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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-27-2013, 06:37 AM
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Hey folks,
Lots of discussion here about zooms vs primes. Seems that Geomez and Kerrodown understand my point. When I first started shooting digital, I would still often used my camera in manual mode and just use the metering for knowing what to adjust the setting to. But all these years, I realized how I was lazy in a sense, while zooming and not paying much attention to what focal length I was using. When I first started using my set of primes, I usually switched a few times between primes to get a particular shot, whereas now, I look at what I want to shoot, and simply know which prime to pick.
There are many aspects that make a good photographer, and I feel that having an increased awareness of the focal lengths that one uses is one of those aspects.
My 17-70mm Sigma will be my convenience lens when I don't feel like switching primes. My other zoom is my Bigma (50-500mm) that I have for telephoto.
kh1234567890, I like your graph, that is a good idea.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-26-2013, 01:41 PM
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About a year ago, I bought the 15mm, 21mm, 40mm and 70mm limited lens series to replace my Sigma 17-70mm for higher quality photos. It was a good choice. These lenses certainly produce nicer images. The more buttery bokeh, increased resolution, more accurate focusing, less image distortion are just a few improvements I noticed right away.
However, one thing I also noticed, now that I have been using this set for almost a year, is that I am now able to pick the correct lens and focal length easily for framing what I want to shoot. With the sigma zoom, I wasn't very aware about what focal length I was zooming to, I just zoomed. I feel using this set of primes helped my skills as a photographer, mainly in terms of increasing my awareness of framing and focal lengths....
I am curious if others here have/had similar experiences...
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