mrpentaxk5ii

I have not read all of the replies, but if you do not currently own a photographers backpack, you can carry every thing you have and use it as your carry on luggage.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

Although allot of people eyed my D800 last month on our trip to Spain, Morocco and Gibraltar, I never had a negative experience like you did. I wore a Cotton Carrier with my D800 and 24-70mm f2.8mm attached. The Cotton Carrier locks your camera to your chest. You give the camera a quarter turn twist to quickly either lock or unlock the camera from the Cotton Carrier. The Cotton Carrier has a safety strap that snaps to your camera's neck strap attachment ring to prevent someone from grabbing your camera from your hands or from the camera accidently falling to the ground if you accidentally drop it. As added protection, I also keep my Nikon neck strap loosely around my neck.

During the trip, I used the carrier for over ten hours a day every day. The Cotton Carrier places the weight of my camera and lens equally on both of my shoulders along with my midback, taking all of the weight off my neck, which can be very painful since it was injured many years ago.

I also attached two Adorama Slinger soft lens cases to the Cotton's waist/mid back strap for my SB-700 flash and a 14mm lens (which I never used). I carried an 82mm CP filter in its case in my pants pocket and nothing else; my way of traveling light with a heavy camera.

https://www.cottoncarrier.com/

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

My best travel lens is a 24-720 mm lens attached to my Sony DSC-HV50 pocket camera. Fantastic results in the palm of my hands. Does everything and the pouch attaches to my belt. Case closed.

Photocraig

When in Madrid in the '90's we had school girls in UNIFORM bump and try to pick us. Also, evening street encounters were not uncommon. Over the chest is the way to carry in the Urban world.

On the photo side--Spain is fabulous. It is very bright, but many of the sights are inside and kinda dim. So, the 25mm f1.8 would be good. The cathedral stained glass windows are fabulous, but to isolate them might take some reach also the detail on the exteriors are worth of closer inspection, but may be 50+ feet off teh ground. . Go on line to see some Spain Travel stories and make up your own mind.

JPL

I would take the 7-14 and 35-100. You can use your feet and the 7-14 to zoom in on most of the subjects you would otherwise use the 12-35 for. And that will probably give you better pics with less crowd in the foreground than if you were using the 12-35.

alfaman

Let me know how your trip to Spain turns out (photographically). Going to Spain/Portugal Douro river trip in Aug/Sept hopefully with a new Olympus omd1 and spending an extra four days in Madrid, Granada and Seville. HAVE A GREAT TRIP. Look forward to your photos!

Kickle Loc: Central Illinois

Thanks to everyone for the excellent food for thought! My current thought is that I will take my wide angle 7-14, the 35-100, and my 25 mm 1.8 prime. The ultra-wide angle is one of my favorite lenses for the scope and perspectives it gives and I believe I will use the longer zoom for details and people. The 25 mm prime should be good for the low-light interior and walk-about photos. If I decide to lighten further, I will probably sacrifice the 35-100. By the way, I am well on the plus side of 70 and I have a lot of arthritis issues. I love the mirrorless camera system for myself but still go as light as I can, especially when going on day-long jaunts.

jackpi Loc: Southwest Ohio

Definitely the 7-14mm. And take table-top mini-tripod for long exposures inside buildings. I would drop the 12-35mm. You can move closer with the 12-35 or further away with 35-100mm an capture everything you would capture standing still with the 12-35mm.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I don't know if these will help, but I went to Spain in 2016. My photos of that trip are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/collections/72157667440330363/.

Expressoman1 Loc: Jupiter, Fl. USA

Do not drink the water!!!!!!!!!!!!

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

If it were me, I'd take the 7-14mm, 25mm prime and the 35-100mm.

The gaps in between those lenses are no problem.

The fast prime can come in handy in low light situations... and the wide angle for scenics. I always like to have a telephoto, too, for portraits and any wildlife.

alfaman

David,
Looked at ALL of your photos. Lots of terrific shots. Thanks for sending. Gave me some good ideas on where to focus our time there.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Thank you for the compliment. My Flickr® postings are not as selective as ones I do here because they primarily serve to document my travels. I'm glad you found them useful.