Opinions on Choice of Lens Combination for Travel

[sherchoo]

Just to clarify why I would bring a flash along. My holidays are usually with family. Sometimes I would like to take pictures of the kids, the food we eat, hotel room etc. It's easpecialy useful during the nights.

 

[Aimevous]

Just to clarify why I would bring a flash along. My holidays are usually with family. Sometimes I would like to take pictures of the kids, the food we eat, hotel room etc. It's easpecialy useful during the nights.

you can always bounce your flash when there's insufficient lighting.

Maybe even outdoor night shots, can always do a slow sync to capture the beautiful nightlights yet have your faces properly exposed.

 

[sherchoo]

you can always bounce your flash when there's insufficient lighting.

Maybe even outdoor night shots, can always do a slow sync to capture the beautiful nightlights yet have your faces properly exposed.

Bounce my flash? Are you refering to the pop up flash?

 

[Aimevous]

Bounce my flash? Are you refering to the pop up flash?

nope referring to the external flash, cuz i tot i saw someone recommending you to bring one.

Bounce refers to literally bouncing the light off a surface, i.e. ceiling, wall, something etc to get a more diffused lighting.

 

[chanalb]

Just to clarify why I would bring a flash along. My holidays are usually with family. Sometimes I would like to take pictures of the kids, the food we eat, hotel room etc. It's easpecialy useful during the nights.

I can now see why you find flash useful for travelling.

 

[chanalb]

Don't bother bringing that already.

You really are minimalist. Hats off to you. But actually it is quite true that lugging around a lens that is hardly going to be used is quite a waste of effort. That is why I am trying to keep to two lens. Maybe if I get the Tamron 17-50F2.8, I will be like you. One lens all the way.

 

[chanalb]

i think 16-105 is good enough.

for me, i will take Sony 18-250, picture quality is very good

I had a Sigma 18-200mm once...I find that the picture quality at the tele end not good leh...so quite wary of getting another all-in-one zoom. I sold it off and bought a 55-200which I find the picture quality consistently good throughout the zoom range. But I guess the Sony 18-250 is a much superior all-in-one zoom compared to the Sigma.

 

[chanalb]

nope referring to the external flash, cuz i tot i saw someone recommending you to bring one.

Bounce refers to literally bouncing the light off a surface, i.e. ceiling, wall, something etc to get a more diffused lighting.

I someone was trying to recommend me and not sherchoo to use a flash. ;p

I know that using external flash to bounce of a wall/ceiling will make the lighting less harsh compared to direct flash (like those in-built camera flash) but I don't find it worth the effort to carry around for vacation. But a flash is must for indoor events or for serious portraits so if I ever explore such photography, then i will get a flash.