I've never had a problem with primes, although I prefer to carry two. Most of my photos now are with the 31mm limited. If the framing isn't right, I crop in Lightroom. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Aug 7, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Picking a single prime lens camera is, I find, a useful exercise in >>> lack of distractions. I prefer it to the zooms. > > One day of my Alaska cruise, I spent two hours walking around Victoria > with the FA 100mm/2.8 WR macro. I enjoyed it, but it required a very > different frame of mind -- accepting the shots I could take with it > rather than seeing something and trying to make it work with good > framing. Overall I definitely prefer zooms. (And it really only worked > for me because I went out primarily with the intention of hunting > flowers. I absolutely would have been frustrated with going a whole trip > prime.) > > On Thu, Aug 08, 2013, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> Well, when I got up this morning I was of a completely different >> frame of mind from last night. > > ;-) > >> I've checked out all the more recent suggestions. The Leica, and even >> the Sony, are not in my budget. The Nikon's in the ballpark, but I >> think the quote from Godfrey above tipped me over into the current >> mindset: the *ist DS with a single prime. I have an an A 50/1.7 and an >> A 28/2.8. It will be a trade-off between the speed of the 50 and the >> wider angle of the 28. And John Sessom's suggestion, I think I'll look >> to Op-Tech for my solution for carrying the camera, in part because it >> will be inexpensive, in part because it comes reasonably close what I >> think I need/want. > > You could easily do sort-of both; IIRC you have someone to cart your full > baggage around, so bring both lenses and choose one each day (possibly > even just swapping off strictly). > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > > -- > 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.
