Help with body and lenses: Hi everybody, I will be going on a trip to UK shortly. I have a 70D and 6D2 with 50mm 1.8, 18-135 stm, 24-70 IS f4L and 70-200 f4L. I only want to take one...

131942

Hi everybody, I will be going on a trip to UK shortly. I have a 70D and 6D2 with 50mm 1.8, 18-135 stm, 24-70 IS f4L and 70-200 f4L. I only want to take one body and 2 lenses. Will be mainly taking churches/cathedrals(inside & out), street scenes and maybe some landscape. Which body & lenses do you suggest I take ??? Bearing in mind that I am somewhat of a newbie.
Thank you for any input you may have.
Allan

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

131942 wrote:

Hi everybody, I will be going on a trip to UK shortly. I have a 70D and 6D2 with 50mm 1.8, 18-135 stm, 24-70 IS f4L and 70-200 f4L. I only want to take one body and 2 lenses. Will be mainly taking churches/cathedrals(inside & out), street scenes and maybe some landscape. Which body & lenses do you suggest I take ??? Bearing in mind that I am somewhat of a newbie.
Thank you for any input you may have.
Allan

Your best combo would be the 6D2 and the 24-70 and 70-200mm F4 lenses. Leave the crop sensor gear at home if you want to shoot indoors.

131942

MT Shooter wrote:

Your best combo would be the 6D2 and the 24-70 and 70-200mm F4 lenses. Leave the crop sensor gear at home if you want to shoot indoors.

Thai you MT shooter, I appreciate your input.

jrcarpe Loc: Jacksonville,AR

I used a 70D with a 28/135 lens which worked very well to the UK,Wales and Scotland. I since have bought a Tamron 16/300 lens for the 70D. Good luck and shoot to your hearts content.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I totally agree with MT Shooter. the 6D2 does much better at high ISO/low light for those indoor shots. The 24-70 gives you your widest angle of view (the 18-135 is an aps-c lens so only for the 70D and therefore has an AOV of 28 to 216) and that is important for most landscapes and interior shoots. The f/4 should do for indoors, esp if using a monopod or being able to brace against something to steady the camera.
The 50 is very small, sure you can't get it into a pocket for even lower light?

graybeard

MT Shooter wrote:

Your best combo would be the 6D2 and the 24-70 and 70-200mm F4 lenses. Leave the crop sensor gear at home if you want to shoot indoors.

I know 2 lenses were specified, and I agree with your choices. But the inside of cathedrals can be very dark, so I think the 1.8 should go too. It won't take up much space.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

It is most likely you're not taking a Canon flash unit. And many tourist venues won't allow them for indoor shots. The two lenses, the 18-135mm and the 50mm, would be my choices. One for range, and the prime for low light conditions. Yes, full frame cameras do work better in low light, than crop sensors. But you use what you have. A friend of mine went to the UK with a crop sensor mirrorless Sony a6000, with two lenses. The 16-80mm and the 70-210mm. He took some great shots with them. Good luck.

Photocraig

I'm sure you will appreciate the 2-1/2 stops the 50mm gives you over the f4 lenses, not only indoors but also in its portability during touring, especially early and later in the day during the shorter days on the winter season. My guess is that there will be only a few opportunities to use the 70-200 unless you have specific photography only time planned and scheduled.

I think you will find that the 50mm is sharp enough and the 6DII's resolution good enough to allow some significant "cropping in" space to compensate where you couldn't zoom with your feet.

Press your thumb and forefinger together, say OMMMM and channel the generations of amateur and pros who documented the world while only using a normal fixed focal length lens.

Enjoy your trip.
C

graybeard

mas24 wrote:

It is most likely you're not taking a Canon flash ... (show quote)

No flash, No tripod, No post processing. Do it all in the camera. Tripods too much bulk, and in touristy spots some clod is always walking in front. No flash. Never. It's in my DNA.

131942

jrcarpe wrote:

I used a 70D with a 28/135 lens which worked very well to the UK,Wales and Scotland. I since have bought a Tamron 16/300 lens for the 70D. Good luck and shoot to your hearts content.

Thank you jrcarpe, I appreciate your comment.

131942

Thank you robertjerl, I will squeeze the 50 in. Appreciate you comments.

131942

Thank you greybeard, the 50 is going too. Appreciate your time.

131942

Thanks photocraig, helps a lot. OMMMMM will be my daily mantra!!!

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

131942 wrote:

Hi everybody, I will be going on a trip to UK shortly. I have a 70D and 6D2 with 50mm 1.8, 18-135 stm, 24-70 IS f4L and 70-200 f4L. I only want to take one body and 2 lenses. Will be mainly taking churches/cathedrals(inside & out), street scenes and maybe some landscape. Which body & lenses do you suggest I take ??? Bearing in mind that I am somewhat of a newbie.
Thank you for any input you may have.
Allan

6DII, 24-70, 70-200 simple !...

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Photocraig wrote:

I'm sure you will appreciate the 2-1/2 stops the 5... (show quote)

Shallow depth of field when using a 50mm lens at F1.8 will limit it's benefit. Just because a lens has a wide maximum aperture doesn't mean that you can use it to do things like dark interiors of churches and such, where you'd want greater depth of field. On the other hand, using a lens like the 24-70 at F8 or smaller on a camera that has no problem shooting at ISO 3200 is priceless. If I had to leave one lens home, it would be the 50mm F1.8.