I figured the world needed one more primes-vs-zooms discussion.
I also figure there are at least five classes of zoom lenses out there.
I'm a prime shooter at heart but recognize the immense power of zoom lenses. What's interesting in many lens catalogs is that one can replicate the standard zoom with 2-3 primes but oftentimes the other classes of zooms can't be. Many newer systems have maybe just one UWA prime available, but several UWA zooms. Fuji and m4/3?
Moreover, something like a 70-200 feels like a one "prime" meaning the focal lengths are largely perspective-wise pretty much one class. Not really but perhaps?
I don't often look at standard zooms even though the value they offer, I recognize and appreciate. What I often instead think about, are the superzooms! Perhaps it's the fact that a zoom covers several primes and a superzoom covers several zooms at once.
Leica doesn't really do zooms even though two zooms exist on the platform. Whenever I try a TTL system (Fuji, Nikon) I get excited to test out zooms after a hiatus. The benefits and the downsides of primes-only lifestyle are well known, I don't repeat the talking points here.
I also figure there are at least five classes of zoom lenses out there.
- Standard zooms (24-70; 24-120)
- UWA zooms (14-24; 16-35)
- Mid-tele zooms (70-200; 80-300)
- Supertelezooms (100-400; 150-600)
- Superzooms (28-300; 24-200)
I'm a prime shooter at heart but recognize the immense power of zoom lenses. What's interesting in many lens catalogs is that one can replicate the standard zoom with 2-3 primes but oftentimes the other classes of zooms can't be. Many newer systems have maybe just one UWA prime available, but several UWA zooms. Fuji and m4/3?
Moreover, something like a 70-200 feels like a one "prime" meaning the focal lengths are largely perspective-wise pretty much one class. Not really but perhaps?
I don't often look at standard zooms even though the value they offer, I recognize and appreciate. What I often instead think about, are the superzooms! Perhaps it's the fact that a zoom covers several primes and a superzoom covers several zooms at once.
Leica doesn't really do zooms even though two zooms exist on the platform. Whenever I try a TTL system (Fuji, Nikon) I get excited to test out zooms after a hiatus. The benefits and the downsides of primes-only lifestyle are well known, I don't repeat the talking points here.