Traveling with DSLR & prime lens [non-zoom lens]

Greetings! Does any of you travel with DSLR and prime lens like 24mm
(38.4mm equivalent) or 28mm (44.8 equivalent) ? It seems every one
travel with zoom lens now a days.
I am thinking going to Iceland next summer and take a 28mm f2.8 and a
50 mm f1.8 lens. Please give your opinion. I also have the canon kit
lens 18-55mm 3.5 t0 5.6. Non zoom lenses are faster. With thanks

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Greetings! Does any of you travel with DSLR and prime lens like 24mm
(38.4mm equivalent) or 28mm (44.8 equivalent) ? It seems every one
travel with zoom lens now a days.
I am thinking going to Iceland next summer and take a 28mm f2.8 and a
50 mm f1.8 lens. Please give your opinion. I also have the canon kit
lens 18-55mm 3.5 t0 5.6. Non zoom lenses are faster. With thanks


Last time I went to Iceland I took a 35mm compact with a 28 - 120mm
zoom. (Long time ago..)

However, the Iceland landscape has some enormous panoramas and even on
film 28mm was restrictive. This is only going to be worse on a 1.6 crop
format.

If you take nothing longer than a 50mm you'll kick yourself when you see
the puffins nesting on cliffs or bobbing on the surface of the sea..
(Even if you're not into wildlife photography!)

The up side for you is that with f2.8 or faster you'll be able to shoot
well into the night..

Personally I'm prepared to trade off the ultimate in potential image
quality for the convenience and range of a couple of zooms.. I'd take
my 10-20 Sigma and 24-105 L. I'd probably take a 100-400 as well, just
in case. Whatever, I'd also take a good tripod..

Whatever you decide, enjoy a fabulous country..

T.

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Greetings! Does any of you travel with DSLR and prime lens like 24mm
(38.4mm equivalent) or 28mm (44.8 equivalent) ? It seems every one
travel with zoom lens now a days.
I am thinking going to Iceland next summer and take a 28mm f2.8 and a
50 mm f1.8 lens. Please give your opinion. I also have the canon kit
lens 18-55mm 3.5 t0 5.6. Non zoom lenses are faster. With thanks

I have a 28mm f1.8 and on a cycling trip where I was not expecting to take
many pictures, it worked very well but if you go somewhere and there are
more picture opportunities, both wider and longer would help you frame your
shots better. My travel lens of choice is Canon's 24-105 f4 L IS as long as
no nature (animals) shots are expected, it's a bit large, but covers a lot.

Jean