Are you a lens snob? Might wanna give this a read!

Yep I was a huge lens snob....both in my A mount gear and Nikon gear modes.....
Now I found most of my casual walkaround pics are shot with a beat up ol' D300 and my pair of stellar Nikkor DX VR kit lenses.

This article confirmed that perhaps I am not nuts in my anti snobbery!

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The author has some good points, but some are just indicators of inexperience and/or ignorance.

WM

My cheap and kit lenses do a good job for me too.

I've never had the assets to be a snob in anything; I just try to do the best I can do with what I got. I am occasionally successful.

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Proving, once again, it's not the tool being used but who is using the tool and how they're using it.

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I am no snob, now where did I put my Leica lens.............?????

I hate to waste money on junk. But I also hate to spend a lot more money for very little extra performance.

Having been disappointed for years by inferior tools, I now gravitate toward high quality tools, no matter what the cost. But performance is my absolute most important criterion. Not price. So I pay a great deal of attention to the reviews of my peers about my woodworking tools and my photography equipment. After all, I do shoot with a Nikon


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I did find the couple of Sony kit lenses I tried to be junk.....the Nikon VR DX stuff far from it.

I guess YMMV.

A agree with the article. I too have the 18-55 VR-II kit lens and the 35mm F1.8DX. I find that barring long shots and macro, these two lenses cover most of my photographic needs. Yes it will be nice to have those F2.8 or F1.4 super sharp lenses, but then what do I do with the output. Unless I use a tripod and print big, these two lenses are perfect for upto 8x12 prints and low weight (with D3300) is a bonus while on the move.

Owning expensive things, by itself does not make one a snob. Feeling or acting superior and condescending to others who may not be able to afford or even care to have such things for one reason or another, definitely does. At least that's how I look at it.

I started by following "recommendations" on the internet: 50mm f1.8, 70-200mm f2.8 VRII, Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Run out of budget I tried a Osawa 80-205 f4.5 with cheap extension rings for macro, finding to my surprise that it can perform very well.

Recentely I stated this related thread on GAS/NAS: http://nikonites.com/off-topic/37409-acquisition-syndrome-gas-nas.html#axzz4KCk0LEwz

Some of my favorite material is from Osawa, Vivitar, Tokina, Tamron, Sigma and not always the newest and highest level.
It depends on what you want to do.

Recently I have found I leave the 70-200mm f2.8 VRII at home to take a 70-300mm f4-5.6G lens, where the former is clearly superior optically and with VR, etc... the other one is lighter, sufficient, etc in some situations.

aroy said:

A agree with the article. I too have the 18-55 VR-II kit lens and the 35mm F1.8DX. I find that barring long shots and macro, these two lenses cover most of my photographic needs. Yes it will be nice to have those F2.8 or F1.4 super sharp lenses, but then what do I do with the output. Unless I use a tripod and print big, these two lenses are perfect for upto 8x12 prints and low weight (with D3300) is a bonus while on the move.

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I am just browsing local Craigslist now in an effort to add to my plastic walk around DX lens kit - looking for a super cheap 35 1.8 DX AF ......

My unprofessional holy trinity of Nikon junk glass will be complete. One on the D300 and one in each front pocket! Woo hoo!

(only if I can find one super giveaway cheap of course!)

Nope no snob here, but I do have preferences depending on what format and which camera I use. I certainly am not as experienced as many but I've made an effort to try losta lenses. I've shot 120 through holga plastic(not my prime choice), Argus 75, Argus brick, more than 22 Nikkor lenses from vintage to G dx type. Yeah I dig a Nikkor Micro 55mm f/2.8 or a Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 or my Yashica 635 with it's Yashinon lens. But when it comes to shooting 35mm, give me Nikkor!!! We see the same way and I can use them on my D7100 or F4s and all the rest of my f mount Nikons. I love the Nikkor 80-200mm f/4.5 Ai N as a carry around . Heck I've even put a pinhole lens in front of the D7100. I enjoy seeing the photos all you folks have that have been taken with Tamron's 150-600mm. Wow makes me want one.Nah no snobbery,to me that's creative death.Phew that's longer than I expected. Have fun and enjoy!! --Alan

https://blog.mingthein.com/2014/01/...ciency-do-you-really-know-how-much-is-enough/

I've got enough. Well for a month or two.

Hmm. While I do have plenty of good glass in my arsenal which was the result of a severe NAS at one point, I don't consider myself a lens snob but more of a passionate collector to get the best lenses that I could afford. Lens character, performance, value are some of the key things that I tend to weigh on. The question now is, so what do you do once you reached your goal? Not a whole lot of usage lately with my equipment which is a shame but hopefully I'll get to use them more often.