Re: Photo Equipment for a month long? trip to Italy
theHUN wrote: lora_to wrote:
... another consideration is that of constant lens changes - I find it quite disruptive to change lenses ...
My main concern is checking for dust after every lens change. The process of removing it can become time consuming, even futile in certain environments. It's not at all an issue in a hotel, but when you are out on the street, with people smoking their cigarettes (we are talking about Europe), I would much rather stick to whatever is mounted on the body. Perhaps this is one instance where I would settle for a zoom.
Sorry but I find this kind of paranoid advice faintly ridiculous as it is driven by naivety even if well intentioned.
I've traveled all over the world, four times in the high mountains of Nepal, many times in the jungles of Borneo, the windswept island of Iceland and just as windy Norway, Scotland and Wales. Dust isn't an issue. At night use vibration and a blower. If there is accumulation then use a wet sensor cleaning kit - it literally takes less than 2 minutes.
And if you ever have dust on a shot? So what. Better to have used the right lens and got the shot and then work on the dust spots in post than not have the shot at all.
Re: Photo Equipment for a month long? trip to Italy
theHUN wrote: lora_to wrote:
... another consideration is that of constant lens changes - I find it quite disruptive to change lenses ...
My main concern is checking for dust after every lens change. The process of removing it can become time consuming, even futile in certain environments. It's not at all an issue in a hotel, but when you are out on the street, with people smoking their cigarettes (we are talking about Europe), I would much rather stick to whatever is mounted on the body. Perhaps this is one instance where I would settle for a zoom.
Sorry but I find this kind of paranoid advice faintly ridiculous as it is driven by nativity even if well intentioned.
I've traveled all over the world, four times in the high mountains of Nepal, many times in the jungles of Borneo, the windswept island of Iceland and just as windy Norway, Scotland and Wales. Dust isn't an issue. At night use vibration and a blower. If there is accumulation then use a wet sensor cleaning kit - it literally takes less than 2 minutes.
And if you ever have dust on a shot? So what. Better to have used the right lens and got the shot and then work on the dust spots in post than not have the shot at all.
Nov 24, 2021 at 12:50 PM
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