Daniel Liu wrote:
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.
But not the last. Indeed it is *very* annoying. But now the old-timers will tell us how they hiked miles & miles through snow and over hills carrying dozens of lenses, changing them faster than the blink of an eye. <g>
--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.
--- John Dallman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
