On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:14 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > I reckon I should write it in my blog somewhere. > > Photograph is 95% photographer (building a composition, choosing a light, > applying proper technique, etc), 4% a lens and 1% a camera. > > You're a good photographer, Andy, but it makes almost no sense (like 24:1 > ratio) to talk about how good are your lenses. I for one, get excellent > results from my Sigma EX 24-60/2.8. Wonderful optic, that Sigma. > > To support my point, here is a recently published article: > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/thoughts_on_medium_format_cameras.shtml > > Please look for "Better Cameras Can Produce Worse Pictures" section. IMO it > is right on the money. > > Boris
I tend to agree. I used to carry around a case full of primes. There was some justification for that 30 years ago, because zooms were slow and inferior. But five or six years ago, I started to realize that no longer made sense. These days, I generally make do with three or four good zooms that cover everything from 12mm to 250mm. And the quality of my images doesn't suffer in the least. Paul > > On 12/22/2010 8:51 AM, Andrew Allen wrote: >> Fell in love with this little silver bullet the first time it touched >> my K20D a few years ago ... can't get enough of the focal length >> especially; it's everything the FA35/2 on film is/was. Amazing color >> rendering and contrast, not all that large, fast, and just plain fun >> to shoot with (I typically leave the hood at home; it's my only >> gripe). So who else is shooting with this old 'relic'? There seems >> to be lots of clamoring for an updated version of this focal length. >> Here is my gallery with the lens: www.photobucket.com/PentaxFA24 >> >> And one of my fave shots with the lens: >> http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc130/AMMouse/Pentax%20K100D%20Super/Pentax%20FA24/PK717266a1.jpg >> >> Any thoughts? >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
