It is being said that todays best zooms are every bit as good as primes. You can find it even in several photo books like the ones by John Shaw (who in earlier books only recommended primes), Charles Campbell etc. I would modified it to todays best zooms are better than yesterdays primes andthis is valid to the extent generalizations go.
Lots of things are "being said" this doesn't mean it's true. Reminds me of some
of the absolute crap I have read in Hi-Fi mags recently.
I think it is still true that the best prime lenses are still better than the best zoom lenses in general, optically. These include wide open sharpness, distortion control, flare control, light-fall-off control, not to mention the hyperfocal scale (use it often with 24/35).
regards, Alan Chan
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