Thanks to all for your responses. Wow! If a little question like mine can stir up emotions imagine what a bigger question or a statement claiming something or another can do?
Anyway, the lenses I mentioned are exactly what I own and what I will be bringing. I will be home-based for my trip so I can leave extra lenses at home and just bring what I need for day trips. Don't have time to get bigger glass and the funds aren't exactly kicking in either so I'll have to make do with what I have and just try to add faster glass in the future. I am bringing a tripod though so that will help. As far as film is concerned for slides I am only bringing 100 speed film (Provia 100F) and will probably push it one more stop if I need to (more likely I would have to). I do have Superia Xtra in ISO 400 and 800 for grab shots and P&S camera shots. I am also bringing B&W film (ISO 100 & 400) just in case I want to photograph in black & white. Filters (warming, polarizer, orange, red) are in the bag. Again, thank you for your tips. Francis M. Alviar Irvine, CA Paul Stenquist wrote: Okay it's just nonsense. The writer of the original message had asked if we thought his lens selection was correct FOR HIM. Like most of us, he probably can't afford the ultra fast glass. Those are the lenses he owns. His choice was correct. They are not too slow to produce great pictures. Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > >> The primes other than the 50 are too slow, although the focal lengths are good. > > > Pretentious nonsense. For the majority of situations, these lenses are > > fast enough. > > You can call it nonsense if you like, but you've no right to call it > pretentious, which is a gratuitous insult and a good way to get > another flame war started. I have quite a lot of experience of travel > photography. I made it explicit in my post that I was speaking for > myself, and everything I wrote is based on my personal experience of > travel photography during the last 25 years. If you don't like it then > fine, but don't call it pretentious. > > --- > > Bob > > Friday, October 25, 2002, 9:26:30 PM, you wrote: > > > In reference to a travel kit that includes: > >> > 28mm f/3.5 > >> > 50mm f/1.4 > >> > 105mm f/2.8 macro > >> > 200mm f/4 > > > Bob Walkden wrote: > >> > >> The primes other than the 50 are too slow, although the focal lengths are good. > > > Pretentious nonsense. For the majority of situations, these lenses are > > fast enough. Most of us can't afford ultra-fast glass. In any case, how > > often does one shoot in extremely low light with a 200? And the SMC > > 200/4 is an excellent lens. When shooting with the 28, a shutter speed > > of 1/15 or 1/30 is quite manageable. And that's easy to achieve at 3.5 > > with most films and lighting conditions. No, they're not premium lenses, > > but they'll take fine pictures. Hell, I've even shot in the dead of > > night with my M 200/4. See >http://www.portfolios.com/zoom.wga?User_number=stenquist&imagecount=15 > > They're not as fast as the big money, big glass. But they're not "too slow." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
