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Re: choices of buying a lens
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Re: choices of buying a lens
Canon 17-55 or a Tamron 17-50mm which is cheaper may be a good compromise, wide enough for landscape, but not as wide as ultrawides with 10mm wides and not long as the 28-135, but not bad at 50mm or so. Another option is a Sigma 17-70mm. I personally think those 18-200mm ish zooms make too much compromise in terms of image… -
Re: choices of buying a lens
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Re: choices of buying a lens
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Re: choices of buying a lens
ya... imagine you are walking on the street taking pictures of the scenery and suddenly you want to take pics of your friends. *change lens* then ohhhh you want to take some shots of another street *change lens* sigh....I wish I was rich enough to buy all the lenses and invent an auto-lens changer ^_^. just… -
Re: choices of buying a lens
Super-zooms (what I call a 7x zoom range) and Ultra-zooms (10x range and above) are always a compromise design. As long as you are taking snapshots they serve their purpose well. If you want lenses that can do even moderate enlargements be prepared to see the compromises in the images. Simple images can often be helped… -
Re: choices of buying a lens
I'm actually old enough to remember that zoom lenses were all pretty sad and you "wanted" to use primes as much as possible. I used a Pentax H1a which was screw mounted lenses and manual everything with no meter. I was actually able to take some pretty serious photos with that camera and I still have the body and lenses.…
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