Lens - Tourism, Holidays & Weekends (2024)

FAQs

What lens to take on holiday? ›

Most travel photographers will tell you that a lens with a focal length of around 24-105mm is a good choice for full frame if you don't want to be continually uncoupling lenses in the field and carrying multiple primes to cover the same focal length.

The 24-70mm will provide you with stunning all-around photography every minute of the day, while the 85mm will step in for the finer details. After hiking a mountain, whip out the 85mm in the city for a creamy close-up. The Prime Pairing: If you want two prime lenses, opt for the 35mm and the 85mm.

A smart lens purchase will improve your photography and enable a growth in your photographic creativity. Perhaps four lenses might just be the sweet spot. Enough to cover a broad range from wide-angle to telephoto. Easy enough to fit in most bags, and could be paired down to two lenses for traveling light.

On the whole, the 35mm lens is the best for travel photography. 35mm lenses are excellent for landscapes. See, the angle of view isn't too much as with 24mm lenses, and neither is it too narrow as with 50mm lenses.

You will want a wide-angle lens with a focal length of 24mm or less for landscape photography. (Try 16mm or less for crop-sensor cameras.) These lenses let you capture some seriously sweeping vistas and can add a lot of depth and drama to your photos. They're great for making cramped spaces look larger too.

2 lenses (this is equivalent to about 60mm and 73mm in 35mm format). Popular prime lenses for portrait photography include 50mm and 85mm when shooting close-ups, or 24mm and 35mm when shooting full length.

With a minimum focusing distance of around 2.8 ft or 85cm, you can't get up close to your subjects. That's where you will start to use a macro lens.

Ultra-wide-angle lenses are an essential part of a travel photographers kit. Whether you are photographing cityscapes or landscapes or even just photographing in tight spaces these ultra-wide-angle lenses can be very useful.

On a full frame camera, a 17-40mm, 17-35mm or 16-35mm lens will come handy. You will often find yourself using the wide end, at the risk of having extreme perspectives! If you can afford it and have a tripod, a tilt shift wide angle will be fine to reduce the perspective distorsion (I wish I had one).

The best place for your camera and lenses is in a bag you carry on the plane with you. Don't check them. That way you are the one responsible for your gear's care and safety, not some tired, overworked TSA agent or baggage handler.

How far should lenses be from eyes? ›

A proper fit should allow for the lenses to lie between 14 and 24 millimeters from your eyes. Finding the right glasses fit doesn't require magic, just the correct measurements.

If the airline does not allow an additional small bag, then your camera and lenses must be in the large piece of your hand luggage. Either you pack your small camera bag in the carry-on bag or you use camera packing cubes or camera cubes.

50mm is considered to be the most “normal” focal length. It is the midpoint between two very common categories of lenses: wide-angle and telephoto. 35mm, as its lower number implies, is a slightly wide-angle focal length, but not by much. In other words, 35mm fits more into your composition than 50mm.

35mm lenses can allow for closer focusing distances, and paired with the wider field of view, they provide a deeper depth of field overall. Depth of field refers to a set distance between the closest and farthest objects in a photo that appears acceptably sharp.

As I previously mentioned you could literally use just the 35mm lens all day for a wedding. There are cheaper f1. 8 or f2 versions out there and on a full frame camera they will give you a shallow enough depth of field. The 35mm will get you in with your subjects and forces you to work harder for your shot.

We always recommend taking a few extra pairs and bringing a contact lens travel case. Think of it like packing extra underwear, swimwear, and shorts. If you decide to stay a few extra days, you'll have enough contact lenses to see you through.

There are two essential lenses that I recommend for landscape photography: a wide angle zoom lens (16-35mm f/2.8) and a telephoto zoom lens (70-200mm f/2.8). These two focal lengths will cover everything from vast, expansive vistas to more abstract and intimate landscape scenarios.

Whether it's because you're in a fast-paced environment or your family doesn't want to wait, having a zoom can help you quickly get the photos you want. For travel, a zoom lens that covers wide angels to a modest telephoto is your best bet.