Nicholas,
I wish you the best of times with your journey. My wife and I would
love to go to Ireland, and will surely do so some day!
As we all know, the OMs are the perfect travel cameras, and your
preferred choice seems very sane. The problem with the OM Zuikos, is
that they are like children - it's almost impossible to choose which
ones to leave behind! The good thing, is that three of the tiny lenses
really are not much larger than two :-) I would have great difficulty
leaving my 21mm behind on a trip, to be honest. On the other hand, the
35 is so good... But then there's the fast aperture of the 50. And
something a little it longer might come in handy...
Ugh. Before I know it, I am dragging the 250/2 along...
Anyway. For my real 'compact' travel kit (and having been on a 50mm
'phase' most of my life) I take with me these days:
OM-3Ti
21mm f/2.0
35mm f/2.0
135mm f/3.5
(after having a good ol' internal argument about leaving the 50/1.4
and 90/2.0 behind... etc...)
This, together with a couple of rolls of film, and accessories, fit in
a small, small Kata bag that has always served me well. Anyway, for
travel, I'd never *not* take at least a 28mm or wider - for those
interesting internal spaces and dramatic close-ups. But we all have
our preferences!
Dawid
On 05 Aug 2011, at 8:48 PM, Nicholas Herndon wrote:
> So I've decided on a two camera, two lens setup for my upcoming
> vacation to
> Ireland. OM-4T with 35/2 and 50/1.2, and a Contax T2 as a backup.
> I say
> this is "totally crazy" because those focal lengths (including the
> 38/2.8
> Zeiss on the Contax) are so close to each other as to be nearly
> duplicate...but not quite so. I've come to the conclusion that I
> very much
> like the 35mm focal length in a large variety of situations, including
> landscape/scenery photos and "street" shots. As an added bonus, the
> 35/2 is
> sharp wide open. The 50/1.2 will of course be for late night/pub
> shots, but
> I also use the 50mm as a short telephoto for head and shoulders
> portraits
> (distortion be damned).
> I was previously considering 28/85 or 21/50, but find the 21mm focal
> length
> to have limited utility (although when done well, I REALLY like
> photos with
> that focal length) and if I took the 28/85 combo I'd be too tempted
> to toss
> in the 50, and I really want to keep it to two lenses (fewer choices
> tend to
> make my photography better).
>
> Here's a recent shot with the 35/2 I really liked (apologies if
> you've seen
> this before):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pooroldpunch/5865645142/in/set-72157623496120867
>
> and one more (kinda cutesy, but a fun kid shot):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pooroldpunch/5878989581/in/set-72157623496120867
>
> This trip can't come soon enough!
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