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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 529705" data-attributes="member: 13556">Example one:&nbsp; Last year, I had to photograph our local high school band senior class sitting in the stadium bleachers.&nbsp; It was after pre-game practice but before the game started, and light was an issue.&nbsp; I wanted to keep noise to a minimum, so ISO stayed at 200.&nbsp; I was up on a ladder platform placed in the bed of a pickup truck and had no room for a tripod, so the shot was hand-held.&nbsp; At the distance of the shot, the 50 did the best job of filling the frame, and the depth of field at f/1.8 was good.&nbsp; The light allowed a shutter speed of 1/125 sec at that aperture, which was preferable to anything slower due to the shot being hand-held and on a shaky platform.&nbsp; It's not a lens that I use often, but when it's the best one for the job, it does get first billing.&nbsp; As far as primes being sharper than zooms?&nbsp; It may or may not be the case.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many years ago, the accepted consensus was that prime lens IQ was much better than zoom lens IQ.&nbsp; Zooms have been greatly improved since then, and in some cases, you might be able to find a zoom lens with better IQ than a prime lens in the same focal length.WM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 529705, member: 13556"] Example one: Last year, I had to photograph our local high school band senior class sitting in the stadium bleachers. It was after pre-game practice but before the game started, and light was an issue. I wanted to keep noise to a minimum, so ISO stayed at 200. I was up on a ladder platform placed in the bed of a pickup truck and had no room for a tripod, so the shot was hand-held. At the distance of the shot, the 50 did the best job of filling the frame, and the depth of field at f/1.8 was good. The light allowed a shutter speed of 1/125 sec at that aperture, which was preferable to anything slower due to the shot being hand-held and on a shaky platform. It's not a lens that I use often, but when it's the best one for the job, it does get first billing. As far as primes being sharper than zooms? It may or may not be the case. Many years ago, the accepted consensus was that prime lens IQ was much better than zoom lens IQ. Zooms have been greatly improved since then, and in some cases, you might be able to find a zoom lens with better IQ than a prime lens in the same focal length. WM [/QUOTE]

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