> I always used to use the zooming with my feet technique, but found > my diminishing nimbleness and creaky knees preclude a lot of the > very akward positions I used to get into when I was gathering > photos on site... This little [35-70] zoom goes a long ways toward > making that a pleasant pastime again!
Actually I find that a 35-70 zoom is a little constricting - I often want it to go a little longer here, or a little wider there, etc. Because of that, I still end up "zooming with my feet" somewhat. However, the ability to do some framing/cropping by zooming with the lens does cut down a bit on the footwork - i.e., I still have to "zoom with my feet" a bit to get approximately in the right place, but then I let the zoom lens take over for the final framing (as opposed to footwork followed by some "touch-up footwork"). Fred
