Lens for a flight in a Dragon Rapide

adrichardson81 · 3 Sep 2017 at 17:06

Hi all

I've got a flight over Cambridge in a Dragon Rapide coming up and am struggling pinning my lens choice down.

I'll be using an A7ii with either an Olympus Zuiko 24/2.8, Sony Zeiss 35/2.8, or Sony Zeiss 55/1.8 (I've ruled out my 90/2.8 and 80-200/4).

Any suggestions? My temptation is to go with the 24/2.8, as it would be nice to get part of the plane in...

adrichardson81 · 3 Sep 2017 at 22:23

Thanks for that - really interesting reading! I'm leaning towards the 35mm and maybe dropping the 24mm in the bag just in case. I have a feeling 24mm could be too wide for a city scape...

adrichardson81 · 4 Sep 2017 at 21:27

TBH I've tried to go prime only since I moved to mirrorless. On the other hand, I'm looking for an excuse to buy an MD 35-70... Would 35mm be too wide?

adrichardson81 · 4 Sep 2017 at 23:26

I did look at the 24-70 in the beginning, but it really didn't compare well to my 55/1.8 and 35/2.8. The 16-35 is tempting though...

adrichardson81 · 6 Sep 2017 at 09:05

Amp34 said:
May be worth seeing if you can get a rubber lens hood for the lens too. That way you can push it against the glass and get rid of any reflections which is the biggest issue with shooting out of plane windows. Also perhaps a couple of alcohol wipes to clean off any smudges.

Thanks - that's absolute genius!

Just seen the cost of hiring a 24-70 f4 - £270?! A second hand 28-70 would be cheaper (it's the a7 kit lens).

adrichardson81 · 7 Sep 2017 at 21:36

a1ex2001 said:
Kit lens would be more than adequate for this scenario I'd say and you can flog it on for very little loss afterwards if you go second hand!

Yeah - managed to get one for a reasonable price, so hopefully it's not going to be an expensive investment. To be fair, it's nowhere near as bad as I expected and it should be able to deliver reasonable results, but we'll see what happens I suppose!

adrichardson81 · 10 Sep 2017 at 12:56

Thanks everyone - kit and 200 it is!

I'm definitely not expecting miracles - I've got some lens wipes for the window, but I'm expecting to have to do a lot of work in post.