I use a sling bag with 2 lenses and 1 body compartment for travel
24mm 35mm and 50mm with 5DMkIII body
No more, no less.
Think Tank Photo Retrospective Lens Changer 3 (Pinestone) Shoulder Bag

Great shot bro!
Thanks for the tip. Btw am using a full frame d750

Good point

True, i want to avoid this also

Traveling alone where u have time to setup the shot or with gang/family who are not photogs

If former, 14-24 f2.8 and 24-108 f4

If later, 35 or 28 fast prime

I travelled the world with my x100s and v

This post has been edited by seather: Jun 3 2025, 08:05 PM

Going with family. Thanks!

This post has been edited by RT8081: Jun 3 2025, 08:10 PM

i get what youre trying to say and agree its a good solution
its just that i dont bother with pixel peeping much anymore due to additional commitment, and i mostly shoot SOOC nowadays. having 2 bodies is very convenient IMO, i would borrow my friends GR3 from time to time and that does the job really well for medium wide. when traveling with others, i find that switching lenses is just such a hassle

if newbie, avoid using less than 35mm lens. start with 50mm. you'll get distorted angle

if pro, no need ask advice here

addon: if going with family, take the 20mm as well for family shot

This post has been edited by GGmalaysia: Jun 3 2025, 08:12 PM

Travel for photography, 1 bag of gears (few lenses) is OK.
Travel for business or leisure, 1 extra flagship phone better.

24-70 will cover most use case, 300mm lens is just hauling a brick around

Sony A6700 with kit lens 16-50mm f5.6 lessgoo!

Thanks!


Nice

I'm a canon guy so my lens references will be with canon lenses. I'm sure Nikon or the aftermarket has equivalents.

If on full frame. I would just use wide angle zoom and fast primes. 16-35 2.8, 50 1.4 as the main go through.

The 85/100mm f1.8 Tele primes are good and cheap as well as the already aforementioned 135f2 if you want to utilize zoom compression on your portraits and shallow dof and fast enough to shoot with lower light conditions.

Anything else is just too much glass to carry around...or too expensive glass to risk travel. Works for most street photography and landscapes.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Jun 3 2025, 08:48 PM

i used to lug around m4/3 > Sony APSC > Fuji APSC..

Now i'm just carrying my 1 inch sensor smartphone only.. the likes of Vivo has been splendid even for close to no light photography.. can still capture something pretty darn good.

Nowadays no longer carrying mah R6 + 24-105 lens.
IP16PM more versatile.

20mm is better imho but 24mm is sufficient. Not a fan of zooms due to extra weight. 200mm shd be sufficient and bright enough. But some wud lug the 70-300mm, depends on self.

i agree with 35mm too. if need wide just shoot few and stitch panorama later.

24mm too wide, 50mm too narrow.

lightest body
24-70mm f4 & variable ND filter
and GR3 for stealth
all in an incognito bag

Not a photographer but when i travel with my XE4 i just stick to one lens. Pancake 27mm is nice coz small but i try take the 18-55 for more versatility.

iPhone 16 Pro Max on Pro Camera app
Turn on ProRaw, disable native Apple post process if you like
You can transfer the photos to USB drive later so storage won't be much an issue

But but but I always bring the 70-200 f2.8 if the plan is to bring the whole bag of cameras

Edit:
I usually plan the shots for the location, I've usually got an idea what kinda pictures to get in said location. The lenses reflect that.

Eg I saw the samyang 14 in your list, I'm sure that's for super wide astro



This post has been edited by sakuraboo: Jun 3 2025, 09:54 PM