To each their own. I think if I was able to scout a location ahead of time, I might consider using a prime for some events. But that isn't always the case. For example, I had no idea how close I could get shooting the ceremony in the courthouse. I didn't want to have to swap lenses. Thus, two cameras and a range of 16mm to 200mm. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Personally, I almost always use prime lenses. For events, I tend to > pick one focal length and stay with that for the whole event. Indoor > parties have never been a problem with either a normal or a medium- > wide lens (35mm or 21mm on the *ist DS works great. > > I find the changes in coverage and resulting different perspectives > when using a zoom distracting in a set of event pictures. Big > ceremonies like a graduation, I'd prefer a wide normal prime on one > body and something like a 50-200 on a second body, however, because > of the huge range of differences in distance from the subject. > > G > > On Jan 31, 2007, at 6:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I wouldn't try to shoot an event like a party or wedding without a > > zoom. At any size 11 x14 or smaller, there's no visible difference > > between a shot taken with the FA35/2 and one taken with the DA > > 16-45/4. I used the latter at the reception of the wedding I > > recently shot. It was perfect, and I needed a variety of focal > > lengths. At the ceremony, I used the DA 16-45/4 on one camera and > > the DA 50-200/4.5-5.6 on the other. I had to shoot available light > > in this venue (a courtroom), and both lenses worked well. I used > > the longer one on the K10D so that I'd have shake reduction. > > Although I shot excluisively with primes for my first 25 years of > > photography, I now consider zooms indispensible and quite good. A > > single focal length at a reception could exclude shots like large > > tables and even big groups. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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