The 50-135 is a brilliant lens but it's awfully big & heavy. I don't take it along on biz trips for that reason. But for serious tourism where I expect to encounter extreme beauty, sure.
Of my lenses, the 21mm is the one absolute must-have. The 21mm and 40mm are a good & very compact pair. Recently I've been taking the 100mm macro because it's quite a bit lighter than the 50-135; particularly if I expect to do any portraiture. -T On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 7:25 PM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Said this before, but in Egypt I took just the 16-45 and 50-200, and didn't > have any > coverage problems. I wasn't going to be shooting sport so I didn't need > something with > longer reach, and the short lens was fine for interiors, temples etc. > This year we're going to Italy, and I'll take the same kit: only one > potential lens change > to be considered, it's light, and that's a consideration too since we tend > to do a lot of > walking when on holiday. > I'd recommend you take just the 17-70 and 50-135 plus a flash. The flash is > far more > useful than a wider aperture lens for holiday photography, in my experience. > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Christine Nielsen > Sent: Sunday, 12 June 2011 1:49 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm, anyone? > > Hello all, > > Curious if anyone has tried or been tempted by this one? > > I'll be traveling to Barcelona in a couple of weeks, and am experiencing a > pre-trip > enablement crisis of sorts. Last summer, I packed light for our summer > vacation, with > only one 17-70 lens, and I kind of regretted it. So, this summer, my > original plan was to > bring along my k-7, the sigma 17-70 lens, the pentax 50-135, and 50/1.4. > But, I wonder how much patience I'll have for lens-swapping & lens-schlepping > on the > family vaca, and maybe the 18-135 (for day), plus the 50/1.4 (evening wear) > is a better > solution. Then again, why own the lovely 50-135, and not bring it? OTOH, I > bet the > 18-135 is a fine substitute for the sigma, though not as fast by a stop. > > My dilemma gets down to the question of the "travel" lens... assuming you are > not on photo > safari, does it make sense to have a super-zoom for travel, and leave the > super-nice lens > at home? Security, packing light, ease of use all factor in... but, also > image quality... > what say you? > > I am also experiencing a pre-trip wardrobe crisis, but I think I'll have to > seek help on > another list for that one. > > :) > Thanks, > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the > directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
