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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
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Subject: Re: what photo equip to take to europe (a query)
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Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 23:09:13 EST
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My advice, based on one trip to England last summer, would be to get
a 28-80 zoom and leave all the other lenses home. I carried one in that
range,(a Kiron which I do not reccommend), also a Vivitar Series 1
70-200 (or thereabouts) plus "backup" 28 and 35 lenses. Also had a second
body (Nikkormat) and an Olympus XA.  The XA was handy at times. Two
cameras of Nikon size were too much to manage at once. The 28-80 is a 
<much> more useful range for general touristy purposes than the longer
zoom.  You will be seeing a lot of scenery in Spain, both man-made
and otherwise. The wide angle to short tele will be by far the most
useful range.
I am thinking of buying the Vivitar Series 1 in this range as I believe
my Kiron may have had it. I took a giant bag and everything but the kitchen
sink. Don't reccommend it except for its body building effects. I took
my own film and was not sorry although film eas widely available in
England - don't know if the same would be true in Spain.
Good Luck,

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