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Prime Lens vs Zoom. Do the restraints of a Prime make you a better photographer?
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 540650" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>It depends. You have two legs. When you shoot do they stay in the upright position or are you willing to bend your knees or even lay down on the ground? </p><p></p><p>My point is that having a prime lens will not make you a better photographer. <strong><em>But</em></strong>, it can certainly help you learn a lot about photography. Say you have a 24-70mm zoom on one camera and a 50mm on another just like it. You're standing in a spot ready to take a photo. You raise the camera with 50mm prime on it to your eye and the shot you want isn't quite framed correctly, so you're forced to use your feet to move. As you do so you notice that not only is your framing changing but so is the spacial relationship of the objects in the frame, impacting both the look and the feel of the shot. This could have a positive or negative, but it surely happens. Had you been using the zoom there's a strong chance you would simply have stayed put, dialed in the framing you wanted and shot.</p><p></p><p>The question is, do you think about focal length and everything that means when you shoot regardless of what type of lens you have on your camera? If not then there's a chance that shooting with a prime would advance your understanding in those terms, which has to make you a better photographer. If you do think about it then you know the difference between zooming with the lens and with your feet, and you're conscious of that when you're framing a shot, in which case a prime will not improve your photography other than probably giving you apertures to use that wouldn't be available on your zoom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 540650, member: 9240"] It depends. You have two legs. When you shoot do they stay in the upright position or are you willing to bend your knees or even lay down on the ground? My point is that having a prime lens will not make you a better photographer. [B][I]But[/I][/B], it can certainly help you learn a lot about photography. Say you have a 24-70mm zoom on one camera and a 50mm on another just like it. You're standing in a spot ready to take a photo. You raise the camera with 50mm prime on it to your eye and the shot you want isn't quite framed correctly, so you're forced to use your feet to move. As you do so you notice that not only is your framing changing but so is the spacial relationship of the objects in the frame, impacting both the look and the feel of the shot. This could have a positive or negative, but it surely happens. Had you been using the zoom there's a strong chance you would simply have stayed put, dialed in the framing you wanted and shot. The question is, do you think about focal length and everything that means when you shoot regardless of what type of lens you have on your camera? If not then there's a chance that shooting with a prime would advance your understanding in those terms, which has to make you a better photographer. If you do think about it then you know the difference between zooming with the lens and with your feet, and you're conscious of that when you're framing a shot, in which case a prime will not improve your photography other than probably giving you apertures to use that wouldn't be available on your zoom. [/QUOTE]
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