Very true. I recently used my 28-70mm to shoot fireworks, and because of
the flexibility, my shots came out a lot better than they would have if
I'd been stuck trying to swap primes, with limited time, in the dark.
> -Original Message-
> From: Lon Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I
Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mark, I have the Pentax auto tube set, two third party auto tube
>sets, and the original Pentax "non auto" set. The last is the one
>I like the best for macro shots. No fiddling with a dof button.
>It also contains, AFAIK, the shortest tube Pentax made
They all do that, Alan, especially when focused close.
They are excellent in the 80-135mm range, increasingly
mediocre after that unless focused at infinity and
stopped down more than one stop.
Actually I shot them at near infinity. But one stop down, the improvement
was dramatic. It made me wonde
Just a few thoughts on zoom photography in general...
I have just recently "discovered" the ease a small zoom gives me when
I'm on vacation, and the help in framing it provides.
As I get older, while I still love walking among the rocks and along the
seashore, camera at the ready, I am not as much
"whickersworld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alan Chan wrote:
>
>> My friend's Nikkor AF 80-200/2.8D sucked when shooting at
>> 200/2.8. Everything was diffused. Didn't know what's wrong.
>They all do that, Alan, especially when focused close.
The FA*80-200/2.8 performs wonderfully wide open, even
That's very true indeed, but we started out discussing sharpness only. In
fact, I found a lot of zooms which perform well stopped down at infinity.
Many of these are weak at close range and/or wide open, though. If a
manufacturer wants to look good on a lens test report, they just optimize
for
Mark wrote:
Bit of a "straw man" argument there, since the A 3.5 f2.8 has been singled out by
several users (you in particular) as a dog.
REPLY:
Not really. I was trying to illustrate my opinion that todays good zoom are equally
good or better than yesterdays primes. The A 35/2.8 is fairly typ
Frank wrote:
Even if we take Pal's original statement as true ("today's best zooms are every
bit as good as primes"), a zoom is going to exact some penalty on it's user.
REPLY:
I didn't actually say that. That was something I quoted.
Pål
frank theriault wrote:
Well, there has to be some trade-off, doesn't there?
Even if we take Pal's original statement as true ("today's best zooms are every
bit as good as primes"), a zoom is going to exact some penalty on it's user.
They're bigger, heavier, slower, more complicated, take more time
le here who have the same lens.
Herb
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Subject: Re: Zooms vs. primes (WAS: Re: Let's talk about the FA 28-105/4-5.6 PZ (now
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Subject: Re: Zooms vs. primes (WAS: Re: Let's talk about the FA 28-105/4-5.6
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> right on all counts, but my sharpest lens is my FA 50mm macro but only
very slightly behind it is my FA* 80-200. my FA* 24 and my FA 24-90 are
n
ent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 06:30
Subject: Re: Zooms vs. primes (WAS: Re: Let's talk about the FA 28-105/4-5.6 PZ (now
abit long))
> Well, there has to be some trade-off, doesn't there?
>
> Even if we take Pal's original statement as true ("today's best zooms
Well, there has to be some trade-off, doesn't there?
Even if we take Pal's original statement as true ("today's best zooms are every
bit as good as primes"), a zoom is going to exact some penalty on it's user.
They're bigger, heavier, slower, more complicated, take more time to use (since
you hav
It is being said that todays best zooms are every bit as good as primes.
You can find it even in several photo books like the ones by John Shaw
(who in earlier books only recommended primes), Charles Campbell etc. I
would modified it to todays best zooms are better than yesterdays primes
and
th
There are still "Hi-Fi" magazines around?
Well I'll be darned!
If you insist! :-)
regards,
Alan Chan
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