Next month's problem

techno-terminator · 2010-07-17T13:10:50+0100

I'm off to Belgium next month [ middle-ish :) ] and of course cameras [ yes the K-x and the P70 ] are coming too . NOW Photos will be taken - both interior stuff and exterior stuff but I can't put up any from last year to give you an idea - 'cos they were taken on Fuji S5000 and Kodak P&S before both of them demised . Exterior stuff will include a few landscape shots - the countryside is beautiful and peaceful - fields , a few cows , that sort of stuff . There will be also some exteriors of buildings . Interior stuff will include Churches - lots of iconography on the walls and the buildings will be unlit . It is possible to get a reasonably good shot looking from inside to the outside through 2 open doors and the effect of the bright sunny light outside does give a good result. Now - I'm intending to take the 40mmLtd with me but since I'm travelling as light as possible [ going all the way by trains] I only want one other lens - should it be the 18-55 or the 50-200 ? Suggestions and your reasons for them please - I really don't know which to take

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Hardgravity Hardgravity

5688 posts
18 years
Bradford,Yorkshire,
UK

Posted 20/07/2010 - 11:37 Link

Sorry TT, the tammy's staying where it is

Just take the 18-55 as your zoom, nice and wide for scenery with just a bit more for close up than the 40..

The standard 18-55 is a good walk about in it's own right, in fact I did see several Pentax bodies being used in France with just this lens...

Unless you're certain you'll need the 200 length leave it at home.

Cheers, HG

K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.

Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...

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Mongoose Mongoose

2891 posts
19 years
Wiltshire,
England

Posted 20/07/2010 - 12:10 Link

If you feel you missed opportunities last year by having no long lens, take the 50-200 and use the P70 if you need wider than 40mm.

If you didn't miss anything having no long lens before, what are you going to need it for this time? take the 18-55 and keep the P70 for times when you don't want to use/carry the DSLR at all.

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