Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Even though I own and use extensively a 70-200 Canon zoom, I agree with what I think you are saying about zooms being "a key to mediocrity". For me, also, they are the same. I find myself getting very lazy when using the zoom...need closer just turn the ring...sometimes is a way of getting a photo easy instead of thinking about composition and such. Back when shooting news I never used zooms...always shot primes. Had 3-5 cameras on my person at times and always seemed to have the right lens when needed because I was able to "see" in the focal lenghts I was shooting...can't say I can do that with a zoom so I find myself "hunting" for the right length more often. Don't know if this makes sense or not, but just the way I "see"...probably ought to just get on with it and go back to all primes, but dern it is nice to only carry one lens where I used to have 3..... More power to those of ya'll who think in zooms. On 7/4/99 1:17 PM Mark Rabiner wrote: >Yes although I wouldn't turn down one of those newly styled Nikon >lenses, the 80-200 matching the 28-80 I think the numbers go. >They seem deadly functional. But I haven't shot with a zoom in years, I >played with one for five minutes on the road a few months back. An >indispensable tool for most, a key to mediocrity for me. Best regards, Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com