Well, in my 10+ years as a photographer, I’ve owned plenty of prime lenses, and I’ve owned quite a few zoom lenses, too. Even today, my gear bag contains a solid mix of primes and zooms: a wide-angle zoom, a super-telephoto prime, a telephoto zoom, a 50mm prime…In other w...
Contrary to that, I use small number of prime lenses which generally are in the vicinity of 50mm focal length in terms of 35mm film. (OK, I like 28-35mm, 75mm, 150mm... But I use different zooms more often!) Am I alone? I actually like having zoom lenses with overlap, so I ...
Being so versatile, zoom lenses are great for travel and general use. A majority of photographers you see in public use some type of zoom lens, often either a 24-70mm or a 24-105mm lens. Both are great lenses and give the best of both worlds. The 24-70mm usually has its widest ape...
Prime lenses usually have wider maximum apertures than zoom lenses, like f/1.2, f/1.4, and f/1.8, which easily creates beautiful background bokeh/shallow focus effects. ii) Good for low light Being able to use a smaller f-number (wider aperture) in dim or dark conditions means you have...
Prime lenseshave a fixed focal length. There is no zoom ring and no way to magnify the subject other than moving closer. There are two settings to adjust: aperture (often handled by the camera) and focusing distance. Zoom lenseshave a variable focal length. There are three settings to adju...
zoom lenses are very good and a lot of them are quite bad, while some FFL lenses are not so good but most of them are very fine. Several paragraphs below deal with the disadvantages of zoom lenses and show that FFL lenses are still better in many respects (generally, they are better ...
Which 24mm Prime or Zoom Lens for Landscapes? Sep 21, 2023 I recently purchased a Z8 camera (upgrade from an old D800), and I am now researching lenses. I bought the 24-120 f/4, which is a fabulous lens, and also got a 35mm f/1.8 and a 50mm f/1.8 during the recent sale...
Zoom lenses are lenses in which the focal length can vary, and while convenient, they have a much more complex system that can potentially cause more issues. Prime lenses are often smaller than their zoom lens counterpart, and have a variety of other benefits comparatively. ...
The four new Canon zoom cinema lenses comprise the CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L S (for EF mounts) and CN-E14.5-60mm T2.6 L SP (for PL mounts) wide-angle cinema zoom lenses, and the CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L S (for EF mounts) and CN-E30-300mm T2.95-3.7 L SP (for PL mounts) te...
especially in the corners. Zoom lenses also tend to be larger than primes and have a smaller maximum aperture. The aperture is usually not fixed, either, so will get even smaller as you zoom in.