Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A wider lens for the M8 would be fantastic: perhaps a 15 CV. I love travelling with the tri-elmars and a nocti (or the 75 lux now ;-) ) If you have to leave something at home, why double up with the 24 on the canon. IF you leave the zoom at home you may as well leave the canon at home. Cheers --- grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: From: grduprey@mchsi.com To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: [Leica] Lens kit for europe Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:54:43 +0000 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