Just one prime lens for travel sounds good in theory, what if you don’t know what to shoot or where you’re going? I forced myself to use a different focal length everyday, 5 primes for a 6-day trip, but which lens do I pick when I’m tired, a little homesick? I headed back to Taiwan, my hometown - but I haven’t been back for 15 years? Getting lost on the streets with the OM3 and my other new camera will be how I get reacquainted with it.

Dedicated dials for black and white must mean the recipes are good, right? Unlike the endless options in color editing, black and white comes down to 6 settings, the OM3 and Zf can change these in camera (all but 2). How do they compare against Fujifilm’s Acros, or the true monochrome output from Leica?  Are these dials just a gimmick?

Why are so many 35mm lenses bigger than 40mm?  For my last 3 Japan trips I always packed both, so I tested 3 40s against four 35s to figure out why. Turns out one of my 35mm lenses shoots like a 40, one of my 40mm lenses is closer to a 50mm. No wonder I couldn’t decide? Lens design’s about compromise, just like travel, and family, it’s the weight we’re willing to carry.