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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 421851" data-attributes="member: 16090"><p>With my film cameras I had only one lens - 50mm, and shot thousands of images over 30 years. Then I got a 300mm, but that saw very little use compared to the 50. Now with DSLR, I use the kit 18-55 when the light is good, and for all shots evening onwards I use the 35mm F1.8.</p><p></p><p>I have found that photographs taken during travel are 90% close range shots - people, family, friends and streets, where a 50 on FX and 35 on DX are best used. Unless you envisage taking distant shots, or going to shoot wild life a longer lens is not needed, especially if you are never going to print large, but limit to 6x4 prints and the web, a 24 MP sensor can be cropped from 6000x4000 to 1800x1200 for 6x4 prints and 1200x800 for the net (look how much space you have used!).</p><p></p><p>One thing that I do, is to stitch panoramas and monuments. That is much better option than carrying an ultra wide lens, and gives much better results for static objects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroy, post: 421851, member: 16090"] With my film cameras I had only one lens - 50mm, and shot thousands of images over 30 years. Then I got a 300mm, but that saw very little use compared to the 50. Now with DSLR, I use the kit 18-55 when the light is good, and for all shots evening onwards I use the 35mm F1.8. I have found that photographs taken during travel are 90% close range shots - people, family, friends and streets, where a 50 on FX and 35 on DX are best used. Unless you envisage taking distant shots, or going to shoot wild life a longer lens is not needed, especially if you are never going to print large, but limit to 6x4 prints and the web, a 24 MP sensor can be cropped from 6000x4000 to 1800x1200 for 6x4 prints and 1200x800 for the net (look how much space you have used!). One thing that I do, is to stitch panoramas and monuments. That is much better option than carrying an ultra wide lens, and gives much better results for static objects. [/QUOTE]
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