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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Which lens to take? ; Disney World with a 2 year old son. Any ideas would help! | |
as a veteran of 50+ disney trips, and leaving 10/14 for an 11 day universal/disney trip, i would recommend either the 35 or the 24-70 zoom. this will be my 3rd trip with my a7r2, and based on prior experiences i think the 24-70 f4 works fine, maybe rent that and take the 35 for the occasional low light/night time stuff. several of the rides are very difficult to get anything useable, haunted mansion being one of them, the holy grail of disney ride shots is the caretaker on the haunted mansion. now the purpose if my upcoming trip is photography, i get together every year with a bunch of friends for a gathering we call pixelmania, and we devote 4 days to straight up disney photography stuff. we currently alternate between october and december each year and do the hard ticket parties, mickey's not so scary and mickey's very merry christmas. so in the bag this trip is batis 18, rented for some parade shots, some dark ride stuff, and to see if i like it enough to buy it. 24-70 f4, my usual walk around, 55 1.8, night time parade stuff, since i am doing not so scary twice, that is 4 night time parades to try some stuff on, to see what i like. rented the 70-300 for safari at animal kingdom and for some dancer and character face shots at the daytime parade. safari is tough, they usually do not slow down much, it's bumpy, you have to luck out and the desired animal be on your side of the vehicle, as a group once in awhile we have gotten a driver who has slowed up as much as possible without getting in trouble so as to give us a little better shot opportunities. i have also ridden and gotten as few as 2 keepers for the whole ride. and only once in that whole time has the lion been up and moving, they really do sleep as much as a housecoat. now none of this has been with a child along, let alone a 2 year old. so given that, i would say rent the 24-70 and enjoy the trip, you get what you get and that's that. i got the photo pass package a couple of years ago when i took a niece and her 4 year old daughter for a week, and i did get quite a few nice character photos, and it allowed my wife and i to be in the family moment, yes i had a camera along, but it wash;t my main focus.
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