My choices would be my Schneider Super Symmar XL 110mm f/5.6 and my Fujinon-C 300mm f/8.5.
A man after my own heart.
For me it would be my Fujinon 135mm/5.6 and Nikkor-M 300/9.0.
--P
Posted by Pam Colander on August 12, 2012 at 3:19 PM
From my own lens collection, 70-200mm f2.8L IS and 17-40mm f4L.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 12, 2012 at 7:13 PM
What Pam said.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on August 12, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Basically what Pam said, my 70-200mm/2.8 and 16-35mm/2.8. FYI, I'm talking FF sensor. If there was sightseeing involved I would find a way to smuggle my 50mm/1.2, it's my favorite walkaround and you can shoot handheld at night wide open for some interesting images. But if strictly two, the 50 would have to stay home, because landscape magig for me happens at 16mm, 24mm and 200mm IMO!
Posted by Bruce Painter on August 12, 2012 at 10:28 PM
Exactly what Pam said since those are two of the four that I own. That is if it were to be more for landscape. If it were mostly for wildlife then I guess I would have to trade the 17 - 40 for the 300 f4. I do get to take the 1.4TC either way right. I mean after all it's not a "lens".
Browse your photo collection, and keep a rough tab of which lenses you use most of the time. I bet the two lenses you use most at home will also be the most useful when traveling.
I can't put any science behind the insight, but I feel that my own "eye" is adapted for some types of photos and overlooks a lot of other possibilities. In a new setting I keep right on shooting the kinds of photos I'm used to shooting. The person standing next to me (usually my wife) almost always shoots differently and gets a very different collection of photos from the same settings, meanwhile perhaps using different lenses.
It turns out that using my old D2X and other cropped formats, I use the 12-24 and 24-120 more than any other lenses. With full format and film I use the 20-35 and the 80-200 most, nevermind the gap between them. Sure I use longer lenses for wildlife, but wildlife is either high on the agenda on trips or very casual. If it's a wildlife trip, I throw in a bigger lens. But months of carrying long lenses on the road and never pulling from the case tells me they're next to useless for my own travels without specific wildlife pursuit on the agenda. I now leave them home unless I KNOW that I'm going to be shoting wildlife. On the plus side, when not carrying the longer lenses I'm forced to use the shorter lenses to shoot "landscapes" that include wildlife. And in fact those have sold better for me than fang and claw closeups.
i fear i will cheat and mention three lenses. on my hasselblad, the 50mm and 150mm. and then i'd like to sneak my mamiya 7ii with my 43mm lens into the bag as well. the mamiya has delta 100 loaded; i have 3 magazines for the hasselblads: one with delta 100, one with portra 160 and one with velvia 50 ...
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17 repliesGenerally though, my 24-70 and 70-200 lenses would be my general lenses of choice. Those would cover a lot of situational photo ops.
Sandy
A man after my own heart.
For me it would be my Fujinon 135mm/5.6 and Nikkor-M 300/9.0.
--P
Bruce
Browse your photo collection, and keep a rough tab of which lenses you use most of the time. I bet the two lenses you use most at home will also be the most useful when traveling.
I can't put any science behind the insight, but I feel that my own "eye" is adapted for some types of photos and overlooks a lot of other possibilities. In a new setting I keep right on shooting the kinds of photos I'm used to shooting. The person standing next to me (usually my wife) almost always shoots differently and gets a very different collection of photos from the same settings, meanwhile perhaps using different lenses.
It turns out that using my old D2X and other cropped formats, I use the 12-24 and 24-120 more than any other lenses. With full format and film I use the 20-35 and the 80-200 most, nevermind the gap between them. Sure I use longer lenses for wildlife, but wildlife is either high on the agenda on trips or very casual. If it's a wildlife trip, I throw in a bigger lens. But months of carrying long lenses on the road and never pulling from the case tells me they're next to useless for my own travels without specific wildlife pursuit on the agenda. I now leave them home unless I KNOW that I'm going to be shoting wildlife. On the plus side, when not carrying the longer lenses I'm forced to use the shorter lenses to shoot "landscapes" that include wildlife. And in fact those have sold better for me than fang and claw closeups.
Kent in SD