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I'm planning on getting a couple new lenses for my M50 for an upcoming trip. I already own the kit lens, the 55-200, and the 22. I do a fair amount of landscape and wildlife photography and love the reach of the 55-200. I use the 22mm mainly for astro but find it's reach kind of limiting for street photography unless I'm very close to my subject. I'm planning to get the Samyang 8mm for some creative stuff, and I'm looking to get one or two more lenses for the trip. I hear both the Sigma 56mm and the Canon 32mm are both very sharp lenses. Based on this info, would you recommend one over the other to travel with?

I have 3 nights booked in Hobart and 2 nights booked in Cradle Mountain this July. I'm torn between what I should do for the three days in between my bookings. If I go West Coast, it would involve driving west and spending a couple days in Strahan to do some hikes, see some dunes, and take a Gordon River Cruise. If I do East Coast it would involve seeing Freycinet and Bicheno and maybe Maria Island.

I will be visiting both Tasman Peninsula and Mt. Field, one as a day trip from Hobart and one on the way to either coast that I choose. I'm an American male traveling solo and I enjoy doing landscape photography and day hikes. I know it's gonna be cold and will pack accordingly. Based on this info and the proposed itineraries, which coast would you recommend I go to for three days? Which option would make for better photos in July?

With 70 electronic acts on the lineup this year, we better get at least 2 more tents in addition to Tito's. Give us more shade, bigger screens, huge light shows!

If you show up at noon every day and catch a full set at every hour, you will be able to see, on average, 8 full sets a day. That's only 1/4th of the lineup. This includes the local bands that open up the festival, the small touring acts that play in the hours after that, the big shot touring artists that play the mid afternoon, and the headliners and subheadliners that close out all of the stages. Most of the lineup won't be for every single person, and that's ok. They book a wide variety of acts in a bunch of different genres knowing this. You can still have a good time if there are only 10 artists you like on the lineup.

You will only be able to see 3 full sets of the headliners across the weekend. You may only like one or two of them. That's pretty normal for a multi-genre festival. They are gonna book some artists you don't like to headline, and that's ok.

There will probably be artists you want to see playing on different weekends. I don't have a sensible response for that one, that kinda sucks to experience.

Don't know where else I'm going with this. Main thing is, the lineup might look "meh" to you on Tuesday if you are expecting all 100 artists on there to be specifically catered to you and your taste. I'd encourage you to take a look to see if there are 10 or more artists there that you'd be psyched to see. I'd also encourage you to do some discovery on the artists you don't know on the lineup. I've discovered some of my favorite songs from past lineups this way. I hope everyone has a happy lineup release day this week. I hope both David Byrne and your favorite artist are playing closing sets.