Originally posted by JoepLX3 - You can get some old ones very cheap
- You can get the best possible IQ with a prime
- You can buy glass of companies that don't even make auto focus lenses
- Most primes are not as big & heavy as the zoom equivalents
- Manual focus lenses don't suffer from back or front focussing offset
- None have failing SDM issues
- Very quiet, so best for video applications with sound
- Easiest manual focus "over-rule" implementation
- You don't need an UV filter for a < 50 USD lens...
Any other reasons why manual focus primes are better?
1 - that makes them inexpensive. It is immaterial for any other comparison.
2 - perhaps, but the difference has shrunk over the years.
3 - So what?
4 - A single prime by nature does not have a zoom "equivalent". You must have at least 2 different primes to make some kind of "equivalent".
5 - Yay! I have not noticed a problem, though.
6 - Plenty of non-SDM lenses out there.
7 - Video in a camera?
8 - Lame.
9. Filters? And ruin that IQ?
What ever works for you is what is important.
And of course, it's the photographer, not the equipment, they say.