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Why am I so stuck on prime lenses?
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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 333324" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>One reason is that often primes are faster than zooms and they are corrected for one and not a wide range of focal lengths. I have owned two zooms in my life, the venerable 80-200 f/4.5 non-AI and the Series E 43-86 f/3.5. I no longer own either one of them, both are long gone</p><p></p><p>Zooms have come a long way in the last 20 or years but they will <em>always be a compromise</em>. It is a physical and optical fact of life. As the saying goes, "you can't get something for nothing". Most are comparatively slow, unless you want to fork over <em>mucho deniro </em>and not many offered today hold a constant maximum aperture. 30 years ago that was the norm but not today. When you are using DX especially, those smaller maximum apertures (and concomitant focal lengths) translate into less depth of field control. </p><p></p><p>I don't think anyone would argue that they offer more convenience over primes. They certainly do. But at what cost?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 333324, member: 12827"] One reason is that often primes are faster than zooms and they are corrected for one and not a wide range of focal lengths. I have owned two zooms in my life, the venerable 80-200 f/4.5 non-AI and the Series E 43-86 f/3.5. I no longer own either one of them, both are long gone Zooms have come a long way in the last 20 or years but they will [I]always be a compromise[/I]. It is a physical and optical fact of life. As the saying goes, "you can't get something for nothing". Most are comparatively slow, unless you want to fork over [I]mucho deniro [/I]and not many offered today hold a constant maximum aperture. 30 years ago that was the norm but not today. When you are using DX especially, those smaller maximum apertures (and concomitant focal lengths) translate into less depth of field control. I don't think anyone would argue that they offer more convenience over primes. They certainly do. But at what cost? [/QUOTE]
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