Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I sometimes feel that i >am getting lazy from having all the wides and long lenses available. It is >too easy to pop on another lens and stay in place. With the limited range you >are forced to move around and often you find viewpoints that you would not >discovered otherwise. > The concept of zooms always intriqued me, I have tried several but I find it >too confusing, I prefer the prime lenses. Tom you have expressed far better than I am capable of doing how I feel about the use of zooms. I know when I had only zooms on my canon system instead of looking for shots knowing how a certain lens would frame a shot I would stick the either 20-35 or 80-200 on the camera and say "I'll be able to get it with this lens". I think that thinking like this, for me at least, kills some of the creativity of photography. The zooms are great if working news, but for me at least I like having to make a fixed lens work. It forces you to actually look at what you are shooting, concentrate on light, composition, and angle. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto