My equipment is FujiFilm. Until I was almost 80, I normally traveled with multiple bodies and several lenses. On my last extended trip, I limited myself to one body, XT-5 and two lenses, a 14 mm prime, and a 16/70 mm zoom. I rarely used the prime, finding the zoom to meet the vast majority of opportunities. I leave tomorrow for six weeks in Italy and will take only the one body and the zoom lens because I found that that setup rendered the best overall set of images I ever produced on a trip. I’ve spent a lot of time in Spain, I believe you will find the 24/105 L a perfect match, totally sufficient. My 16/70 is the equivalent of your 24/105.

Same experience: Except: I was on a forty-seven day cruise in the middle of the ocean with no manual. XT-5/SF 16-70 mm f4 fully auto lens. Happy ending: some of the best images I’ve ever produced.

And the foregoing is a discussion of core photography issues?

If you would like some additional specific suggestions, email me at iactxh@asu.edu.

Hate to see all the negativity regarding one of the great cities of the world, Mexico City and environs. For the Americas, few places are more historically important, interesting and photography rich than this city and its environs, especially out toward Puebla. Some have already noted highlights, but I would recommend walking the length of Reforma, which will give you a taste of great public art, historically significant buildings and the vibrancy of a rich, deep culture. Carry your camera discreetly; cover its brand markings; use a smallish zoom, e.g., 18-55 mm f2.8. Be alert and move confidently. You’ll be fine. I have some experience with this.

If you want to bore in on this topic, either go to Wikipedia, and look up “the hedgehog and the fox,“ or read, Sir Isaiah Berlin’s essay of the same name.

I would take two and only two lenses, a fixed focal length, e.g., 35 or 50 mm, and one multi focal length, the 24-105 mm. With lenses of the quality you have and the ability to adjust ISO they will be sufficient to capture all you want. I just returned from five weeks in Italy where I set myself the task of using only one fixed focal length lens, 35 mm equivalent, to capture everything from landscape to close up, from bright sunlight to dark interior, and it worked very well. I just had to be mindful of my on-camera settings and what I wanted to capture. Not having to think about changing lenses was very freeing and helped me become a more focused photographer. Incidentally, I do have a full range of very good lenses but have just become tired of toting gear and making physical rather than mental changes.

I had not had time for serious photography for some years and wanted back in. My previous set up had been organized around a Nikon F2, body, view finders, lenses, etc. My research—c. 2014 f.—suggested that mirrorless was the coming technology and that Fujifilm had engineered its XT body, lenses etc. from the ground up and not just reworked a digital SLR. Beyond that, the availability and arrangement of controls fitted my experience with the F2. I also loved the on-board film simulations and needed the reduced weight of body/lens combinations, particularly the 100-400 zoom for birding. I get good results from the prime lenses and thoroughly acceptable ones from the multi focal length ones. I love the flexibility the XT line affords. (I’m not sure this responds to your query, but . . ..)

Doesn’t matter. You exercised your eye twice.

You have a gifted eye.

Enviable image.

Elegant images, particularly the the non-passerine.

Like them all; love second to last. Very interesting color rendition.

So intense a red. Extraordinary.

Masterly!