Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Welch wrote: > ....<SNIP>.... > So my f/2 lens actually means better available light pictures > than pictures with flash with ugly shadows. That is, except in one gym that > has a low white ceiling that flash can be bounced off of. > ...<SNIP>... > Fast apertures and available light is becoming a lost art among > photojournalists because they've been wooed to these fast, but not so fast, > zoom lenses. I see a major advantage for the long end. But for wide angle > lenses, I'd prefer to have a 35 1.4 and a 24 f/2 (I can dream, can't I?) > lens. That's true, and I find that those 20-35mm (or 17-35) zoom pictures with systematic fill-in flash are becoming very boring to look at. They were spectacular and 'new' 5 years ago, now they are simply a gimmick. And an easy way to even the contrast for fast scanning and reduced corrections. > Those faster wide angles are available with Nikon if you're talking > manual focus. Forget Canon, except for the new 35 1.4 aspherical. Do not forget the Canon EF 24mm f1.4 and the Nikkor AF 28mm f1.4... Alan.