You can do a lot of photography with a 50 and a 135. I doubt you'll
find any place to rent you a lens (heck, I'll give you an A35-70/4 to
use if you want to stop in Sunnyvale on your way) ...
Trying to find a lens "wide enough to shoot a redwood" or "long
enough to be handy for wildlife"? Well, you can shoot a redwood with
a 400mm lens and take pictures of wildlife with a fisheye. It's all
up to what kind of picture you want to make. I'd make the trip with
whatever lenses you have at your disposal, see what you can see, be
creative in their use, and then think after this trip about what
might work better for what you couldn't achieve with that.
I'm serious about a loaner ... send me an email if you are interested.
Godfrey
On Jul 11, 2005, at 4:59 PM, Badri A wrote:
Hey all,
I'm going on a little road trip this weekend: heading north from Santa
Barbara along the California coast (but not the Pacific Coast
Highway), with a stop in the Redwoods area and ultimate destination
Portland, OR. I plan to spend a day or two in the Redwoods parks and
then drive on to Portland and spend another couple of days there
driving around. I will not be primarily there to photograph the park
area and hence don't want to carry too much equipment, but I do hope
to come back with a few good shots..
Can anybody suggest a set of must-have lenses/other equipment? I will
probably be carrying an MX and shooting Fuji Sensia (for landscapes)
and some 400-speed print film (for snapshooting). The only lenses I
own are an A50/2 and an M135/3.5. I'm guessing I will need a good
wide-angle (is a 28 wide enough to shoot 200-foot redwoods?). A good
telephoto will be handy for shooting wildlife - the Roosevelt elk is
supposedly very easy to spot there, but I'm hoping to get away with
using a 2x teleconverter (or some such) on my 135. Also, would a
polarizing filter be necessary?
Also, can anybody recommend a good place to rent K-mount lenses in the
San Francisco area?
Any other suggestions/advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Badri
