Lens Suggestions for Alaska Cruise (M43 Camera)

I am a new M43 user coming from Canon. I wanted something lighter. I have a Panasonic GX85 (with the kit lens) and the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8 and the 35-100 f2.8. I also have the Olympus 17mm f1.8.

In September I am going on cruise to Alaska on Silversea in September and am looking for suggestions for longer lenses. The Panasonic 100-400 is more than I want to spend and heavier than I want to carry.

I would appreciate thoughts and suggestions.

What excursions are you planning?

• Do you want landscape and vistas?
  
• Do you plan to be whale watching where a zoom lens and fast auto focus would be handy?
  
• are you into food porn where you natural light in the dining room is needed?
  

What excursions are you planning?

• Do you want landscape and vistas?
  
• Do you plan to be whale watching where a zoom lens and fast auto focus would be handy?
  
• are you into food porn where you natural light in the dining room is needed?
  

Great questions. I should have offered more detail. I have four excusions:

SITKA: Sea Otters, Whale, Bear (hopefully)

STEPHENS PASSAGE: Whales and Sea Lions

SKAGWAY: Chilkoot Lake State Park and hopefully seeing Brown bears feeding on salmon

MISTY FJORDS

I care a lot about landscape and vistas.

I would like to come home with some images of wildlife

I don't care about food porn. For inside the ship I plan on using the Oly 17 1.8. I really like that lens.

I have tried the Pany 100-300 and found it hard to use handheld at 300mm. I think I would need a tripod or at least a monopod.

Any other questions, please just ask.

Oh, good, another m43 user on this forum! I have an Olympus em10 ii, and so my long lens is the oly 75-300, but I don't know if that would work as well for you because the lens is not stabilized (for Olympus the body has 5 axis stabilization.) The lens is relatively small (about the size of a soda can) and not too expensive. I also have a tamron 14-150, which is a nice all purpose lens. I tried it on my Panasonic GM5 and my keeper rate was very low, as there is no stabilation in that body.