Which one(s) to take ??

[thebbm]

Hello members.

I'm going to Paris for some days for work (nothing related to photography) but i want to take my sony a7 and some lenses of courses !!!
I have a difficult choice to do for me and need your advice.
The question is which lenses to take with me and without bringing them all ???

I got :
-leica R summicron 35mm f2 ( sharp but hard focus ring )
-C/Y distagon 35mm ( smooth focus but less sharp than summicron ), planar 50mm (keeper), planar 85mm all 1.4
-minolta 35-70mm 3.5 macro
-sigma Emount 19mm & 30mm ( sharpest 30-35mm and smallest )
-C/Y yashica 24mm 2.8

for landscape i compare yashica vs sigma 19mm ( cropped to get same view) and the sigma is better in sharpness and contrat and weight.

if you have to take only 3 what would be your choice ?
thanks

[dan_]

I'll take with me the Summicron and the 2 Planars. The'll cover well enough most situations, from landscapes to street portraits.

Why not the others?
The Minolta zoom has not so good corners on FF.
The Sigmas are not FF.
I have no experiance with the 28mm. C/Y.

[Olivier]

Summicron
Planar 50
and the Sigma.

Enjoy your stay.

[duckrider]

These onepointfourers are soooooo sexy, no question to me, which three to take with!
- have a good time & don't get too much time taken by the job.

Thomas

AND GET YOUR SUMMICRON OVERHAULED!!!

[thebbm]

thanks for your advices.

It seem's like every body like the summicron !!

@dan_ , the sigma is not full frame but quite usable in ff mode ( i removed the baffle and it vignet a little, i can crop maybe).
@duckrider, i search the definitin of "onepointfourers " on the net , i didn't found it what did you mean ?
i can't overhauled the summicron it'is already "fixed" and still very hard ( it has been projected in a car accident and was totaly jamed ). if someone try on in R version, how is the smoothness of the aperture ring ( can it be turned with a finger for exemple like all the carl zeiss ) ?

i will try to escape from job fast and go walking in Paris

Best regards

[cyrano]

Yes, I just tried mine, it's got a very satisfying feel to it and turns with just the right amount of force. Still, if your works for now that's ok?

[duckrider]

[thebbm]

@cyrano thanks for trying.

i open the lens and clean the helicoid inside ( the grease became black ). I reassemble it, have to try 3 times to get infinity ok.
After the lens was full reassembled i remember that i forget something .... like to put new grease but the focus ring is smooth .

Did you thing that i have to reopen it and put some grease ( i dont have special one, i use one for bike shame on me)

[thebbm]

[bhargav]

Great lenses to choose from. Paris is a magical place for photography!

Seems you have already decided but just pointing out that if the focus ring is stiff, you may get frustrated and not use it much then once space will be wasted. Why not C/Y 24mm, Distagon or Planar and one decent zoom if you like to capture architectural details (and have one handy), if not then 85mm.

[woodrim]

Back in September of 2012 I asked a similar question, then didn't listen and took too many lenses with me on vacation. My destination was different; Bahamas. As it turned out, I used very few of them. I had two cameras, one dedicated to my Minolta 35-105, and the other my NEX. The lenses that I ended up using were, in addition to the Minolta, 35mm, 85mm and 90mm, although it could have been just one of them, 135mm, and 200mm. So if I had gone with just the one camera, I could have been happy with just four lenses. But it is also important to consider shooting style; I'm not much for landscapes, and the ones I did were at 35mm. I much prefer more tightly cropped shots of details. In the end I realized I needed no more than what I most choose on any other day.

[thebbm]

[bernhardas]

If the pictures are just for my own fun I often consciously pack the lenses I use least.

Gives me a chance to get to know them better.

[thebbm]