Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]E 420 + Oly 7-14 + Leica 14-150 then you're covered, light and comfy rgds phx Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Gene, > > To me, this sounds like an outfit with which you would not want to > walk around all day. I imagine that if you are walking around in a > city, you will not need the long lens for the Canon and should > probably just take the M outfit. When out in the landscape, then the > long glass might be needed but then you will hopefully be in a car so > you will not have to lug all this stuff around. > > In a typical European city you have absolutely no use for the 80-200, > unless you come to Alicante or Barcelona and want to capture > se?oritas on the beach and other local wildlife ;-) If you really do > want to walk around with a long lens, then take one of the fixed > focal lengths you mention, the 135mm or 200mm. > > If I were you, when walking around town I would skip the SLR outfit > altogether and just take the M8, but augmented with a wider lens than > the 28mm. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 25-mrt-2008, at 4:54, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > >> I know this is the wrong question to ask this group, but here goes >> anyway. ;-) >> >> We will be in Europe (Germany, Poland, Italy, and possibly others) >> for 3 months later this year, and I am going all digital with my M8 >> and the recently purchased Leicanon 20D. My M8 kit will be the 28 >> Elmarit Asph, 35 Pre-Asph Summilux, and the 50 'Chron. For the 20D >> I am planning on the 24 Elmarit R, 60 Macro Elmarit, and the 80~200 >> Vario Elmar R. Plus extra batteries and memory cards. My question, >> as this gets a bit over weight, should I leave the 80~200 at home or >> do I really need it? On my last trip, I had an opertunity to shoot >> an open pit coal mine in Germany and a long lens would have been >> very useful. Most of my shooting will be architecture and street >> shots I am guessing with the occasional telephoto shot. Other >> lenses in my arsenal and possible candidates are the 35 Elmarit R, >> 28~70 Elmar R (original version), 90 Elmarit R, the 135 Elmarit R or >> the 200 Telyt. I really like the Vario Elmar R and its range is >> nice, but it is a heavy chunk of glass. All this ! >> is goin >> g into a Nat Geo Medium Bag. Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks In Advance, >> Gene >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >