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I Prefer Prime Lenses

Started 4 weeks ago | Discussions thread
Jeff Biscuits Senior Member • Posts: 1,166
Re: I Prefer Prime Lenses
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DelnT wrote:

I'm tempted by the 10-24mm myself. Also 1st waiting for XF 8mm before I make up my mind.

I’ve recently picked up the 10-24, anticipating that it will be replaced by the 8mm when it arrives.

Like most zooms I find I pretty much just use it as two primes: a 10 and a 24. The nice thing is that it’s an internal zoom, so you can easily leave it at 23 and put it back in a bag—unlike most zooms, eg my 16-80, which end up getting constantly reset to their wide end. It also means that if it’s raining or dusty you don’t feel like zooming will suck water or dirt back into the lens.

I only tend to use the zooms for hiking, though—and the 10-24 and 16-80 make a nice pairing for that.

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