Thanks for all the info guys. The reason for the trip is for a graduate MBA class. We'll be visiting several companies but we'll have quite a bit of free time. As part of my class, I'm going to be blogging and photographing every day. I'm also using it as additional marketing for my growing photography business.
The 24-70 is my most used lens, my bread and butter if you will so I'll definitely be taking it. I used to own the 24-105 and I didn't really like it. 2.8 is 2.8 after all.
I figured I could throw the 17-40 in the bag without much added weight for Mt. Fuji and Kyoto landscapes. I have some wide shots in mind in the zen gardens I'd like to create.
The real question was whether the 70-200II would be too big and attract too much attention. The 85 and the 135 could fill in nicely for that range but I lose flexibility and reach. I went to Dolphins Stadium a last year and they wouldn't allow lenses beyond a certain length. I'm hoping to go see sumo and baseball and I didn't want to run into any problems with not being able to take my gear inside.
Back when all I had was my 20D, I could do pretty well with just the 17-40L.
Now, if I had to have just one lens on the 5dii, it would be the 24-70
So that would be my choice, take the 24-70, go light, be happy.
Tony Llerena wrote:
Thanks for all the info guys. The reason for the trip is for a graduate MBA class. We'll be visiting several companies but we'll have quite a bit of free time. As part of my class, I'm going to be blogging and photographing every day. I'm also using it as additional marketing for my growing photography business.
The 24-70 is my most used lens, my bread and butter if you will so I'll definitely be taking it. I used to own the 24-105 and I didn't really like it. 2.8 is 2.8 after all.
I figured I could throw the 17-40 in the bag without much added weight for Mt. Fuji and Kyoto landscapes. I have some wide shots in mind in the zen gardens I'd like to create.
The real question was whether the 70-200II would be too big and attract too much attention. The 85 and the 135 could fill in nicely for that range but I lose flexibility and reach. I went to Dolphins Stadium a last year and they wouldn't allow lenses beyond a certain length. I'm hoping to go see sumo and baseball and I didn't want to run into any problems with not being able to take my gear inside....Show more →
Did they check the actual focal length of the lens, or the lens length itself? I all placed piece of gaffer tape over the focal length of a 135 makes it not very suspicious :P
They didn't check for anything other than the size of the camera. I think the limit was 7" total for the camera and lens. Funny enough, the security guy asked me if "that's one of those fancy cameras that you can stack the lenses one on top of the other?" I told him absolutely not! I've never heard of anything like that, and he let me go on my merry way.
I went to Japan 3 years ago..I shot a lot with the 10-22 which is where your 17-40mm would come in handy. For general street work, you'll appreciate the 24-70. I also used the 70-200 quite a bit. People really didn't pay attention much to me, which was liberating!
Make sure you visit Yodobashi..I visited the store in Osaka and they had a 1d mk3 and 500mm out on display.
As I said in an earlier post, I did take the 70-200 f/2.8 IS and barely used it. But I was taking more architecture pictures. I used my 24 TS-E lens most, followed by the 24-105. I would take the 135 over the 70-200, but that's just me.
Lars Johnsson wrote:
...America is not a country either. It would be like visiting Asia
And yet citizens of non-USA American nations whom I know seldom consider themselves "Americans" -- they're always "Canadians," or "Mexicans," or "Brazilians," or "Bahamians," or...
On another board the other day, someone commented that Christopher Columbus never set foot on what is now America. I guess he thought Hispaniola was in Europe or Africa or something.
BrianO wrote:
And yet citizens of non-USA American nations whom I know seldom consider themselves "Americans" -- they're always "Canadians," or "Mexicans," or "Brazilians," or "Bahamians," or...
On another board the other day, someone commented that Christopher Columbus never set foot on what is now America. I guess he thought Hispaniola was in Europe or Africa or something.
He was visiting America not Americans
And actually I see a lot of Mexicans that say they are Americans And I also meet a lot of USA "Americans" when travelling that always say to people they are Canadians It's very very common
id take the 135L for sure. Even though i used mine on crop when in japan, it would be perfect on 5d2. The other lens I took was 17-40. I was traveling light so these two lenses + a 1000D took up 1/4 of my bag space
Personally would be happy with the 24-70 range on 5d2 + 135, but it depends on how much ultra wide you want to shoot as to whether it is worth bringing a 17-40
RobertLynn wrote:
Did they check the actual focal length of the lens, or the lens length itself? I all placed piece of gaffer tape over the focal length of a 135 makes it not very suspicious :P
Probably refers to the physical size of the camera. I think the Bulls have a similar policy.
