I know Shel is being facetious, but in truth, none of my zooms lock.
Although being a recent convert to zooms of any type, I don't know much
about the various Pentax zooms. I still shoot with primes when it
counts or when I need the stops. The FA 35/2 usually gets the nod for
late day walkarounds with the K or FA50/1.4 a close second.
Paul
On Oct 10, 2005, at 12:01 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
can't suggest how you might want to do insect and flower photography -
i've
no experience with that. don't know anything about "locking" a zoom
lens.
Talk to stenquist about that ;-))
Shel
[Original Message]
From: skye
Ahh.. I get it. So I could use my 24-135 as long as I lock it to 24mm
(it has a lock switch-- I assume to keep the lens from accidentally
unfolding itself although that's never happened). I'm not sure I
understand -- is this "work close" specific to street photography or
for photography in general? I mean, the Capa comment would appear to
apply for anything (in my experience (eg, I photograph a lot of
flowersand some insects)).
The bottom line is to develop a style that you're comfortable with.
If
you
go out with a 24~135 lens, you're gonna be trying to decide at each
shot
what focal length is appropriate, more often then not staying at the
longer
end of the focal range, working closer to your present comfort zone.
This is very true. My current results show that photos I shoot and
display (to friends) tend to be grouped at 24mm or 135mm, but rarely
between the two. So I gather that I'm either trying to grab as much
scenery as possible, or I'm far away from something and trying not to
move closer. This is what I'm currently "comfortable with", but I'm
trying to learn and improve.
--s
