spike2006 said:Hi All,
Newbies here, would like ask the people here about the lens used during travel. what do you recommend ? For example, landscape, people, building etc.
spike2006 said:Hi All,
Newbies here, would like ask the people here about the lens used during travel. what do you recommend ? For example, landscape, people, building etc.
Yep... a 70-200VR along will be nice, pity Nikon doesn't have a 17-200 f/2.8VR Sigh.justarius said:Depends on whether you are willing to carry multiple lens or are looking for a one lens to rulez them all situation. If you only want one lens, then the 18-200 VR recommended by others earlier is a very good compromise. For me, I would take at least two, a wide angle (12-24) and a midrange telephoto.
The convenience out-weighs performance/coverage when travelling, this is just my take.azul123 said:I used to think that getting a good lens with broad range coverage is the answer for use when travelling, until I've travel with the DSLR and now I find that it is actually not really suitable for me at least.
I found it better to get a suitable P&S camera that has good DSLR features like RAW and good sharp lens as well, is way much better.
The top of the range 18-200mm lens will take you down S$1,200 thereabouts. This amount with a little bit top will get you a good P&S with a good slave flash.
I've recently acquired a Leica D-LUX2 and Metz 28 CS-2 slave flash, this is a much better travel camera setup than having a DSLR with 18-200mm setup.
Just my 2 cents.
../azul123
azul123 said:The convenience out-weighs performance/coverage when travelling, this is just my take.
../azul123
But good P&S will still suffer from noisy image because of the small size of the sensor. Plus, a good P&S in that range will probably be as large as a DSLR also. I went on a trip last yeat with D70s and the 18-70 kit lens and this year with the 18-200 and was convinced that this is THE lens for leisure travel.azul123 said:I used to think that getting a good lens with broad range coverage is the answer for use when travelling, until I've travel with the DSLR and now I find that it is actually not really suitable for me at least.
I found it better to get a suitable P&S camera that has good DSLR features like RAW and good sharp lens as well, is way much better.
The top of the range 18-200mm lens will take you down S$1,200 thereabouts. This amount with a little bit top will get you a good P&S with a good slave flash.
I've recently acquired a Leica D-LUX2 and Metz 28 CS-2 slave flash, this is a much better travel camera setup than having a DSLR with 18-200mm setup.
Just my 2 cents.
../azul123
lsisaxon said:But good P&S will still suffer from noisy image because of the small size of the sensor. Plus, a good P&S in that range will probably be as large as a DSLR also. I went on a trip last yeat with D70s and the 18-70 kit lens and this year with the 18-200 and was convinced that this is THE lens for leisure travel.
I won't argue with you on that... just that requirements differ, I don't mind noisy image which I can use some software to remove plus the convenience of a good P&S for me out-weighs the DSLR option.lsisaxon said:But good P&S will still suffer from noisy image because of the small size of the sensor. Plus, a good P&S in that range will probably be as large as a DSLR also. I went on a trip last yeat with D70s and the 18-70 kit lens and this year with the 18-200 and was convinced that this is THE lens for leisure travel.
Ahh.. sorry.. It's the Nikon 18-200 VR.spike2006 said:Well, u get what u paid for. Shoot at lower iso loh. Anyway, I never print image of larger size, so noise is not really issue to me. But i do found that the Auto focus of A70 is quite bad, about 30 to 40 percent of photo are having soften image ( maybe be my hand too).
BTW, the 18-200 is which brand?
spike2006 said:Hi All,
Newbies here, would like ask the people here about the lens used during travel. what do you recommend ? For example, landscape, people, building etc.
Same.. I carry a small PnS when I cannot carry the DSLR too. And definitely if you know there's going to be rough terrain. I went on a group tour, so I reckon it's safe to bring a DSLR, but definitely not with heavy lenses to bog me down.azul123 said:I won't argue with you on that... just that requirements differ, I don't mind noisy image which I can use some software to remove plus the convenience of a good P&S for me out-weighs the DSLR option.
Others may prefer better quality less noisy at higher ISO and moving around with DSLR, also I think where you travel is another point to take note, imagine lugging around a DSLR in tough terrain with a camera bag and compare that with a camera pouch, it's a world of difference.
I used to want the DSLR option, but changed my mind... no right or wrong answers. I now carry a camera with me every day, because I have a small yet good P&S, whilst I cannot carry my DSLR every day, maybe others can and do.
Peace.
../azul123
No lah, where got argue... I hope I didn't sound like I was arguing, :sweat:espn said:Given the choice agian, I'll still want to lug a D2X + AF-S 17-35 + AF-S 70-200VR to Japan again.
PnS has it's moments and so does DSLR, so guys, don't need to fight over which you prefer, let's stick to the TS's requirements.