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GeneV · 07-04-2009, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Marc Sabatella

That's an amazingly effective demonstration - thanks!

BTW, regarding the usefulness of the focal lengths for non-macro purposes - I actually find 100mm far more useful than 50mm. But that's because I also have a 28 and a 40 for use as "normal" lenses - I got these because I have a 50 but find it too long for most purposes. Whereas 50mm is also too short for portraits for me (not that I do portraits often). 100mm is on the long side for portraits (but still usable), but I find it *perfect* for concert photography, and long enough for general telephoto use (not wildlife) to replace a 135 in one's bag.

To each his own. I just found that looking over a lot of my zoom photos from early in my purchase of a Pentax digital SLR, far more of them were taken at around 50mm than 100mm.

07-04-2009, 03:03 PM	#27
GeneV Senior Member Location: Albuquerque NM Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 297	Originally Posted by Marc Sabatella That's an amazingly effective demonstration - thanks! BTW, regarding the usefulness of the focal lengths for non-macro purposes - I actually find 100mm far more useful than 50mm. But that's because I also have a 28 and a 40 for use as "normal" lenses - I got these because I have a 50 but find it too long for most purposes. Whereas 50mm is also too short for portraits for me (not that I do portraits often). 100mm is on the long side for portraits (but still usable), but I find it perfect for concert photography, and long enough for general telephoto use (not wildlife) to replace a 135 in one's bag. To each his own. I just found that looking over a lot of my zoom photos from early in my purchase of a Pentax digital SLR, far more of them were taken at around 50mm than 100mm.