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The 23 is a great all-rounder.  I really like the lens. But my single-lens solution for travel in Spain is the Beast: 16-55 F2.8   It gives the quality of a prime at many focal lengths without ever ...

Cropping an extant image does not change the DOF; however changing the camera-to-subject distance does.

Precisely. And the first AE (auto-exposure) cameras remained fully mechanical.  If your battery died, you lost the auto-exposure control, but could still shoot with them in manual exposure mode.

I have sold a number of good quality used lenses on ebay. Customers have always been happy with the purchase except in one case. That time, it was clear that the buyer hadn't consulted his wife and ...

During the 35mm film era, there were no DSLRs.

Digital is clearly a reference to the reduction of an image or sound to a matrix of zeros or ones. This happens when you move from film to "digital" in photography or grooves to digital files ...

I can't imagine which controls you mean. I operate them all with a single hand Most of mine block the OVF very little, and this that do are still very operable (with the ERF displayed in the OVF Ye ...

Definitely #1, but consider swapping the 55-200 for the 35 F1.4 or the 27mm (for a small alternative)

Some lessons must be learned through experience; others can be anticipated. I'd never take my weather- resistant X-Pro2 out in "torrential" rains with no cover, exposing it to all of that without ...

Yes, but it's absolutely huge.  I mean, "more brick than the brick." Excuses, justifications, and rationalizations only take you so far.  ;-)

Heavier than the brick, Greg. Heavier than the brick. Heavier and for just a single FL. And yet... You'll find that it's not so heavy. And Neither is the Brick/Beast. The preshush Brick beckons to ...

The 27mm is a great lens. 40mm (equiv) became the normal lens for awhile during the late 1970s and early 80s. The argument was that it split the difference beautifully between the old 50mm (equiv) ...

Shoot RAW+JPEG. Then you can re-process in camera with a different white balance setting

Ahhhhhhh. Sweeeeeet. I agree with Greg. A no brainier.... The Beast: 16-55 F 2.8. A bag of primes.

Metz M400. User upgradable, HSS, nice size

Agreed. This is my main reason for selecting the cheaper 16-50 over the 18-55... even though I miss the aperture ring.

Yes... with the XC 16-50 you lose the aperture ring, but gain the 24mm (eq.), which is nothing to sneeze at.  I own the 16-55 F2.8, 18-55, and the 16-50.  Generally, I shoot with the 16-55 F2.8. ...

The XC lenses have image quality that is difficult to distinguish from their XF counterparts, and XC has certain advantages: 16-50 is quite a bit wider than 18-55, and the 50-230 is both lighter ...

Or a better zoom, like the 16-55, which is fine for daily carry, gives better subject isolation, and goes wider. But even that lens begs to be complimented by a faster, wider, or longer prime.  We ...

You have bought a fine lens that can't shoot very wide, can't zoom in much, and won't give much subject isolation / selective blurring. If you don't care about those things, then there's little ...