Re: Zooms vs. primes

[Daniel Liu]

I use primes only because the fast ones are cheaper. And I get to think 
less when I'm using them. Though I'll be the first to say that changing 
lenses is annoying.

          --Daniel Liu
          "Free speech is the right to shout
          'theater' in a crowded fire."
On Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003, at 19:01 US/Pacific, Amita Guha wrote:

Very true. I recently used my 28-70mm to shoot fireworks, and because 
of
the flexibility, my shots came out a lot better than they would have if
I'd been stuck trying to swap primes, with limited time, in the dark.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think it's when you can't step forwards or backwards that
zooms become useful.  There are many situations in which this
can't be easily done.  But if I am free to move around, I'll
take a prime every time.
John Dallman wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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(Mark Roberts) wrote:


For those who haven't checked this week's "Sunday Morning
Photographer" yet, Mike has a few things to say on the subject of
"Zooms vs. Primes":
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-03-07-13.shtml


Thanks; I've not seen his writing before. I think I agree
with him on
this
subject - when I've tried using zooms, there always seems
too much to
fiddle with, and hunting for a zoom ring seems more
complicated than a
step back or forwards.

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