Brian,
The bottom line is "what works best for the individual" and the
photography they do.
For me, I had used primes only from 1968 until 89 (with the exception of
a Vivitar zoom I bought in 71 and returned the following day). In 1989, I
bought my first AF camera and zooms - feeling that the optical quality had
improved. That lasted until 1999 when, by chance, I drug our my old
Spotmatic and a few lenses for a comparison shoot to see how far optics had
advanced in 30 years. The AF gear was sold to fund a LX and I have been
happier ever since. What the primes did was to remind me of how to see
again.
Again, this is personal and many may have only learned photography with
the latest AF cameras and Lenses. The trend can always be noted every time
one pops into a camera store.
Bob
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Subject: Re: Do zooms teach visual discipline? Was: Advice Needed For
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> In <003001c1fa36$8a17ad30$1502a8c0@rappr>, on 05/13/02
> at 02:26 PM, Bob Rapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> |>Your legs are "painted on" and don't want to walk closer.
>
> I really have an hard time understanding how this canard got started
> much less gets repeated. Walking is not the same as zooming.
> Perspective changes, subjects escape, proximity offends, bridges and
> sheer drops do not permit getting closer even if they were equivalent.
>
>
>
> |>As a stop-gap until you can afford primes.
>
> sure lets shoot that scene off the end of the dock with an 85mm prime
> then switch to a 150 for a detail and then switch to that 300 for
> another more distant detail. Primes have advantages but stacking them
> up as a replacement for a zoom is not among them just as zooms have
> their very real place in the tool kit but an f3.5 zoom at 50mm is no
> replacement for an f1.4 50mm.
>
> differing philosophies but more agree with you than with me.
>
>
> Bran
>
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