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chefboyarlee wrote:
I have a great trip coming up to Morocco, Spain and France for a month. I currently have a 23 1.4 and 56 1.2. I don't usually shoot WA much (as my previous trips have shown) but I am itching to bring a cheap and SMALL one along just in case.
What do you think: Fuji 18/2 ( is this wide enough), 18-55 kit, or is there a manual one out there that fits the bill? The 16 1.4 is too big and expensive. The 14 might be too expensive but may work.
Thanks everyone!
You mentioned you don't shoot a lot of WA so there is a good reason as you may not gravitate to very WA's. I am the same, as I prefer longer FL's. For travel shots in the streets I prefer the 25mm to 28mm effective FL. Too wide I find it very difficult to compose and people become distorted unless you have them very close to center. With WA's for each 1mm there is quite a difference in the FOV. With most high end mobile phone cameras the effective FL is around the 25 to 28mm and there is good reason for this.
For landscapes/seacapes my preference is 16 to 21 mm eff FL, but but for travel I prefer 25 to 28mm eff FL. This way I can keep one lens on the camera all day and chill out and just focus on the composition of the shots.
As mentioned already in threads I love the XF 18/2 and the XF 27/2.8. Both these lenses are really small, superb IQ and used copies can be picked up very cheap. Like with any lenses now, do fully check them out as there are variations in the sharpness and how they perform.
In reply to your question, is the XF 18 wide enough? I personally do for streets/people/travel as you don't have to fight too hard to compose your images. In fact the XF 18 is 27mm eff FL which is a nice balance
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