On 19 November 2010 18:24, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low
> light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual
> focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other
> hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a
> lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need
> to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is
> in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens.
>
> Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later
> found are much better for something else entirely?
>
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> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
I boutght a 24mm f/2 for low light shooting that ended up being used
as a paper weight. Does that count?
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