rramesh Posted April 17, 2013 Share #41  Posted April 17, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would take Jaap's recommendation, and get the Zeiss 21, or the SEM 21. For such trips, I would take 21-28-50-90. I would expect the 28 to live on my camera, with the 50 in my pocket. I would hate not to have a wide and short tele available. Venice can be tight, and a wide increases your options. If you only want 3 lenses, and you're a wide kind of person, drop the 90.  It's also worth considering character - you Summiluxes have similar rendering. Would you want to add a Mandler lens, or older? That is my set too and I find this perfect. The 28 is on 40% of the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bill Posted April 17, 2013 Share #42  Posted April 17, 2013 This is why threads like these can be so misleading for the poor OP. I don't even own an M-mount 28mm anymore. We all see the world differently and cannot truly advise another what is best for them - we can only state what is best for us. My preferred focal length is 50mm or equivalent. I find 35mm useful and 28mm windy. I have a 15mm CV that probably gets used once every 18 months or so - but that's just me...  Regards,  Bill  Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted April 17, 2013 Share #43 Â Posted April 17, 2013 I wonder if any 'OP' ever poses the same question for their next trip , or do they stop travelling out of gear fear? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicafan! Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share #44 Â Posted April 17, 2013 Which trip should I go on with a 35 and 50 Summilux? :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted April 17, 2013 Share #45  Posted April 17, 2013 :D:D  Regards,  Bill  Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duane Pandorf Posted April 17, 2013 Share #46 Â Posted April 17, 2013 Well I got along just fine in my every other week travels with just one lens, 50mm. It's the only one I owned . Too many choices in the bag can have you thinking too much about what lens to put on rather than concentrating on capturing the moment! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest borge Posted April 17, 2013 Share #47 Â Posted April 17, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well I got along just fine in my every other week travels with just one lens, 50mm. It's the only one I owned . Too many choices in the bag can have you thinking too much about what lens to put on rather than concentrating on capturing the moment! Â Very true. That is usually why I decide in the morning which lens to use for that entire day, and only bring the camera with the one lens with me. It makes you focus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bab Posted April 17, 2013 Share #48 Â Posted April 17, 2013 I suggest you get a omd em5 with a 12 mm then you'll have wide angle if you need it. Able to shoot at high iso Able to shoot your 50 as a 100mm Take videos Use the 35 as a 70 mm Use the omd in the rain Hell it's the best combo for cheap money and you will come back with fantastic images The tilt screen on the omd opens up a new type of shooting in the street. I would put one of the leica lenses on the m9 and one on the omd and shove the 12 mm in your jeans with a couple of ND s and your set to shoot for the day and night . Â Good Fun regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted April 17, 2013 Share #49 Â Posted April 17, 2013 What about this as a 90? Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8 http://www.reddotcameras.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=34_36&products_id=6094 Â I love my 90/2.8. Although many omit the also superb Macro 90/4 which you can use for closeups with its attachment down to 20 inches if desired. Say you take the boats and then want a very close shot of the ropes or colored poles or whatever, this lens can work for that too. Also very good for shop windows. Excellent rendition. Modern design so to speak. Â But many use it as normal 90. It weighs the least of any 90 except the Tele-Elmarit even though it is shorter than the TE 90. When collapsed it's no higher than a 50/2.0 and nearly a half inch shorter than the 50/1.4 and weighs much less. It comes with a tiny 90 degree VF which I find very helpful from time to time, uses Leica eye pieces and can be used with any lens. It is so small I often take it and protect it during travel with a semi-hard LensBaby case. If you want a pocket 90 this is the ideal one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted April 17, 2013 Share #50 Â Posted April 17, 2013 I'm heading for Italy in October. 24, 50 & 75. And a travel tripod for landscape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmldds Posted April 17, 2013 Share #51 Â Posted April 17, 2013 I was there 2 years ago with my M9 and a Zeiss 28, 35 'Lux pre-asph, 90 'cron and a tripod. I could have brought just the 35 and the tripod! Relax and enjoy the trip instead:). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicafan! Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share #52 Â Posted April 17, 2013 Thank you all so much for your advice and opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted April 17, 2013 Share #53 Â Posted April 17, 2013 OT: Â In the Piazza San Marco, don't accept the 'free' red rose. The moment it's in your hand it becomes 5 euros. Â s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KanzaKruzer Posted April 18, 2013 Share #54 Â Posted April 18, 2013 Our family is traveling to Venice, Florence and Rome this summer. If I receive my M (240) which will be my first rangefinder, I'm considering only taking the 35/1.4 and leaving the 21/3.4 and 50/2 at home. I'll have the RX100 for flash, auto-focus and 29-105 focal length as a backup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted April 18, 2013 Share #55 Â Posted April 18, 2013 On a trip like Venice, or for that matter anywhere, using just one lens, say W/A, there is a risk of all your images 'merging' or 'morphing' into one solid conglomerate. Think, why do movie makers vary their focal lengths. (Ready for my close-up Mr De Mille!) Switch to the short tele. Â John, I would leave the 50/2 in your travel kit. It takes no space at all. Happy travels. Venice is fabulous, despite the tourists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einst_Stein Posted April 18, 2013 Share #56 Â Posted April 18, 2013 For Italy, definitely the tilt and shift. . That's the best way to make the leaning tower straight, or, to make it leaning more to exaggerate the effect. Â For HongKong, Maybe Chinon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony740607 Posted October 27, 2013 Share #57 Â Posted October 27, 2013 When I am travelling to cities such as Tokyo, New York, Lyon, Stockholm and in a couple of weeks Hong Kong I am bringing my kit which is my 50mm cron, 21mm Elmarit and 90mm Elmarit. I have use for all of them. The split normally looks like this when I get home and check Lightroom: - 50mm, 65% - 21mm, 25% - 90mm, max 10% Â But I would not like to go without my 90mm (it is very light so it does not bother me) because there are very good occasions for street photography where I want to go close. Also for architecture going close is really good from time to time if you want to isolate (of course you could crop from a 50mm). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted October 27, 2013 Share #58 Â Posted October 27, 2013 90 of some sort and/or 25 Zeiss for cost. h 15 is almost 90 deg horizontal and specialized. That is I can stand in one corner of a room and get it all in. Â The more you crry, the more you feel like a pack horse and you do not necessarily get more.better pictures. Travel pics are chancy at best because the light is usually wrong and you can not come back later. Good planning can help here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted October 27, 2013 Share #59 Â Posted October 27, 2013 Add the SEM21 and you are fine. It is a superb WA lens. You will need a OVF then. With the 28/2.0 or 28/2.8, you can perhaps use your RF only if you do not wear glasses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted October 27, 2013 Share #60 Â Posted October 27, 2013 Cant remember if I posted in this thread before butmy opinion is lenses for anywhere is such a personal thing external advice is usually way off! Currently I am sitting in Singapore airport returning from Germany, Chech Republic and Italy, principally Venice. Even my own advice to mysekf proved erronious as I discovered a style for the moment I had not suspected. This totally altered my usual MO. Because I took the whlole kit there were no hiccups. I still covered what I discoved. I am talking a major shift here. Boardinf call, gotta go. Lucky travelling to you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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