On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Peter McIntosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  My wife and I are off to the south island of NZ in September for a couple of
>  weeks.  I want to travel light, and am considering taking just one - prime -
>  lens for my ist-DL.  Trouble is, I'm not entirely sure what focal length to
>  take. I'm currently drawn to something around 24mm, due to its similarity to
>  35mm on film. I must admit I like the physical size of the DA 40mm, but I
>  think that might be a little bit "long".  I reckon 21mm might be a bit wide,
>  but a standard 50 will definitely too "long".
>
>  Soooo... What focal length would you take? And why?

The 40 and the 21 are both *awfully* small.  I have a teeny little
camera bag and I can put one on the camera and jam the other in
underneath.  If I *had* to pick one, it'd be the 40mm; I recently
spent 10 days in Hawaii and my shots were about 90%/10% 40mm/21mm.
-Tim

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