I don't use zooms much - very rarely in fact, because they're bigger, heavier, and slower to work with. They also get in the way of my shooting around a subject. It's too easy to crop with a zoom while standing in the same place, and often good shots made from a slightly different perspective are missed. Zooming to get closer doesn't provide the same results or perspective as walking to get closer and using a wider lens.
While a zoom lens may offer a degree of practicality in numerous situations, it can also contribute to laziness and poor photographic vision. For about the same size and weight as a good, fast zoom (and what zooms are available in the f/1.4- f/2.0 fixed aperture range?), I can carry two bodies and three prime lenses, which provide similar flexibility and, perhaps arguably, more creative opportunities. Bruce Dayton wrote: > > Certainly an interesting observation. I have been somewhat resistant to > using zooms much for fear of the same thing happening to me. From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Wanta start a discussion about zooms vs. primes? :-) -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter_pow.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
