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Lens for yosemite

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mountainpenguin 19 Nov 2013

Off to yosemite next week. Tacking the camera and 20mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.8. Will i regret not talking the 150-500 ?

alexjz 19 Nov 2013

In reply to mountainpenguin: I've never been but I imagine you would definitely want to take the 150-500

Mal Grey 19 Nov 2013

In reply to mountainpenguin:

Its an amazing place for photography. Take any lens you own!

Nick Alcock 19 Nov 2013

In reply to mountainpenguin:
Check out what Ansel Adams used:
http://www.anseladams.com

ChrisJD 19 Nov 2013

In reply to mountainpenguin:

Take every lens you own

So you can go from this (seven shots pano vertical at 24mm):

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=57634

To this (560mm: 400mm with 1.4x conv):

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.php?id=72835

ChrisJD 19 Nov 2013

In reply to mountainpenguin:

And borrow the ones you want/need but don't own

Run_Ross_Run 19 Nov 2013

In reply to mountainpenguin:
Depends on how fast the 150-500 is.

ChrisJD 19 Nov 2013

In reply to Run_Ross_Run:

> (In reply to mountainpenguin)
> Depends on how fast the 150-500 is.

Be better off with any long lens than no long lens.

Nick Alcock 19 Nov 2013

In reply to ChrisJD:

As Ansel famously said "A good photograph is knowing where to stand"

Hard to take a bad shot in the valley in my experience.

D.

Toerag 20 Nov 2013

In reply to Nick Alcock: He wasn't using 35mm film though, so make sure you equivalise the focal lengths.

Yosemite is interesting that you can't get close to anything really - climbers on el-cap are mere specks, and the valley is a mile or so across. I think a long lens will be useful.