Which lens? Trick Question
Sep 12, 2014 08:27:59 #
rando
Loc: Rochester NY
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
Sep 12, 2014 08:35:05 #
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
Regardless of which you bring you will want the other , so bring both....:)
Sep 12, 2014 08:46:45 #
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
If you only get a choice of one lens then I would take the wide, since I would guess that you will spend most of your time on the street. What lenses are you trying to choose between? What type of city streets? Narrow and winding or wide boulevards? What can be seen from the rooftops? Just more streets or distant scenes?
Sep 12, 2014 08:52:54 #
Sep 12, 2014 09:02:54 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Regardless of which you bring you will want the other , so bring both....:)
Yep!! :thumbup:
Sep 12, 2014 22:42:59 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
If you only take one, the wide would be the easy choice for me.
Sep 12, 2014 22:57:30 #
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
If it's evening, whatever lens you take, make sure you have a tripod!! ;-)
SS
Sep 12, 2014 23:08:18 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
SharpShooter wrote:
If it's evening, whatever lens you take, make sure you have a tripod!! ;-)
SS
SS
Or at least a monopod.
Sep 13, 2014 04:18:25 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
You are going up to a high location to obtain a wide view so wide or ultra-wide would be a good choice of lenses. A steady tripod for night shooting would be another good selection. Have fun.
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
Sep 13, 2014 07:55:48 #
rando
Loc: Rochester NY
Thanks all. The winner was the wide angle lens because we were so close to so many interesting scenes. Will post a few soon.
Sep 13, 2014 08:02:53 #
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
A fisheye could be fun.
Sep 13, 2014 08:26:13 #
rando wrote:
I am taking a downtown tour that will allow me to go to the rooftops. Should I bring a long lens or a wide lens or both? I am going in the evening and next day.
Always better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it,
Sep 13, 2014 08:46:07 #
boberic wrote:
Always better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it,
Another good Yogi quote:
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Sep 13, 2014 08:49:59 #
boberic wrote:
Always better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it,
I think that originally referred to money. :D
Sep 13, 2014 09:06:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I think that originally referred to money. :D
From my experience, money and camera gear are very closely connected!
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