f/4 + fast prime(s)

 

[Nickemmano]

Thank you all so much for your answers!! I think i will go and purchase the kit i mentioned. 16-35mm f2.8 (for general use and crop if needed), 50mm f1.4/f1.2 (for portraits and some food photography) and 70-200 (for landscapes and portraits). That kit covers over 95% of what i want and need. Maybe later i will add a macro lens for more specialised food and product photography

What about a Nikon Z + 14-30 f/4 + 24-200 f/4 + fast prime(s)

That could also work but i am not a bif fan of super zooms...so it is not for me

 

[ericbowles]

From that data i have concluded that a 16-35 2.8 would cover about 59% of my needs while a 70-200 2.8 would cover another 26%. A grand total of 85%. If i add a nice 50mm prime of 1.4 or 1.2 for portraits, some food photography then i am looking at about 95% of my photographic needs covered.

This is the data and my conclusions. I dont intend to replace the 70-200 from my list because i like details in landscapes and this lens will give me results. But on the wide end is it worth considering a prime? As i said in another question i travel with family and friends who take snapshots most of the time. I dont always have the time to take the picture i intend...unless i make it happen by making them visit a place at a specific time muahahaha. On my hikes i get as much time as i want. I want to take pictures to exhibit them in my house. Based on these info. What would you suggest

This is similar to my conclusions. My travel kit for cities is an ultrawide like the 16-35, a 70-200 for tight compositions and some portraits, and a 50mm prime to fill the gap. It has worked extremely well on a number of trips.

In practice, I only take two of those three lenses on any given day in the field. In practice I don't switch lenses very often and even a single lens is probably adequate.

My preferred bag is a ThinkTank Turnstyle 20 - a torso bag that is very comfortable and has pockets for accessories and documents or maps. The same bag is used as a field bag on other trips - my big bag with gear is in the car and I take just 2-3 lenses into the field.