Holiday to Greece. Which Lenses

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Currently have a Canon 1100d And the following lenses.

50mm 1.8
24mm 2.8
55-250mm

I got rid of my kit lens for the 24mm. Will I miss a 18-55 or be fine with the above. Will be for General holiday snaps and night scenary.

Would a polorizing filter be helpful also?

Will be taking my Canon Powershot S120 also.

Don't want to be to weighed with too much gear.

Or take just my S120 for everything and the 1100d and 50mm for low light?
 
Hi Marc, my bag for a recent holiday to Turkey included 18-55, 55-300, 50mm f1.7, an old manual lens for macro, lens reversing ring for insect macro shots, CP filter, rocket blower, lens cloth, light weight mini tripod, charger and 3 batteries. For me the 18-55 was on the body most but all 4 came in useful, hope that helps.
 
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Hi Marc, my bag for a recent holiday to Turkey included 18-55, 55-300, 50mm f1.7, an old manual lens for macro, lens reversing ring for insect macro shots, CP filter, rocket blower, lens cloth, light weight mini tripod, charger and 3 batteries. For me the 18-55 was on the body most but all 4 came in useful, hope that helps.
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Cheers I may order a cheap 18-55 is lens off mpb. Keeps the dust out from swapping between two primes all the time.

Gonna definitely buy a cpl filter.
 
if its 1st and foremost a holiday i would take just the s120. if you want to add some more opportunity's add in the dslr and one lens, and yep if you take the dslr take a c.p filter
 
18-55 is better, 24's not wide enough on a crop body for landscapes etc. imo. I usually just take a short zoom (24-80mm eq) and a lightweight telephoto. Fortunately I have m4/3 for travel and the 40-150mm (80-300mm eq) is mega light.
 
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Will mainly be shooting the narrow streets in Rhodes Town, beach scenes and maybe the odd sunrise.

It is first and foremost a holiday but would like some good photo memories.
 
For my recent holiday to Majorca with my family I took two lenses for my Fuji - a 27mm pancake and a 14mm. The 27mm was on probably 95-98% of the time as it was just so light and compact. I've done holidays in the past where I've hauled a bag full of lenses to cover all eventualities and ended up not needing half of them and giving myself backache from hauling a whopping great bag everywhere. So my advice would be to travel light, but that's just my own opinion!
 
What's the final use likely to be? If it's for sharing via the web, how about a superzoom - 18-200 or similar? Will give plenty of quality for that use and cove pretty much every situation other than the low light which a 50mm f/1.8 will cover. If you're after massive prints, better lenses will be worth the effort and expense but so few people seem to print at all these days, let alone big. :(
 
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What's the final use likely to be? If it's for sharing via the web, how about a superzoom - 18-200 or similar? Will give plenty of quality for that use and cove pretty much every situation other than the low light which a 50mm f/1.8 will cover. If you're after massive prints, better lenses will be worth the effort and expense but so few people seem to print at all these days, let alone big. :(
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I want good IQ still even if 'just sharing to the web'. There's more to a good lens than 'just' sharpness (y)
 
Last time we were in Rhodes I only used an 18-135mm and I'm not at all displeased with the results (apart from the fact I was using a D80). It was only for a day so all in daylight.
I'd go with the advice just to take the S120.
 
Just been told by my step Daughter when they went away in May they made extra security checks due to her carrying a Big camera. And wanted all the lenses out to check inside them. This was at Manchester.

So I may just stick to taking a small bag with Canon 50mm on and just use the S120.
 
I flew out of Manchester, last week with two bodies (cameras!) and 6 lenses in my hand luggage, just an extra hand check at security as the automatic scanner couldn't handle it.

Really not a problem and nothing to worry about
 
I wouldn't worry about the airport part, just have it accessible. I had to take a laptop on a work trip, just more awkward standing there with your watch/wallet/phone/camera/keys, and a laptop whilst your trousers fall down without a belt. Once you've got that stressful 5 minute check out the weigh your good to go. I took just a 50mm 1.8 to India and don't feel I missed anything - though didn't get to see the sights as much as I would have liked. I had to stand a bit further back for some of the architecture but It was light and easy and not having a plethora of lenses to change didn't distract me from taking in what I was seeing
 
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Just been told by my step Daughter when they went away in May they made extra security checks due to her carrying a Big camera. And wanted all the lenses out to check inside them.
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I fly out of the UK and back again several times a year with my hand carry being my Tamrac bag full to the brim of cameras, lenses, MacBook/iPad, chargers, cables, etc. Invariably I get my bag pulled aside for manual inspection but it's never more than a few minutes extra time. Also I've been amazed at how people with relatively small wheeled-bags get stopped at the gate by EasyJet and told their hand carry is too big, but because mine is on my back they never seem to check it. Of course my luck may run out some time...
 
What about the canon 10-18mm STM? Pretty cheap and gets a decent review. I recently purchased the 24-105 STM and am very pleased
with the results
 
When I had a DSLR, my travel kit was a zoom (originally the 18-105 then a 18-200) and a small prime (35/1.8), and a CPL in a toploader bag (or the daypack if I had one). That's it. If we went back to the hotel before going out in the evening, I'd either take just the body and 35mm, or a compact (which I didn't carry around with the DSLR) if I didn't want a bag.

When I moved to MFT, it changed to 14-150 and a 20/1.7. Same principle applies - superzoom for convenience, small prime for shallow DOF and low light.

If you don't want to buy any new kit, I'd take just the body, 1 prime and the S120. The S120 is there for when you really need the zoom (although you could just crop photos from the DSLR), or when you want to be able to go out without a bag.
 
Just gonna take my Canon s120 and the dslr with 18-55 and 50mm prime.
But I'm finding I'm getting better results with the S120 for some reason.
 
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Just gonna take my Canon s120 and the dslr with 18-55 and 50mm prime.
But I'm finding I'm getting better results with the S120 for some reason.
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Better results in terms of image quality or overall?
Are you shooting raw or jpeg?
 
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