Travel Lens

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Thoughts?

Steve

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:04:10 GMT, "S." wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.


Take a look at the two 28-105mm lenses.

S. wrote:
Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would
you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Thoughts?

Steve

Personally I would want something wider. 28 on a 20D is not going to do
much for interior, architecture, or landscape. It also could be a little
long for many group photos. When traveling I use wide angle about 80%
normal about 15% and 5% telephoto.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:04:10 GMT, "S." wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Take the IS. Your neck will get stronger in a week or so.

How will you feel if you miss, or mess up, a shot that you would have
gotten if you had it?



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a

"Religious wisdom is to wisdom as military music is to music."

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:04:10 GMT, "S." wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Take the IS. Your neck will get stronger in a week or so.

How will you feel if you miss, or mess up, a shot that you would have
gotten if you had it?



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a

"Religious wisdom is to wisdom as military music is to music."

"S." writes:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you

I'd suggest a 28-105. Is the 20D a 1.6 factor digital? That would mean the
28mm would not be a very wide wide angle, by the way. Many of my European
photos are of interiors. On a 35mm camera, I sometimes found 28 wasn't
quite as wide as I needed. I'd take another lens, something that's
equivalent to an 18 or 20mm lens on full frame. If you're going to be in
the mountains, a 1.4 teleconverter may be useful on occasion to reach out
and get some shots across the valleys.

("Traveling to Europe" is rather general, so my suggestions are, too.)

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"S." writes:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you

I'd suggest a 28-105. Is the 20D a 1.6 factor digital? That would mean the
28mm would not be a very wide wide angle, by the way. Many of my European
photos are of interiors. On a 35mm camera, I sometimes found 28 wasn't
quite as wide as I needed. I'd take another lens, something that's
equivalent to an 18 or 20mm lens on full frame. If you're going to be in
the mountains, a 1.4 teleconverter may be useful on occasion to reach out
and get some shots across the valleys.

("Traveling to Europe" is rather general, so my suggestions are, too.)

--
Philip Stripling | email to the replyto address is presumed
Legal Assistance on the Web | spam and read later. email to philip@
http://www.PhilipStripling.com/ | my domain is read daily.

"S." wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Thoughts?

Steve

I spent 3 days hiking in Yosemite last summer with my 10D. 80% of the
images were taken with a 20-35 (often not wide enough), 10% with a
28-135 IS, 9% with a 100mm macro (probably little use in Europe) and 1%
with a 300/4 IS (ouch my back).

-Dave

"S." wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Thoughts?

Steve

I spent 3 days hiking in Yosemite last summer with my 10D. 80% of the
images were taken with a 20-35 (often not wide enough), 10% with a
28-135 IS, 9% with a 100mm macro (probably little use in Europe) and 1%
with a 300/4 IS (ouch my back).

-Dave

"Dave Herzstein" wrote in message
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"S." wrote:

Hi Folks,

I am traveling to Europe soon with my 20D. I don't want to lug a lot of
weight around all day so I am only taking one lens and not taking the
BGE2
either. I was thinking of taking the 28-135 for the flexibility and IS
capability but damn it's heavy for an all day/ 10 day thing. What would
you
all take under the circumstances? I do have an old EOS 28-80 but I don't
think it's too sharp.

Thoughts?

Steve

I spent 3 days hiking in Yosemite last summer with my 10D. 80% of the
images were taken with a 20-35 (often not wide enough), 10% with a
28-135 IS, 9% with a 100mm macro (probably little use in Europe) and 1%
with a 300/4 IS (ouch my back).

-Dave

A lot of good ideas. The point is well taken about wide angles and
interiors (previous post). A lot of time is spent in Churches and Museums.

Steve