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Composition with primes and zooms.

Started Jan 12, 2016 | Discussions thread
hotdog321
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Re: Composition with primes and zooms.

I worked for many years in the film era with a bag full of fixed lenses and still use my 100mm macro and 300 f/2.8.

But the recent Canon zooms are so darn good that I sold most of my fixed glass. With today's sensors I found I don't need faster than f/2.8 or f/4, and the zooms allow such flexibility and quality that I'm a fanboy. I still have an 85mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.8 in the car trunk, but I haven't pulled them out in years.

I rarely carry a camera bag anymore. Two FF bodies with two zooms works for 95% of my assignments.

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