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Re: Not being a collector...
In reply to jalywol,
3 months ago
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jalywol wrote:
amalric wrote:
jalywol wrote:
amalric wrote:
When I am out on a walk in the woods, I find I actually use the most variety of lenses. Sometimes there are close ups of plants I want, or long shots, or really wide shots. In that case, I take the 14-140mm as the all purpose solution, but add the 12mm and the 100-30mm, and sometimes the legacy 55mm macro, for the heck of it....and I use them all. If I took just the 12mm or 14mm, I would be frustrated by missing some good long shots or macro opportunities in the woods.
I think what lenses you need really strongly depends on what shooting environment you are in at the time....
-J
Frankly I am past the age where I need to have the equipment to shoot from the galaxies to the insect.
If you haven't set your mind about what you can successfully shoot, what you are good at, you'll just keep on collecting stuff just in case.
Nobody is good at everything. Very few are good at something.
Am.
Geez, and I was agreeing with your original post, in large part. I certainly don't think anyone needs a mondo bag of glass for every event, but heck, my point was that not having the lenses you need, in pursuit of minimalism, is just as silly as having 30 lbs of kit with you for a walk around town.
-J
With my NIkon DSLRs, my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 takes the place of any number of primes. I don't need f/1.8 so, lessee, I've got an 17, a 20, a 24, a 28, a 35, a...get my point? Primes may or may not be "sharper" but my Tamron is plenty sharp for my needs. One lens. Heck, my 18-105 VR takes the place of even more primes than that!
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