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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · prague, vienna & budapest trip lens choice for a7s/r | |
Okay, the bits of Vienna you will want to photograph will mostly be within that main central area from Stephansdom to the Hofburg and would probably also take in the Opera and the twin museums across the road and probably Shönbrunn. The best interior shots are in Schönbrunn, which is rather like Versailles in France. Fortunately, the interior of that building is quite light and airy, much the same as Versailles. The A7S is your friend here.
Prague's best sights are in the area between and encroaching on the Charles Bridge and Wenceslas Square on one side and Hradcany Castle on the other.
I did all this with an OM 28mm f/3.5, a 50mm f/1.4 and an 85mm f/2. I would agree with the previous poster: if I was doing it again, I would leave the 85mm behind and take my OM 135mm f/2.8 instead. I probably wouldn't go any longer than that.
The answer to your question, from my point of view though, is that for every shot you take with a telephoto lens, you will take ten with a wide angle. Personally, I would ditch the 16-35 and take the Samyang 14mm with you instead. When you go wide, you want to go really wide.
Both of these cities have combinations of wide open spaces, like Graben in Vienna or the area around the Vlatava in Prague. Neither is as bombastically large as Paris and they can also be quite pokey in some places, especially Prague on the east side of the river, and no matter how wide your lens, it will not be wide enough!
Travel photography is about traveling light and zooming with your feet. Don't sweat on having exactly the right lens for every situation. You can't do it and you will drive yourself crazy wishing you had brought something with you, no matter how you pack. Take a few primes and make the shot work.
A word of advice though - and this is at a range of 15 years - watch your gear. Prague, especially the area around the Charles Bridge, used to be notorious for petty thieves. I'm not sure how it is these days though. Central Vienna is not a problem. Never has been in the dozen or so times I've been there. Just take normal precautions.
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