Witch camera and lens I should bring to London?

[mano76]

Hi to Everyone,

I was a Dslr photographer and now I'm an happy fuji user but I don't have enough experience for choosing my best setup for my next trip to London.

I own a x100t, my wonderful everyday camera with an wcl, a X-T1 with a samyang 12mm, a fujinon 56mm and a fuji xf 16-55.

I want to travel with less equipment possible but I don't want to miss something.

My idea is to bring the x100t for the street photography plus the 16-55 for some architetture and night shoot over the Thames but I would know your opinion.

Which setup would you bring and why?

Thank you very much.

 

 

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[Larry Bolch]

The lens I left at home would invariably be the lens I use most. I bought my X-Pro1 and X100 for a number of reasons—weight and bulk, was one of the primary reasons. I find that wherever I am shooting, it is not unusual to find the subjects compelling me to use pretty much everything I have in the bag from the 8mm Samyang fisheye to the 60mm f/2.4 macro. Were I to go to London, my bag would serve me perfectly. 

[darknj]

XF 18-135 !

 

My most favorite lens when I am unsure for what to pack

 

But on your case, I would rather use just the X100T and the converters, that should good enough.

[cug]

I went to London three times last year, X-T1 with XF35mm on two occasions (plus XF23 and XF56 which I only needed for a model shoot during one of the trips), X100T with TCL for the other.

 

I'm flying again in Feb to London, Frankfurt and Cologne (Germany), will either take X100T + TCL or just the X-T1 with XF35/2. If you are a worrier about "missed shots" (I'm not, I've never "missed" a shot) I'd take the X-T1 with 16-55 and be done with it.

[johant]

Last time I was in London (and had some time for walking around), I just carried a X-Pro1 plus 18mm.

 

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[milandro]

given the choice of lenses that you have available to you ( I am not going to advise any lens or lenses that you haven’t got to your avail ) and the need to reduce things to a minimum I too would take the 16-55 and nothing else but the one camera with the lens.

[Tom H.]

Just the 16-55 will be fine. f2.8 is plenty for most occasions. Travel light, walk lots, that brings you good pictures. I travel almost daily for work, and even though I nearly always have 2 bodies in my bag, I rarely use more than just the 1 body and 1 lens.

 

David Duchemin, Magnum photographer, says it's the tip he gives everyone who asks the same question: one body, one lens. Nothing more.

[Warwick]

I'd take the X100t for my main travel camera. It's pocketable, it's light, it's silent, it's inconspicuous and it takes great pictures. I'd bring along the WCL in my other pocket for tight indoor spaces. Then if you feel the need of anything more 'specialist', pack the XT1 and 16-55.

 

 

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[mano76]

Thank you for the answers, I think I will bring my x100t, small and light for street work, and the xt1/16-55 for architecture and cityscapes (I toke a look on flickr and the most x100 photos of London where street photos).

But if a 35mm would be enough I will buy it for the xt1 (instead the 16-55).

Would be a 35mm enough?

Thank you.

 

 

 

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[milandro]

in one word? No!

 

Going to London, a city with huge buildings or places, bringing only a normal focal length (35mm) or very light wide angle ( 23mm of the X100T) , wouldn’t make me happy.

 

Yes, in theory anything can be done, in practice, I predict that if you only take the 35mm you will regret the choice.

 

The first and only lens for a while that I bought with my X cameras was the 35mm , I know thus, very well, what it is to use that lens and not having any other lens.

 

I’ve carefully used it for portraits, interiors and some landscapes too, but I wouldn’t dream of shooting a place like London using a 35mm alone.

 

Mind you, I am used to use the one lens alone! I have shot for years on a few Rolleiflex 6 x6 cm with their Planar 80 f 2.8 or Tessar 75 f3.5.

 

and so did many photographers for years, butit wasn’t the only limitation that they had to inventively put up with and , given the choice, they too would have chosen for more options rather than less.

 

A few months ago, just before selling the 35mm f1.4 I went to shoot some pics in a cemetery in Amsterdam and I brought the 35mm alone. Nice though the experience was, I wouldn’t risk it if I were you.

[mano76]

Thank you Milandro,

I will bring x100t and xt1 16-55.

 

 

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[milandro]

Cheers, that would get all the bases covered although you are taking two cameras in the end.

[mano76]

And an Idea for a small lightweight tripod? (Table tripod type)

Thank you

 

 

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[johant]

Bean sack?

 

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[mano76]

Bean sack? Newer used, can you made a long exposure photography with a bean sack?

 

 

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[milandro]

the tripod thing is a very much more complicated question.

 

 

I have bought a small gorillapod for this exact predicament but I have to say that I’ve never used (aside from some tests) it until now. 

 

I do use a monopod quite often though. 

 

Maybe one which combines both?

 

[mano76]

I never use it but I think a gorillapod would be enough.

 

 

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[mano76]

Nice monopod.

 

 

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[Warwick]

This is useful:

 

http://olafphotoblog.com/2015/11/02/which-lenses-we-use-and-when/

 

See the summary section at the end

 

 

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[milandro]

Bean sack? Newer used, can you made a long exposure photography with a bean sack?

 

 

Provided you have a solid surface to lay it on yes.

 

However vertical shots are shall we say " tricky “ with a bean sack?

 

 

Then I hope you don’t mean a literal “ bean sack” since lentils will be a lot better and you need at least 2 Kg. to give you enough surface to play with. I understand Mano76 lives in Italy ( from the awful tapatalk signature which nobody here switches off  ) and carrying “ beans” within Europe is not a problem but you better think twice before you go to the US or Australia or even Dubai with a 2Kg. of beans or lentils.

 

as for the suggested lenses in that link, where does it show shooting the “ Gherkin” with a normal lens... now, while in the same area, do St.Paul’s cathedral... not from the other side of the Thames.

 

 

Pic is not mine, from Wikipiedia, 24mm canon FF

 

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[mano76]

Very very useful! Thank you so much!!!

 

 

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[frod]

If you're coming to England soon then you're going to need as wide an aperture as you can get, the Sun hasn't been seen for a few weeks now!

[mano76]

Thank you frod

 

 

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[nar53]

I didn't know they made cameras for Witches! Broomsticks yes but Cameras? ......

[johant]

Didn't know spelling was an issue on a global forum, for non-native speakers.

 

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