Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted - Don't apologize! Don't back down! Don't modify your response! I missed the original post, so I don't know who I'm insulting here...But allow me to add to the insult... As folks who have been on the LUG for any length of time know all too well, the "what lens should I take to...(Honolulu, Austin, Paris, Easter Island, my mother-in-law's 8th wedding) is a perennial). And as Ted sagely knows, it is unanswerable - even if people who have been where you are going know what you own. IF the asker has ever used his or her camera, he or she knows what he or she likes to shoot, and knows what lenses he or she needs to shoot it. You do street shooting with 28 to 50s - then that's what you need? You like to shoot flowers with a macro? You need a macro. You specialize in long shots of people or distant buildings, trees, rocks or barns, you need what ever you shoot them with at home. Good Dog! said the dyslexic, how can this be such a difficult question? And as for those who will say, 'well I'm going to Easter Island for the first time and I don't know what I'll find there' - either you're going there precisely BECAUSE you know what you'll find there and you've long wanted to see it, or you're being sent there on business, and know nothing about the place - in which case you can Google it (Plug for Brian) and find out more about it in 15 minutes than our parents would have found out spending a day in the library. Geeeeeeseeee Louiseeeeee~! B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted Grant Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:42 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Lenses To Take To Honolulu David asked: Subject: [Leica] Best Lenses To Take To Honolulu > I am planning to visit Honolulu and wonder which lenses will best suit > the shootings there. It is my first time to visit there and have no > idea which > focal length will serve me better. Any suggestion will be > appreciated. Either M or R will do.<<< You asked so here's my answer from the experience of shooting there on several assignments ! R8 body: 15 - 21 - 35 - 100 macro - 280 2.8 and a 400 2.8! 1.4 and 2X extenders! If you think I'm kidding......... I'm not. You asked what lenses to take, so there you go!! And they are the lenses I used and would use again if I were going there on a shoot!. An option in case that's a little heavy duty, take the following zoom combination : 21 - 35 .... 35 - 70 and ...... 80 - 200mm f 4.0. With that combination you pretty well have your ass and most subjects covered. Other than a super long tele shot. And if you are only taking the zooms make sure you take a 2X extender for use with the 80-200 zoom, then you've got at least a 400mm reach if needed. Oh yes and a 100 macro. Lenses for the M7 take these: three bodies! OK ok 2! 15 CV .... 21 f 2.8 ...... 35 1.2 CV and definately a 50 f 1.0 Noctilux in case you'll be shooting in the twilight zone of the evening with 100 colour slide film. I rarely use anything longer than the 50 on an M. Why ask us what lenses to take when : A/ we don't have a clue what you own! B/ We don't have a clue what you shoot! C/ We don't have a clue what time of day you intend on shooting. D/ We don't............... oh forget it.........! Actually the answer should be .......... take every damn lens you own! And then some! ted Oh hell I know I'm in the glue again for that answer! But really! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information