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I'm starting to love the primes more and more. For traveling they're a bit of a PITA, but when it's easy to change lenses I'm starting to like the IQ and low light advantages... Almost the same price and weight for either "set"...
Alternatively, adding the 135L and 200L in there will put you very close to the 24-70mm & 70-200mm Ls...
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I have a handful of primes I want, including TS-E lenses. They are very nice to use but a pain to travel with since not all of them are very compact and if you are traveling you'll be switching them a lot. Zooms are handy travel lenses because you don't have to worry about swapping lenses.
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Id love to use a handful of primes, better bokeh, and faster speeds. unfortunately they are not really convenient for wedding photography so Im sticking with 2.8 zooms. I am interested in getting an 85mm prime for low light reception portraits tho.
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I like mine although as stated before they're not very good for varied conditions.
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I am likewise starting to love primes more and more. I used zoom lenses almost exclusively for quite awhile. I then began acquiring some primes. They are not as versatle, but they sure are sharp, the colors are vivid, the bokeh tends to be better, and the wide apetures are really useful. I have the following prime lenses (all Canon):Originally Posted by jacobsen1
35mm f/1.4L, 50mm f/1.8, 85mm f/1.2L, 100mm Macro f/2.8, 135mm f/2.0L, 400mm f/5.5L and 500mm f/4.0L
I bought the 500mm lens about three months ago, and have not used it much (I have taken less than ten photos with it from my backyard). For me it was quite a splurge. I live about 100 miles north of the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. I look forward to using the 500mm lens at the Refuge, possibly with a 1.4x teleconverter, within the next several weeks. These are a few photos of common birds I took with the 500mm lens from my backyard:
The Robin was sitting on a wall covered with Ivy dividing my house from the house next door. In the backround is a street, and there is a house across the street. By using the long lens, the background is blurred to the point it does not distract from the bird. I took the photo from my backyard on a tripod, and positioned the tripod high and shot the photos over a gate.
This bird was in a birch tree in my front, side yard. This photo is heavily cropped, and it is still sharp.
These are a couple photos I took with the 135mm f/2.0 lens. I went to a conference one weekend last summer with my wife, and brought my camera. One morning I went for breakfast while she was still sleeping, and saw some hummingbird feeders outside the restaurant. I retrieved my camera, and took these photos. The wide apeture allowed me to use a fast shutter speed to freeze the wings on the hummingbird. The 135mm prime lens focuses very fast. Using it on the Canon 20D with a 1.6 focal lenth mulitplier allowed me to stand far enough away from the hummingbird to get the photo, while still having a wide apeture available to freeze the wings.
This photo, taken with the 135mm f2.0L lens, shows how vivid it captures colors. This lens, although expensive, is really a bargain.
This is a photo of the rear of my car taken with the 85mm f/1.2L lens. I could not have taken this photo with any other lens that I have. This lens is very expensive, but I absolutely love it. It focuses slowly, so it is not good for action shots. However, it is a great portrait lens, and for taking creative shots with background blur and excellent bokeh. I only wish I had remembered to close my garage door for this photo.
Bob
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Bumping an old thread and agreeing on the Prime lens thing. I started with some middle of the line zooms and a 50 mkII and immediately gravitated towards the 50mm. Image quality, low light goodness and a few other high points keep me traveling around with my 28 f/1.8, 50 mkII and 200mm L more than anything. I did just pick up the 24-105mm L as a primary walk-around lens. It has yet to arrive at my place, but I'll be out and about seeing what I can do.
I'd like to add a 300mm and 400mm for track-day events for the added reach. I'm debating between the F4 and F2.8 models, but I'm not looking to purchase these quite yet, so I can still save for the better option. Not to mention the wildlife and birding ability with the telephoto + extenders. I may just have to rent a few of these and try them out before buying.
Either way, I enjoy the primes far more than zoom lenses. I don't mind walking in order to capture the image I really want, but we'll see if that changes with the latest addition to my lens list. Most of my Flickr account is with primes, though there are some A95 shots mixed in there.
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I have the same plans and the same dilemma. As of now, I'm pretty sure the 300 f4 is going to be purchased soon after the 15mm FE.
-ted
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primes for me.
my love of primes started when my dad was really into photography about 15 years ago. he had a whole bunch of primes. when my grandfather died and i got his camera i got 4 primes with it. now, with my pentax i have 4 primes for it also. next on the list is to get a 135mm and a 200mm prime. eventually i'll get a really wide angle prime (i've seen some 10mm). then i should be all set. i may to keep the camera bag(s) i was going to sell though...
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good info!
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you can never have enough camera bags Eric....
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