[Leica] Lens kit for europe

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

The D200 is now my wife's camera and she will be taking it.  ;-)

Gene

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From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand@gmail.com>
>
> Gene,
> Your D200 and the Nikkor AFS VR 18-200.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM, <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
> >
> >
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