Overall comments and opinions:
- Take two bodies, even if one stays tucked into a sock in your suitcase.
The extra is cheap insurance. Don't forget extra batteries.
- Leave the 180/2.8 at home. As much as you like it, after 4 weeks, you'll
hate the weight if you have to carry it all the time.
- Take either the 35/2 or the 50/1.8, not both. I'd favor the 35/2 and
100/2.8 as the main two lenses, coupled with the zoom, a WA (21 if you have
one), and a converter for the 100.
- The 75-150 is nice and relativley light, and would be favored when you
need tele-zoom capabilities.
- Be careful of the 35-70/3.5-4.5 with polarizers, it turns as you focus and
drove me crazy shooting landscapes.
So my kit would probably be:
2 bodies
21, 35, 100, 35-70, 2x. Possibly an extension tube or two if you like to
take details. Small flash.
Skip
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From: Bernard Frangoulis <bf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Lens assortment for travel
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:38:51 +0200
I'm leaving next sunday for a 4 weeks trip to India. My previous
experiences taught me that travelling with a *light* equipment can be
essential... But, being as zuikoholic as most on this list (well, not
yet on the scale(s) of... well, you know ;-)), I have a difficult
time trying to select from the following:
OM-4Ti
OM-40
24/2.8
35/2
35-70/3.5-4.5
50/1.8
100/2.8
75-150/4
180/2.8
Komura 2x converter
Domke F-2
Domke F-3X
Currently, I favor this set up (I intend to shoot both people and
landscapes):
Domke F-3X
OM-4Ti
24/2.8
35-70/3.5-4.5
100/2.8
180/2.8
Komura 2x converter
Close seconds are:
50/1.8 for low light situations (but I can use Provia 100 at 400)
75-150/4 (but my heart bleeds not bringing the 180/2.8, although my
shoulders rejoice...)
OM-40
Of course, if I take the Domke F-2, I can take (almost) everything,
but I think this would be too heavy when walking all day long.
Any advice?
Bernard
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