Why I'd Swap a Heavy Zoom for a Tiny Prime on Any Travel Trip (And You Probably Should Too)

Why I'd Swap a Heavy Zoom for a Tiny Prime on Any Travel Trip (And You Probably Should Too)

There’s a version of gear ownership where the “best” lens becomes a liability. I’ve watched it happen to shooters who carry a $2,000 zoom to a street market and spend more energy protecting the glass than actually shooting. The lens wins. The photos lose. In this Pierre T. Lambert tutorial, Pierre walks through a decision he’d been wrestling with for over a year: leaving his Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 at home for a trip to Tulum, Mexico, and replacing it with the Sony 85mm f/1.