If you scan your film you can still easily build panoramas from your
35mm images. Three 35mm images overlapped by 1/3 of the width will give
you slightly wider coverage than an 18mm. You can cover the angle of a
21mm lens with two overlapping 35mm frames if you cut the overlap to
about 1/4 the frame width. OK if there's lots of image detail there.
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/8/2011 12:35 PM, Nicholas Herndon wrote:
> Dawid, stop, you're making this hard enough as it is :) But you are
> absolutely right, the Zuikos are all so small it's easy to get carried away
> when packing.
> I thought very hard about bringing the 21mm--I suspect l wouldn't use it
> much at all, but there may be some instances where I will wish I had it,
> especially considering we'll be visiting at least one castle. But I
> honestly feel that 35mm will be wide enough, even for interiors, considering
> I don't do much architectural photography.
> So the 35/2 and 50/1.2 are still front runners, but I may bring my Ricoh
> GR10 instead of the Contax T2; the 28/2.8 lens on that sucker is sharp, and
> the camera is a design dream (Ricoh always did have excellent ergonomics).
> Anyway, if that 21mm somehow sneaks into my bag, it was the work of gnomes
> :)
>
>> Message: 25
> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:04:40 +0200
> From: Dawid Loubser<dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Doing something totally crazy
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> 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
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