Originally posted by Bertrand3000 Hi. I would like to know the reasoning behind this assessments. Is this super zoom that bad? I can understand that such a large zoom may not lead to IQ comparable to primes, but up to a point to go to a therapist?
Technically LBA is an addiction and we should all go to a therapist in an absolute sens.
First, I did not intend to offend any users or fans of a super zoom. I have a colleague that spends her summers on safari tours and asked me for help because she wanted 600mm results without a 600mm on a DSLR. I recommended the Nikon P1000 with a 24-3000mm (35mm equivalent) built-in zoom. It was the solution for her and she's thrilled with that camera.
@drypenn has a fairly comprehensive inventory and my sarcasm was meant to say, getting one lens to replace or add to all those lenses is in fact confirmation of LBA and we all know we need "help" if we have LBA. (Assuming your therapist doesn't also have LBA.)
On the other hand, all of us with LBA feel we need help spreading the fever to anyone reasonable or apathetic to the cause. If our passion for lenses gives us pleasure or a joie de vivre, perhaps we should now and forever identify anyone without LBA as being a LIMP (less is more photographer)?