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Good but not great

Started Apr 20, 2020 | User reviews thread
thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Good but not great
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wjan wrote:

But why is a lens giving you the option not using the whole sensor surface in the first place? Especially if it's not covering the whole sensor at the wide end: Just DON NOT let a lens go to 22.whatevermm if it's specified to go to 24mm.

Yes, I totally agree, it is a waste of resolution.

A 24-70 or 24-105 and one prime 35/40/45/50mm.... wouldn't that be enough?

It depends on ones style of shooting of course.

That is very true.

OTOH i think a good portion of starting photographers at the beginning of  the development of their style overestimate the value of long focal lengths for their more developed style in the future. This is never true for everybody of course, definitely not.

In my personal experience, 24-70 is enough for maybe 80% of my shots. 10% need something wider and another 10% need something longer, often significantly. These numbers come from analyzing my photo collection with ExposurePlot.

That could be about the same for me. That's why i will keep my M for the ef-m 11-22mm, samyang 12mm f/2.0  and the ef-s 55-250mm. I think it isn't even worth it to get a full frame equivalent for the sigma 50-100mm f/1.8.

For my R  I have a 50mm for general shooting including portraits, a 105mm for portraits only, a 35mm for when i need wider and/or IS. The 24mm gets hardly used. All i really need next to it is a 24-70mm f/2.8.

Adding the Tamron 45&85mm f/1.8 VC would be nice, the 45 as a 50 with IS, and the 85 to have a more compact portrait option (the 105 is somewhat heavy and big).

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M for zooms, RF for primes

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