Originally posted by kh1234567890 Not necessarily - the DA70 is also pretty good for street photos. Basically you need a small and inconspicuous lens.
Duly noted, and I'm sure that in the correct circumstances a longer focal length can perform quite well (possibly better than the UWA). But from what I've seen and read, street photography and wider angles are
to a certain degree synonymous, hence what I said.
However, the part about smallness and inconspicuousness, regardless of focal length, is very well made. It's one reason why I don't want the limited primes getting any bigger.
Originally posted by Iberia It's a good starting point if you are not comfortable with shooting people close but not adequate for "good" pictures.
That's an absolute I don't think I'd feel comfortable stating, not to mention that to some people it may even come across as mildly insulting. What the greats of the past have done and what some future great may do are not necessarily (and probably should not be) the same thing. This point is well made by Isaac Asimov in his novel
Foundation; the decline of his Galactic Empire is marked in part by too much reverence for the past and too little attention to progress and innovation.