Too many lenses?
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Re: Too many lenses?
markyboy81 wrote:
wpstl wrote:
markyboy81 wrote:
A little while back I had got into the habit of lenses for this system, and at one point nearly had them all. Thankfully I saw sense and sold some that I wasn't using much (16mm,20mm,12-24mm, 50-200mm and samyang 12mm).
I'm still left with a fair few lenses, many of which don't seem to get used that much. For example the 16-50mm is more or less glued to the nx1 and I tend to use the nx500 with the 30mm when I need to go compact or else the pz 16-50mm when I'm shooting video.
I'd like to make use if my other lenses more but often space is an issue and changing lenses is a bit of a pain.
What are your experiences. By the way, I'm not a pro and mostly take photos of my kids,although I'd like to improve my photography skills and widen my subject type .
I have all of them and plan to keep all of them. I considered selling the 50-200 but I like it when I'm going light and I'm quite surprised at how good my copy is. For a "kit" lens it's awfully good and I have no qualms about using it when I need a telephoto in my light bag.
I had a decent copy of the 50-200mm as well but still opted to sell as I had the 18-200mm, which I find more convenient. I know the reviews of the 18-200mm are negative but I've been quite pleased with the results and it's great having that range of focal lengths.
My copy of the 18-200 is pretty bad and I can't use it for anything other than video. I wish I could say it is usable because the range is great but it just doesn't cut it for stills. And the focus is amazingly fast which makes me want to love it but I can't.
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