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ghosh9691
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We should have a thread/gallery for travel photographs. It would be for posting photographs taken on vacation or business travel at a location away from your normal area. Is this possible to add?
Now this would make much sense to me, because I am often travelling abroad on business, taking my camera gear with me. There are quite a lot of issues and things to know, which we might discuss in such a thread and which would have real value for others travelling less often.
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Scott
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I'm traveling to Japan for a holiday very soon and would like to know people's thoughts on how much/ little gear they take with them while travelling. What focal range do you like to cover? I'm assuming i can leave the 70-200mm at home in the cupboard and maybe just take the 50mm 1.4 & 17-40mm f4...
What do you guys usually go traveling with?
p.s. first time poster, long time reader.
What do you guys usually go traveling with?
p.s. first time poster, long time reader.
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Scott said:
Well, depends on places for me, last trip i went hong kong packing tammy's 17-50 f2.8 & 70-300 VC and canon's nifty fifty.. wouldnt want to miss out on the range! looking back the pictures i took, it's almost a 45/40 split for the shots from the 2 tammys and the rest from the canon.. i personally likes to compress the background on long focal length though.. :
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Scott said:
It depends on where you're traveling. I live in Japan (Kobe), and often go to Kyoto to take pictures. I usually haul my 10-22, 24-105, and 70-200 F2.8L II. That last lens is pretty heavy, but I always find myself wishing I had whatever lens I left home that day... so I try to cover the range as much as possible.
By far most of my shots are with the 24-105. Depending on what you like to shoot, you might not need the 70-200 but I think you'll probably feel limited if 50mm is the longest lens you're carrying.
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Rexepic
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I travel a lot. It comes to about 70% of my monthly expenditures! I would suggest, if you want to go light (at least light for me), that you take something like the following (depending upon, of course, your specific style or likes):
1 Wide Angle Zoom like the 16-35 (You will always want context shots and these are hard to get in cities without wide angle)
1 Medium Zoom like the 24-70 (Great all around - 50% of time on camera)
1 Longer range prime like 85/1.2 or 135/2 (great for street photography when you want to stay back from folks and shoot. Also good for portraits and low light, DOF, etc)
1 body and 3 lenses can be enough. You can leave the 70-200 and its travel weight at home. Great lens, but walking the streets of tokyo? You'll come to hate it!
My 2cents. Have a great trip!!!
1 Wide Angle Zoom like the 16-35 (You will always want context shots and these are hard to get in cities without wide angle)
1 Medium Zoom like the 24-70 (Great all around - 50% of time on camera)
1 Longer range prime like 85/1.2 or 135/2 (great for street photography when you want to stay back from folks and shoot. Also good for portraits and low light, DOF, etc)
1 body and 3 lenses can be enough. You can leave the 70-200 and its travel weight at home. Great lens, but walking the streets of tokyo? You'll come to hate it!
My 2cents. Have a great trip!!!
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