Hi Cesar ... I mean both - a fast aperture and a lens that allows for quick, easy handling. Zooms are, IMO, too big, clumsy, and slow to operate for quick shooting.
Remember, no matter what lens or camera system you're using, you'll never capture every photograph that you see. "Matamoros, Cesar A." wrote: > Shel, > > When you mention fast street shooting are you pointing to a > fast (large aperture) lents? For fast (as in reaction) street shooting one > would think that a zoom would work best. > My understanding of zoom is more in line of a range of focal lengths > in a lens. In terms of focusing you are correct. It is over the years that > I honed the ability to maintain focus using my A 28-135 f4 and A 70-210 f4 > lenses. I mainly carried those lenses (more so the 28-235) when attending > festivals. But then, back then I had only one prime lens. Now, I cannot > recall the last time I used either of those lenses. I resort to primes and > have found times when it would have been nice to take a shot with a > different focal length. These are usually shots that are of the fleeting > moment and as such there is no time to move about... -- 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 .
