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I'm done with lens reviews

Started 4 weeks ago | Discussions thread
WeirdSheep Regular Member • Posts: 220
Re: I'm done with lens reviews
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I'm with you, I always go to Flickriver and search by lens type, that will show me how good a lens is in the right hands, job done.

On a similar note, my pet peeve is dismissing cameras as old or obsolete when they've passed the 5 year mark, or thereabouts. Cameras that were seen as class leading when released are now discussed as relics that are no longer up to the job. I understand that technology moves on, but if a camera was excellent when it was released, and capable of large prints, it hasn't got worse over time. Most newer camera have only improved incrementally and in most ways I'm not bothered about, so the good news is that I get some great bargains on eminently capable tools.

I do practice what I preach, I just bagged a mint X-T1 for £300, it's had that many firmware updates it's like a different camera to the new one I originally bought, the build quality was obviously improved as well, I'm delighted with it, it's still an excellent camera in its own right and as capable as it ever was.

Last thing, paragraph's, just sayin'...

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