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I borrowed this lens to shoot a wedding and will never own one. Too heavy to get any pleasure from the use. Will stick with my 4.0 non is version.

I would suggest, from experience, the canon 35mm 2.0 IS. Sharp, fast, great focus, color and the IS is for real. Paired with the 85 prime, you have a great combo. I've had mine for 3 months and would say it's on the camera 90% of the time. I shot a wedding rehearsal dinner with nothing but this lens.

This Flickr set contains images of both visits.

We have visited Natchitoches twice in recent years. First in July, where we toured the plantations and downtown and learned about the Christmas Festival of Lights. We returned in December to find a city covered in lights. If your desire is to photograph a old south historic town, Christmas in Natchitoches will disappoint. Don't get me wrong, it was beautiful and we had a great time. B&W photos of downtown at night were great. We did not revisit the plantations so I cannot speak of their condition in December.

This is interesting. Planning a multi country trip next Fall that includes Germany. Will I have issues photographing the Oktoberfest parade and festival?

<p>Thanks David. I have already modified the trip to include two nights in Lucerne. This will allow for more hours spent in the Interlaken areas the drive to Lucerne is just an hour. I am trying to keep the driving to the minor roads and limit the daily travel time to three hours max. On a previous road trip through France and Italy, we had a mixture of one night and three night stays. The one nights were too short and the three were too long as we tended to explore by car anyway. I am looking for locations that are either very close together or are worth spending two nights with the day visiting the town on foot.<br> The planning is all part of the experience. We will never have the perfect trip, but we won't know it.<br> Keep the ideas coming. I have the dates set and the Paris hotel booked. Looking now at Prague hotels. Other than one night in Lucerne, every other stop is up in the air. I do like Annecy as a replacement for Geneva.<br> We will be in position for Munich Oktoberfest and will try to work that in. Any suggestions? </p>

Thanks Colin. We are arriving to Geneva by train. We will be returning the car 9 days later in Vienna. I would return in Prague if I can find a rental company that will allow.

Charles, thanks for the suggestion on Annecy! This is the kind of information we are looking for. Colin, Interlaken will be night 2. Keep the ideas coming.

<p>I am planning our epic Euro road trip for Sept 2015. It will be for our 35th wedding anniversary and not our first road trip in Europe. We are spending two weeks to get from Paris to Prague, with a mixture of driving and trains. I currently have 3 nights in Paris and in Prague scheduled and am now filling in the other 8 to 9 nights. I picked Geneva as a starting point for the driving part of the trip due to the availability of fast trains from Paris and car rental that will allow me to return in Vienna.<br> So here is the question. Does Geneva offer enough to warrant a night stay or do we move on to the Interlaken area? Geneva is also competing against cities and events as Lucerne and the first weekend of Oktoberfest in Munich. We have a tentative route that will have us three days in Switzerland, three in Germany and the French border town of Riquewihr and three more in Austria. We spent some time in Riquewihr in 2007 and may skip this if something else catches our eye. So, sell me on Geneva!</p>

<p>Tushar, I checked out your photos from your linked site and believe you need to think about a wider lens than the 24-105 you already have. I don't make my living with photography, that I do in the IT world, but I do often get paid for my work. My kit consists of a 5DM3 and 7D so this lens list makes use of the available crop body. I start out with a 17-40 on the 5D. This is wide enough for the price. The 24-105 goes on the 7D. I then carry a 70-200 4.0 Non IS. The best value in the Canon line! and some USM primes, 28 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8. I recently added the 100 2.8 macro and find myself leaving the 85 1.8 at home. I find the 100 2.8 to be sharper, locks in focus and, by nature of the 2.8 aperture, a slightly greater DOF for the subject. I also like this set of primes because they all use 58mm filters, allowing me to get a creative filter like a variable neutral density that fits all four.</p> <p>I would recommend the 17-40L 4.0 $750, 70-200 4.0 non is $550, 50 1.4 because you are missing out with a FF camera and not having a 50 1.4 $350 and the 100 2.8 macro for $600. That set is a total of $2250. If you pickup a cheap crop body of any quality, your lens set becomes even more versatile. This image was taken with the 5DM3 and the 50 1.4 at 2.0 and is right our of the camera, to post.</p> <p> </p><div></div>