Originally posted by PANGU_yien I have lived in Beijing for almost 8 years now. Most of the places you mentioned you would do well to bring something wide. Are you doing it on your own schedule or with a tour group?
Edit: there are several great wall locations, some have vantage points where telephoto works beautifully too
Thank you Pangu Yien, first week in Beijing is organize whit a group, we are visiting the Wall at Juyong Pass. Second week by ourselves me and my 11 year old daughter, going down to Yangjiang and Guangzhou.
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Originally posted by 2351HD It depends on what you consider as heavy.
For travel landscape and handheld I would take the new DA 28-45 and the DFA 90mm Macro. Both have OS that works very well especially if shooting with the 645D with high iso that isn't the best.
If weight is an issue, I would take the A or FA 35mm and the FA 120mm macro. Both are sharp and light.
You may wish to pack the DFA 55mm as well if you enjoy a slightly tighter crop than 35mm.
If I were travelling with the D again without the OS lenses, I would also pack a monopod for the handheld stuff. However, I like to shoot most exclusively on ISO100, but the D can go to ISO 800-1000 quite well.
I would also suggest you AF align your lenses before you go as you will be using AF a lot.
Appreciate your idea with the monopod!
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Originally posted by hcc I travelled a few times to China including Beijing and Guangzhou. The main issue will be the smogg. The lighting will be poor with minimum contrast. You want a lens that will work with these conditions.
With my K7 & K-3, one lens is outstanding for these light conditions: Voigtlander 58mm f1.4. Over all my other lenses incl. my two amigos (FA Ltds).... I do not know the medium format lenses, but I would recommend to bring 'that special lens' for smoggy conditions which prevail 60-70% of the time when it is not raining.
Hope that the comment may help.
How is it in July? Went to Guangzhou in 2004 and very smoggy in October so I presume it will be worse in July! Thank you.