> I'm hoping to travel to Tanzania this summer
> . . . . I need to buy some second hand MF lenses.
> Bearing in mind that the majority of my work
> will be journalistic - i.e. photos of people
> and places visited - what should I get.
It mostly depends on your personal 'style' of
course.
> My current idea is to choose a few lenses
> from the following list:
>
> 20mm/2.8
> 24mm/2.8
> 50mm/1.4
> 50mm/1.8
> 85mm/1.8
> 85mm/2
> 105mm/2.5
> 180mm/2.8
> 200mm/4
How few is a few?
The minimum I'd probably want to take would
be: 20mm/f2.8, 35mm/f2, 85mm/f1.8 and either
the 180mm/f2.8 or 200mm/f4.
I realize that the 35mm wasn't on your list.
I prefer the 35mm over the 50mm for groups or
for indoors where distances are shorter, and
prefer the 85mm over the 50mm outdoors or for
individuals. That's just my opinion, but what
else could I give you?
If you like the 50mm better than the 35mm,
You could go with the 20mm, 24mm, 50mm, 105mm,
and either a 180mm or 200mm and not have any big
gaps in your coverage. The 20mm and 24mm are
pretty close together though -- maybe a 28mm would
be better?
If cost is a factor in how many lenses you can
take, get the 200 instead of the 180. An extra
lens is almost always more useful than an extra
stop. The 180's a killer lens though.
-Don
