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What lens should I buy for my trip?

What kind of lens is more practical for travel photography?

Travel photography is an outdoor activity that integrates travel, play and photography. It can adjust the mentality to a great extent, entertain the body and mind, and record life, which is a good way of modern leisure.

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Specifically, the choice of travel photography lens is mainly based on convenience, pertinence of shooting target and personal usage habits.

First, choose a wide-angle lens according to the scene. It is a high probability event to encounter good scenery when traveling. Take it for example if you like scenery shooting, 14-35 interval. Moreover, this wide-angle lens is small in size and convenient to carry.

Second, choose the medium focus lens based on human nature. For example, 24-70/2.8 is a lens with wide applicability. It is very good at shooting human subjects, and can also take into account landscapes and portraits. The volume and weight of the lens are not very large.

Third, portraits are the main choice for telephoto lenses. For example, 70-200/2.8 is a good portrait lens. The 70-200/2.8 lens is an excellent lens.

1, this lens belongs to the medium telephoto segment, and the picture is neat and beautiful. The focal length of this lens starts at 70 and ends at 200, and the optimal focal length is about 100- 150. The imaging picture in this range is very neat, suitable for portraits and small landscapes. There is basically no distortion in the picture, which is very suitable for scenes with high requirements for expressing "formality".

2. The shooting distance is moderate and flexible. This is the natural advantage of the zoom lens, especially when shooting portraits, and the shooting distance it determines is very suitable for the communication between the photographer and the subject.

3. This lens has excellent imaging quality and can be called portrait weapon. Anyone who has used this lens knows that the imaging quality is obviously better than the similar 24-70 lens. There should be a contrast between light and shade, a color reproduction and a bright color.

Compared with fixed focus 85/ 1.2, the image quality is almost the same as that of fixed focus 85, but the flexibility of use is obviously better than that of fixed focus 85. It has a constant aperture of 2.8, and it will perform well when you need to blur the background.

4, "small scenery" shooting also has outstanding performance. If you encounter a beautiful sunrise and a charming sunset when shooting outdoors, there will always be a feeling that the sun is not big enough without it.

70-200/2.8 has so many advantages, doesn't it have any disadvantages, just that it is a bit big and heavy when traveling?

Fourth, the choice of "bird shot" and close-range telephoto lens. Those who like this theme when traveling and shooting basically belong to the "minority" group. If you are particularly interested, you can also give it a try.

Generally speaking, you don't have to cover everything, so you will be tired, burdened and thankless. Relaxed people will become transport workers, and those who have leisure will become "working" people. Putting the cart before the horse is not worth the candle.

For the choice of zoom lens or fixed focus lens, you can decide according to your existing equipment, and you don't have to buy a lot of lenses for this trip.