I\'ve just been involved in a discussion on another forum about zooms vs primes. The usual arguments seem to centre around absolute sharpness (which is the typical pixel peeper\'s view) - go for the technically \'best\' with the highest scoring MTF figures. My only zoom now is the Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 S, which I use primarily for wildlife (and a damned fine lens it is too). The reason I like primes is the fast aperture which is great for low light AF and the look they give you when shot wide open. I love my old AF 50mm f/1.4D. It\'s soft as soft can be from wide open up to about f/2.8 but I love the images it produces:
The rendering of the 58mm f/1.4 is absolutely sublime - it blows the doors off my 50mm f/1.4D and it\'s at the very top of my lens lust list. Just got to figure out how to drop £1600 on a new lens without my wife finding out, oh and find somewhere in the UK that has one.....
My other fantasy lens would be a revamped 135mm f/2 DC in a fast focusing AF-S version....
Dec 04, 2013 at 06:17 PM
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I\'ve just been involved in a discussion on another forum about zooms vs primes. The usual arguments seem to centre around absolute sharpness (which is the typical pixel peeper\'s view) - go for the technically \'best\' with the highest scoring MTF figures. My only zoom now is the Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 S, which I use primarily for wildlife. The reason I like primes is the fast aperture which is great for low light AF and the look they give you when shot wide open. I love my old AF 50mm f/1.4D. It\'s soft as soft can be from wide open up to about f/2.8 but I love the images it produces:
The rendering of the 58mm f/1.4 is absolutely sublime - it blows the doors off my 50mm f/1.4D and it\'s at the very top of my lens lust list. Just got to figure out how to drop £1600 on a new lens without my wife finding out, oh and find somewhere in the UK that has one.....
My other fantasy lens would be a revamped 135mm f/2 DC in a fast focusing AF-S version....
Dec 04, 2013 at 05:24 PM
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