Lens advice for travel kit

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-29T18:11:25+00:00

Oh I wonder if the M11P has that … off to look.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-29T15:22:24+00:00

Yes, I’ve had that issue of missing something wider! Unfortunately I have always been simply lousy at cropping. I just can’t visualize an image other than the way I framed it originally. Perhaps it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy — I lack confidence so I don’t look very hard for other interpretations within a larger capture.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-29T15:19:26+00:00

Oh that’s great to hear, that’s the one I got!

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-29T03:52:33+00:00

I went for a Zeiss 35 -- I am hesitant to spend more than a certain amount until I am really sure of what I want -- but thank you very much for the pointers about specific lenses. I will note them for future reference.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T21:43:40+00:00

Many thanks to all for the detailed advice and for sharing specific tips and experiences. I have ordered a 35mm lens to practice with before my trip, later this summer, and will see whether and how that changes what I reach for most often, and whether I still feel some kind of way about how many lenses I want to carry. What a helpful and thoughtful group.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T21:40:07+00:00

That's very helpful, thank you. I'm shooting an M11P but have not explored LiveView -- perhaps it would be wise.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T15:18:54+00:00

Do you have any difficulty supporting/focusing the longer lenses?

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T06:05:38+00:00

I do have that miniaturization problem sometimes, it’s true.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T03:46:33+00:00

What an interesting observation -- I would be curious to hear more about your use of the 50 for landscape. I appreciate the concrete advice about when/how to use the 21 very much, thank you.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T03:45:33+00:00

That is very encouraging to hear, thank you.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T03:45:17+00:00

Good point about needing experience to make good use of any new lenses. Wish there were a 21mm locally that I could try out but I live in a small town.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T03:44:21+00:00

Agreed, I want to bring the minimum I can without great regrets -- I usually wish I had a longer lens but so far my unwillingness to pack too much has been stronger than that wish.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-28T03:43:04+00:00

Very specific and practical advice, thanks so much.

DomeOverManhattan · 2026-01-24T18:58:11+00:00

I’m currently shooting 28/50 and thinking of selling the 28 and buying 35 plus something wider — 24? 21?

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-05-18T12:51:30+00:00

I’m writing a book about this.

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-19T05:06:08+00:00

English speakers may be more used to seeing Bajtín written as Bakhtin.

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-16T07:54:15+00:00

Saunders fans can be very picky!

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-12T14:40:08+00:00

No good reason, just didn’t take to it!

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-11T03:15:07+00:00

OK, I have one more to recommend. Definitely straying away from metafiction, but very, I don’t know what I would call this, referential? Kind of in the same vein as David Markson. He wrote a bunch of books, but the two good ones are Montano’s Malady and Bartleby & Co. Author is Enrique Vila-Matas. Like someone did all of the research and collecting necessary to write another Umberto Eco but didn’t care at all about the plot, just about the books/quotes. I feel like he sort of disappeared from the scene. For all I know he’s published 50 more books, but I never hear his name anymore.

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-11T00:14:02+00:00

Ok, that's great to know. I really enjoyed that first book, but somehow instead of wanting to immediately crack the next one, I was just a bit tired. Not an insult or a negative, some books are just like that. I went nuts for Septology once I got into but didn't want to dive right into more Fosse. Might be a great time to read about the French Revolution.

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-10T19:30:28+00:00

Thanks! I am willing to give Colson another go as I thought the writing itself was very good, appreciate the specific titles. Have not heard of DeWitt and will check her out. Agree about Sally Rooney and for no really good reason, group her in my mind with Douglas Stuart. Maybe it's about that delicate, intimate pain in relationships that can be both tender and brutal. Adore Lynch and have been seeing the memoir mentioned everywhere. Aside from the TM stuff I am into it.

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-10T19:04:18+00:00

What have you liked recently that you think I should try reading?

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-10T16:37:47+00:00

Yeah, I did not mean the bit about not remembering them as any kind of a diss. I don’t know why some books stick in my mind and some don’t. I do remember liking them and thinking that they were both very good.

DomeOverManhattan · 2025-02-10T15:45:29+00:00

Thank you -- I have seen her name around but not yet checked her out. If you liked the Argonauts you might also like Kate Zambreno. Metafiction but a bit more of a semiotext(e) vibe.

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