Your Favorite Vacation Lens?

<p>With my Nikon D200 I bring a 28mm, 50mm and a 105mm.</p>

<p>No apologies necessary, Apostolos. I misunderstood you.</p>

<p>Thanks for the enjoyable exposition.</p>

<p>The lens I use the most while on the move, and leave the others in the hotel room, is my 50/1.8 Canon. It turns into and 80mm on the small sensor. 80mm gives you nice intimate shots, combine that with the quickness, you end up having fun!</p>

<p>I recently picked up a 28/2.8. For some reason I doubt it will get as much time on the body as the 50.</p>

<p>Tom, you might want to add the D3 for nine frames per second.</p>

<p>It depends mostly on what I hope to be shooting, say if I was going to shoot wildlife then of course I would bring my canon 70-200 2.8 with a X 2 extender (canon Mk II) to supplement my 1Ds<br>

Or if I was going to be shooting reportage (Street) I would use my trusty 15-30 Sigma, my canon 50mm mk1 and maybe the 100mm f2.8 macro again with my 1Ds<br>

I almost never use my 24-105 L in IMHO it has been hyped out of proportion and there is little difference between that & the 28-135mm F/35-5.6 IS usm except the former is more than three times more expensive! I much prefer using the Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Macro but here I would use it on the 40D it is a really good lens and a great walk about if I could use it on my 1Ds without the vignette I'd be really happy still it makes for surreal portraits on a full frame (give it a try.)<br>

I have Canon 1DMk II and to be honest do not need the speed its wasted what is important is glass if you have the money and like quality go for the 5D MkII for lenses go for Canon f2.8 24-70 L & the f2.8 70-200 L I am sure that these two with the 5D MkII will sort you out.<div></div>

<p>The 18-200 VR is the only lens I take on vacation. It gives me a full range in one fairly light unit and for vacation that compensates for the the tiny amount of softness or distortion people complain about here.</p>

<p>18-200VR for anytime it risks getting messy (ie anytime I'm outside of a city basically)</p>

<p>35/2 and 85/1.4 as a compact 2-prime setup for city roaming. One mounted and one loose in my travelling satchel. I love this combo.</p>

<p>Well, my most favorite vacation landscape lens was the 12-24mm Nikon. But that was was when I had my D80. The lens still worked on the D700 but in DX crop mode and with 1.6Meg pixels. Now that I have the D700 I want to purchase the 14-24mm f2.8 Nikon. I gave the D80 and 12-24mm to my brother. My next business trip/vacation is coming up in August. So, hopefully I will have the 14-24mm Nikon lens in my backpack before I leave. The other two lens I always take are the Nikon 80-400mm f4.5-5.6 and the Nikon 50mm f1.4D. At some point I want to up grade the 80-400mm lens to the Nikon 200-400mm and then pickup the 24-70mm f2.8.</p>

<p>I've heard too many bad things about the 18-200mm as well, Oskar.</p>

<p>When starting out I chose the 16-85mm over it because of this as well as a suspicion that there's a reason why Nikon priced the two similarly despite the massive zoom range difference.</p>

<p>Family Vaction?<br>

18-105VR and 35/1.8DX. And light body D60 or D40X.</p>

<p>My most favorite vacation lens is the 24-70mm Nikon. it is serving to many a need. My bag is light.</p>

<p>My most favorite vacation lens is the 24-70mm f2,8 Nikon. It is serving to many a need. My bag is light.</p>

<p>A D70s with an AF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 G and an SB-600. Was looking for a low expenditure that has a good focal range, and the flash makes up for the aperture. (D40/60 are just too small in my hand.)</p>

<p>Nice shot and nice collection of L glass, Hugh.</p>

<p>weekend trip or slightly longer: 16-85mm VR only<br>

three weeks or longer: for DX(D200) 16-85 mm VR and 70-200 mm VR with 14E extender, this is a little weak on the wideangel side. I do have a Tokina 12-24 mm zoom but the overlap with the 16-85 is considerable.<br>

When and if I return to FX it will pretty much be what I used on film: 16mm f2,8 fisheye, 17-35mm f2,8, 70-200mm VR with 1,4 TC , 85mm f1,4. For going light the old 20mm f4,0 lens with the 85 mm if quality holds up on FX (film and DX is excellent). No midrange lens.</p>

<p>18-200 VR along with the 50mm 1.4 is what I bring. Need to find something for macro...</p>

<p>Calvin said: "I see another whole arsenal guy in Travis."</p>

<p>You are pretty much right, I took everything I had except the Sigma 300 f4 prime (duplicated by the 100-300). I had high hopes for photography on this vacation, but quickly found that would not be a focus for me. I ended up being focused on having fun with the kids. I didn't take all my lenses everywhere, I just had to carry everything from the car to the airport, airport to the car, car to the hotel room, etc.</p>

<p>If I had to do it over again, I would probably just take the 18-50 and 50-150, and the sb600. Live and learn, right?</p>

<p>Since my husband doesn't slow down much and we tend to be in big cities I've pared my essentials down to my D80, 18-35 and 28-105. I usually just use the 18-35 tho. The 28-105 is insurance in case anything happens to the 18-35.</p>

<p>I stopped bringing the 70-300, 80-200 2.8, SB600 and tripod...</p>

<p>I really am thinking about the 16-85 but have trouble justifying it even to myself right now.</p>

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<p>D60 with 35F1.8, 18-55VR and the new Tamron 60F2.0 macro, will be my vacation system within the current DX range.The star of course, is the 35F1.8 DX, a magnificent lens for the price!<br>

I know from personal experience that system weight/complexity is inversely proportional to aesthetic creativity while on vacation--at least for me!</p>

18-105, although I also keep 18-55 VR and 50/1.8 for indoors/low light. I wish Nikon would make a pancake lens like the

MicroFourThirds 17mm (34mmEFL)! As good as the 35/1.8DX (52.5mmEFL) is, its angle of view still too narrow for

indoor/scenery (which is what vacations are mostly about).

<p>My lightweight/travel kit consists of:<br>

D50/Sigma 10-20/Tamron 17-50 2.8/Sigma 30 1.4/55-200VR/SC-28/SB-400. Everything fits snugly in a Lowepro MicroTrekker 100AW.</p>

<p>If I decided to go with my FX walkaround kit, I'd take the Tamron 17-35/Sigma 50 1.4/28-105/70-300/SC-28/SB-400 - all of which fits perfectly in a Crumpler Six Million Dollar Home.</p>

<p>Well, the problem is that a <em>vacation </em>for me is prime time for <em>photography</em>. I can't compromise on lenses if I am paying to get somewhere to shoot all day.</p>

<p>On my upcoming trip to New York City starting on Tuesday I am packing the 24mm PC-E, the 60mm AF-S Micro, the 105/2D DC and finally the 180/2.8D. That's as much as I'm willing to carry in my backpack along with water and spare clothes due to the heat.</p>

 

<p>Ilkka, same here. But sometimes I can't help thinking of getting the second light DX body and 18-200 for even lighter/shorter trip. Haven't got there yet, though.<br>

I am sure you have prepped pretty much everything and maybe have abundant help at hand, but having lived in NYC for 15 years, I cannot help offering - if you need any help at all to make your trip more fruitful, please do not hesitate to let me know. Ken</p>

<p>The trouble with f/4 zooms, as far as I'm concerned, is that to give a nice image a lens typically has to be stopped down 1 stop or so. I don't want to do that and end up with f/5.6. f/5.6 is not something I can work with if I'm photographing people.</p>

<p> I like to travel as light as possible. For me, that means one of my Nikon DSLRs (D80, D1x, D2x), with the lightweight 18-55 II and a 50/1.8. an SB flash to fit the body, and a polarizer & GND. I usually pack at least a table tripod. For a back-up, one of my Fuji, Nikon or Canon P&S.</p>

<p> When I use film, nowadays I take my FM-2n (no motor) with a 35-70, 50/1.8, a small flash, and an Olympus Stylus Epic (MJU-II) for back-up.</p>

<p> I have sinned, and gone on vacations with just a P&S, and curiously, fared quite well. My favorites are the Fuji F30 & F100fd. The G10 is a little on the big side, but a great P&S. With film, the OM XA and Stylus Epic have produced an embarrasingly large number of keepers for me.</p>