cknobel Posted August 28, 2012 Share #1 Posted August 28, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) of on a trip to South Africa for 4 weeks (nature, landscape, street) with an M9 and only want to take one lens; what would it be... 18, 24, 35, 50..? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IkarusJohn Posted August 28, 2012 Share #2 Posted August 28, 2012 18 Move your feet to those lions! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted August 28, 2012 Share #3 Posted August 28, 2012 35mm or 50mm 35mm slightly better for close up and 'sweeping' landscape 50mm better for sneaky street and more flatering for people close up I would recommend taking a 90mm as well, but that's just me! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanp Posted August 28, 2012 Share #4 Posted August 28, 2012 If I were you, I would go through my database, see what is the most used lens for these subjects, that is the one I would pick. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl E Posted August 28, 2012 Share #5 Posted August 28, 2012 35 mm, definitely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Morte Posted August 28, 2012 Share #6 Posted August 28, 2012 Depends on soooo much; Where in SA, wildlife, cities etc, etc. The best advice is to take the one you know you can do almost everything with. Being an South African, and I travel this country a lot,- I would not leave home without my 35 + 50mm's. Go look on my blog and you will see that you can cover most everything with it! I am happy to help you with advise in any way you need. Streamlight Photography Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted August 28, 2012 Share #7 Posted August 28, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) If you only take one lens, it will be the wrong one. Take them all. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pragmatist Posted August 28, 2012 Share #8 Posted August 28, 2012 Is this for a lens you want to purchase or do you have them all? If you do then i would take them all, If not then the 35mm is a great choice. Depends what you are photographing too but the 35mm does cover a lot of bases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted August 28, 2012 Share #9 Posted August 28, 2012 I am very much a 35mm person. Still, if I had to travel to a foreign place with many different photo opportunities, I would take a 50mm lens. This however would amount to gratuitious self-torture. I would forever rue the pictures I did not get because of my self-imposed hairshirt attitude. I would at least allow myself the old 'world traveller minimum' of 35+90mm. And the 90mm could very well be my well-kept and clean 1983 Tele-Elmarit (weight 240 grams). But God help me, the 35 would be my slightly heavier Summilux ASPH v.2. And at the end I would crack up and throw in a 21mm Super-Elmarit too. The old man from the Age of the M2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted August 28, 2012 Share #10 Posted August 28, 2012 I'll echo those who say 35mm. Pre-M9 days I would have said 50mm, as tighter framing working close was needed. But I prefer to work a wider view for "context" which the 35 gives. Now, with the M9 and a good 35 you can (when necessary) crop to a 50 view (or tighter) and still keep amazing quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted August 28, 2012 Share #11 Posted August 28, 2012 Traveling light I would take a 35 of even a 28. You can alway crop on processing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1JB Posted August 28, 2012 Share #12 Posted August 28, 2012 I'd take the 50. There's always more in my landscapes than I want with my 35 and I end up cropping them to what would have been just about perfect with the 50. Don't know which lenses you have but I've also grown to love the results from my 50 lux a bit more than the 35 cron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted August 28, 2012 Share #13 Posted August 28, 2012 My personal preference: I always take a 50 1.4 and a 28 2.0 and I virtually never have to worry about whether I've made the right choice. Of course 21s and 90s can be wonderful, but so can anything. 28 & 50 will do you proud. There's hardly anything that one of those two can't handle beautifully. If I had to choose just one though? Fortunately, I don't. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted August 28, 2012 Share #14 Posted August 28, 2012 1 lens - 35 cron asph 2 lens (CITY / PLACES) - 28 cron asph / 50 lux (or 50 Elmar-M 2.8 if I want to keep the weight down) (TREKKING / LANDSCAPE) - 35 cron asph / apo-telyt 135 f3.4 3 lens (most any place) - 28 cron asph / 50 lux / 90 cron I tend to take more with me than I use regularly, but still end up using them all (18 through to 135) even if it's just that one shot! I'm going to Mexico in a week. I imagine I'll use the 35 most of the time, but I also know that 28 / 50 and 135 will be used. 18 and 90 are my least used focal lengths. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted August 28, 2012 Share #15 Posted August 28, 2012 just came back from spain and found the 28mm sat on my camera most of the time, 50mm came second. also had 35 and 75 (dropped the 90, just never used it) and used those far less frequently. if i were to go again, 28 and 50 is probably all that i would bring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickp13 Posted August 28, 2012 Share #16 Posted August 28, 2012 35 mm, definitely. +1 don't forget to tell us which one you took, and post some examples???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likalar Posted August 28, 2012 Share #17 Posted August 28, 2012 The OP: " ......South Africa for 4 weeks (nature, landscape, street)..." By all means, pack fewer shoes and more lenses, if photography will be an important aspect of your travels. If you are simply snapping pics for the scrapbook, take the 28, 35 or 50. Or, consider skipping the M9 altogether and bring a D-Lux 5 or similar. One lens on an M9 for such a trip? Not possible! Larry 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted August 28, 2012 Share #18 Posted August 28, 2012 for a 1 lens setup, I personally would take a 35mm (although i'd miss the 50mm). for a 2 lenses setup, I would take the 35mm and the 50mm. for me, those two would be more than enough choosing only one i'd opt for the 35mm because the 50mm would be too limiting at various times, but that really depends on how you shoot and it could be the other way around for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted August 28, 2012 Share #19 Posted August 28, 2012 Daft Why buy the gear if you don't use it ?? Most Leica lenses are small and compact. Be a real devil and take 3...... otherwise you will regret it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atufte Posted August 28, 2012 Share #20 Posted August 28, 2012 50 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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