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Is it because I do not like slow telephoto zoom lenses?

Started Jun 10, 2015 | User reviews thread
Paul De Bra
Paul De Bra Forum Pro • Posts: 12,949
I do not like slow zoom lenses either.

That does not mean they are bad. I had the 75-300 and it was a very good copy. I had ordered the black one and was sent a silver one by mistake. I took a few shots with it and then mailed the shop about the mistake and also that I was keeping the silver one because it was so good.

I still sold it later to get the 40-150 f/2.8 and TC. Almost every time I wanted to use a long lens the small aperture was holding me back. I think that rating a lens low because you don't like slow zoom lenses is wrong. But even when the optical quality is good you still may not like it.

The only slow zoom lens I am actually happy with is my very good copy of the Panasonic 14-42X pancake zoom. I like that because it is so compact (and has good image quality). Generally though I need f/4 or faster too often to continue to use slow lenses.

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