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<blockquote data-quote="Retro" data-source="post: 475003" data-attributes="member: 37517"><p>This forum should have a page with a list of such sources, so newbies know where to go to learn. It's always a given, on any forum, that newbies are expected to do their own research when they have questions, and not be lazy by asking other members about every question they have.</p><p></p><p>That's why I read Rockwell's page; to learn about equipment, and what's good and what's not, and why. Your comment is the first indication I've seen that he's not credible. It's news to me. I'll look up the other two you referenced.</p><p></p><p>I just watched a video by The Angry Photographer (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcxJ9k14bi__-uA1cGkEcA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcxJ9k14bi__-uA1cGkEcA</a>). What he says about lenses sounds pretty credible to me (I don't care much for his style). I like my 50mm, but now he's changed my mind about the 1.8. I tend to think in terms of the good being garbage in the good-better-best spectrum, so I bought the 1.4 (the 1.2 being $400 or more), but sometimes the good really is good. I also watched his video about speedlights.</p><p></p><p>I know that Nikkor has cheapo lenses, and I'm intending not to ever buy them. I had not done any research at all on 55mm lenses before buying the one I have now, but I had read about several other lenses. I just didn't happen to encounter one of them in the store.</p><p></p><p>I feel like I've been in prison for 28 years. I just got out and I have to learn all over again. I had a lot of fun with the Olympus for many years, and took a lot of great pictures. I've always enjoyed the technicalities of real photography, but looking up at the expertise from the bottom is pretty daunting.</p><p></p><p>I don't think I'll be content in this craft until I have a 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm, an F90, F4, and a few speedlights. And no cheapo lenses.</p><p></p><p>It's going to take a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retro, post: 475003, member: 37517"] This forum should have a page with a list of such sources, so newbies know where to go to learn. It's always a given, on any forum, that newbies are expected to do their own research when they have questions, and not be lazy by asking other members about every question they have. That's why I read Rockwell's page; to learn about equipment, and what's good and what's not, and why. Your comment is the first indication I've seen that he's not credible. It's news to me. I'll look up the other two you referenced. I just watched a video by The Angry Photographer ([url]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcxJ9k14bi__-uA1cGkEcA[/url]). What he says about lenses sounds pretty credible to me (I don't care much for his style). I like my 50mm, but now he's changed my mind about the 1.8. I tend to think in terms of the good being garbage in the good-better-best spectrum, so I bought the 1.4 (the 1.2 being $400 or more), but sometimes the good really is good. I also watched his video about speedlights. I know that Nikkor has cheapo lenses, and I'm intending not to ever buy them. I had not done any research at all on 55mm lenses before buying the one I have now, but I had read about several other lenses. I just didn't happen to encounter one of them in the store. I feel like I've been in prison for 28 years. I just got out and I have to learn all over again. I had a lot of fun with the Olympus for many years, and took a lot of great pictures. I've always enjoyed the technicalities of real photography, but looking up at the expertise from the bottom is pretty daunting. I don't think I'll be content in this craft until I have a 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm, an F90, F4, and a few speedlights. And no cheapo lenses. It's going to take a while. [/QUOTE]
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