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XF16-55 or prime set-up?

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
jli_jon Regular Member • Posts: 186
Re: XF16-55 or prime set-up?

I've wrestled with this dilemma too, for several years now. I tend to travel a lot, do landscape primarily, and I still prefer the convenience of the zooms over the DoF advantage of a prime. I tried traveling with 2 camera bodies each with a prime, like 16 and 33mm for instance vs the 16-55. I still prefer the one camera, one zoom approach. Yes it is front heavy and can get tiring after a 1 or 2 week trip, but I havent really been disappointed when I look back at the images. With 2 bodies, it was still annoying to swap cameras in my bag or sometimes I wanted a focal length in between or a little longer. Then sorting the images out later among 2 memory cards was annoying.

I have sort of settled on zooms for my travels and primes when I am at home and day to day out and about activities.

 jli_jon's gear list:jli_jon's gear list
Fujifilm X-T5 Fujifilm 16-55mm F2.8R LM WR Fujifilm XF 10-24mm F4 R OIS WR Fujifilm XF 70-300 F4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Sigma 18-50mm F2.8
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