On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 09:25:37AM -0400, Doug Franklin scripsit: > gldnbearz wrote: >> I am pretty excited about traveling to Washington, DC, next week and >> wandering about all the great museums. If I do not check-in my >> suitcase, I will not be able to bring a dedicated camera bag and >> equipment space could get a bit tight. If I leave the 12-24 at home >> and bring just the 16-45 plus something in the 50-135 or 55-300 >> (rental) range, will I regret this decision? How useful would the >> 12-24 be for the museums? Ideally, I'd bring all three, but input >> welcome. > > Faster is better indoors, and I wouldn't expect you'd use the longer > lenses much at all. I'd be tempted to take only the 12-24 and 16-45. > It's been years since I visited Washington, DC, but I remember a /lot/ > of opportunities that'd need the short lenses and very few for the > longer lenses.
I've got a lot of use out of 100mm macro in museums; pictures of just that piece of pottery, etc. If at all possible, take a polarizer; most good display cabinets with high-UV-block glass are a right pain for reflections, and the polarizer may help thin those out. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
