[Leica] Traveling to Athens, Greece

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Bunting, Roger L (Roger) wrote:

> I have a business meeting in Athens in a couple of weeks. This is my first 
> trip to Athens, or anywhere on the Mediterranean coast. I will have two 
> days for some touring. I'm trying to decide on what equipment to take. I 
> prefer to take my M6, but I'm limited to a 35mm and 50mm lens. In doing 
> some rough measurements on maps it doesn't look as if the 35mm is really 
> wide enough for the street, nor the 50mm long enough for detail. I have a 
> lot of other choices in a Nikon SLR system.
> 
> I'm hoping there are some folks here with prior experience that can help 
> me think about my lens choice. Since this is business, I'm really weight 
> limited on what I can carry.
> 
> Regards,
> Roger /leica35@yahoo.com
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/Leica35
> 
> 
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Roger,

the 35 will do fine for monuments, streets and views; the 50 will do fine 
for 
detail in Athens, but a 90 would be useful for detail that is "out of 
reach". 
You'll be fine with the two in most cases.

Peter Dzwig