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A prime shooter's musings on light zooms (XC 50-230,XC 15-45)

Started Oct 10, 2021 | Discussions thread
biza43 Forum Pro • Posts: 15,074
Re: A prime shooter's musings on light zooms (XC 50-230,XC 15-45)

Zooms are pretty convenient and flexible for travel, especially in natural surroundings. High IQ at high ISO, image stabilization, have revolutionized the way we take photos. Back in my film days, roughly between 1990 and 2004, I used a lot of zooms, f/2.8 and f/4. This was shooting 100 ISO slide film. I remember the first lens I used with IS, Canon's EF 75-300, it was a revelation.

Even then, reviews would diss slow zoom lenses, and experts would say only Canon's L zooms were capable of top IQ. A load of BS honestly, but this mantra or dogma is repeated even today. So thanks for a refreshing take, and good images to prove it. In 2008 I went to the Empty Quarter of Oman with a Canon 18-55 kit zoom, the cheapest one you could buy. For landscapes, it was great, as f/8 is a nice equalizer of IQ.

Today, I am ok with primes only, but that is because I sometimes accept the limitations; what I regret I gain on the learning side, and I really enjoy using primes mostly. But I do miss a telezoom now and then:)

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