Day trip lens

[Jackp93]

Good morning all

When you have your camera on a day trip round towns and city’s, what lens type would you recommend if you could only take one.

Thanks in advance

Jack

 

[Nod]

On an FF camera, 24-120, on a 1.5x crop, 18-135. So a short/medium zoom. Or a decent compact with a similar range of angles of view.

 

[gramps]

Depends what you have in mind, when I used to have a Nikon I found that the 24-120 f4 was a good multi-purpose lens, now I have lighter Olympus equipment I often take a couple of bodies and 3-4 lenses from 10mm - 100mm. If I had to use just one for general shooting it would be the 12-45 f4, if doing my street/candids I like my75 f1.8.

 

[artyman]

I'd use my Canon 15-85

 

[Deleted member 34016]

My Sony 24-70m G lens on a FF body

 

[LeeRatters]

Good morning all

When you have your camera on a day trip round towns and city’s, what lens type would you recommend if you could only take one.

Thanks in advance

Jack

By myself.....? Voigtlander 40/1.2

With others. 35GM

 

[Peter123]

I see you have a Nikon D750. I owned one for years - an excellent all rounder.
I found paired with the Nikon 24-120 Afs lens it was ideal for day trips.
A cheaper alternative is the 24-85, not quite as good but not bad.
A zoom lens starting at 24mm is wide enough for most situations.
For something wider check out the Nikon 18-35 - it produces very nice images. (al lens I also owned and liked).

 

[Andy Into The Wild]

Another plus for the 24-120 equivalent. You definitely miss out on the extreme wide and long ends but you can work around it in most cases.

 

[learningtofly]

Always been 24-105 for me, driven by the options offered by Canon and Sony respectively. Not perfect at either end, but at least with FF cropping isn't normally a problem.

In reality, though, I normally opt for a compact in the circumstances described!

 

[GeeJay57]

I use an EF-S 15-85mm on my 7DII as a walkabout. My wife has an EF-S 18-135mm USM Nano on her 80D. Both setups are pretty good for general photography IMHO. On a full frame, I’d be looking for a 24-105mm which would give similar field of view to the 15-85mm on an APS-C sensor.

 

[Ed Sutton]

Anything small and light with a standard zoom range, or a single focal length picked on a whim. Nikon 24-85 or a 28, 35 or 50 on my D750.

 

[woof woof]

I like manual lenses but there's no denying that they can be a faff on and when I'm with someone else I don't really like being the geek with the camera holding things up so I'd probably go for an AF prime, 35mm or equivalent. I have a Sony A7 and the 35mm f2.8 is tiny.

I had a standard range zoom for my SLR and my first lens for my first DSLR was a Sigma 28-300mm and although it wasn't a great lens by todays standards (or any standard really) it did make a nice day out and holiday lens.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

I favour the superzooms. I use the Tamron 28~300mm on a Nikon and the Tamron 16~300 on a Sony. If I can't carry a big camera, the Panasonic TZ70 works well for me, as does the even smaller Sony HX90...

 

[droj]

When you have your camera on a day trip round towns and city’s, what lens type would you recommend if you could only take one.

Either a 28 or a 35mm.

 

[Topsy]

If I'm not photography specific I always carry my Leica M9 with 35mm for general stuff. If I am going specifically for photography but don't want to have big kit/bag it would be my Fuji X-T2 with the 16-55 f2.8, a weather sealed combo that will cover 90% of my requirements.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Good morning all

When you have your camera on a day trip round towns and city’s, what lens type would you recommend if you could only take one.

Thanks in advance

Jack

On a 35mm format 24-70 F2.8.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

The advantage of the superzoom lenses for city use is that you can cover a general view of a building in one moment...



... and pick out a distant aircraft the next...



Both shots made with the same, relatively inexpensive, Panasonic TZ40.

No matter how expensive the camera, or how sharp the lens, you can only get the image if you have the right focal length for the job, on the camera at that moment.