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formula4speed wrote:
I'm going to be taking a (probably) once in a lifetime trip to Thailand that has me going crazy over what gear to take with me as I bounce around.
Although I may be a little bit late in replying to this thread, as I spend a lot of time in Thailand (married to my Thai wife for 14 years.), I thought you find find my comments useful. My 4 travel lenses to Thailand would be the 7-14mm, 17 f1.8mm, 42.5mm f1.2 Nocticron (though I used the 45mm f1.8 very successfully until I bought the Noct 2 years ago) and the 75mm f1.8.
You have a very good set of primes and really don't need to change anything, unless you want full interior shots of temples and pagodas. The 12mm will not be wide enough. The 9-18mm Oly might be good, but I finally broke down and bought the 7-14mm for the interior shots, it is just great. I read in another post of yours that you recently upgraded to the EM1 MK2, Congrats on that! Hopefully it will solve the poor low light focusing issue I had with my EM5 and Pany 20 f1.7 lens. I use the 17mm f1.8 instead.
Thailand can be basically broken down into Bangkok, a modern mega city of 9 million, and everywhere else that is mostly more rural. The 2nd largest city in Thailand, Chiang Mai, has only about 175,000 people in the city center and is a wonderful place to visit. The city center is surrounded on all sides by a water moat and the night shots are to die for.
The beaches to the South are on par with the Caribbean, unbelievable blue skies, turquoise water and many, many palm tree lined islands. If you get there definitely rent a longboat for a 1/2 day trip to the outer islands, it can be done for less than $50. (if you are going to the beaches in the South, PM me if you would like a 9 page Pdf I made for friends going there)
Regarding the 75mm f1.8 I just love this lens and never travel without it. It is more than long enough for use in Thailand, as there are not too many wild animals or events where a longer focal length lens is required, most events involve closeups of, food, music, dance, lots of people, oh and did I mention food!
Thai people are mostly just wonderful and love to have their photo taken. If you just smile when taking locals photos you will be rewarded with a great smile in return in your photos.
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