rationale:
The reason for my kit suggestion is that I intensely dislike shooting
with "wide-normal-portrait" zooms. I find their imaging qualities and
bulk get in my way a lot of the time.
The 16-50/2.8 is extremely bulky and very heavy compared to the DA21
and FA43. The two short primes and a body can fit in a very small bag
and covers 80-90% of my shooting needs.
However, in longer focal lengths, zooms provide a lot more options
than primes do, and the 50-135/2.8 provides remarkably similar imaging
quality to the FA77 such that even though it is bigger and heavier,
it's not that much more to carry with a lot more to offer.
I also find that if I carry more than three or four lenses, I'm
wasting my time trying to decide what to use. I lose picture
opportunities that way. And I hate carrying all that bulk. Three
lenses and a light tripod do MUCH more than five-six lenses for me.
In 2006, I carried the 21, 35 and 77. That was enough, but after that
I found I preferred the 43 over the 35, and with the 50-135 there are
more possibilities for long views than with the 77 with only a small
penalty in weight and speed. I could have used the 14mm occasionally,
so it's an optional.
G
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