Favorite walking around lens poll (zoom vs. prime)
Dec 9, 2011 13:37:46 #
Thanks for the suggestion. And what is your favorite walk round gun?...........Some on the site will abviously be carrying their .44 Magnums or AK47s......
BTW - just kidding! :roll:
Mudshark wrote:
Stay cool, pack heat...
BTW - just kidding! :roll:
Dec 9, 2011 13:39:50 #
I live near a city and I have also been paralyzed for 24 years - going on 25 - and have NEVER had any problems with someone trying to steal or rob me - and I take photos where ever I happen to be - in or out of the city. As Phoenix said - common sense prevails. And to repeat him most of us aren't pros. Shoot - the most danger most of us face is some errant mosquito biting us.
Dec 9, 2011 13:52:02 #
Dec 9, 2011 13:53:23 #
My "travelin' light" camera is my D300 with the 18-270 Tamron on it, plus I usually throw the Nikon 12-24 in the bag just in case I need something wider than 27 mm equivalent. I use wide angle a lot!
When using my D700, it has the Nikon 24-70 f2.8 on it, plus I carry the 14-24 f2.8 in the bag along with the lesser-used 70-200 VR f2.8.
I'm an event photographer. Zooms allow me to get a wide view of an event or area of it and then to almost instantaneously zoom in to get detail of a smaller area of action. There is just no way I could function with one single focal length lens, or even just one zoom, although the 18-270 comes close. Now, if its optical quality just equaled what I get with the D700 and its lenses, that would be super!
When using my D700, it has the Nikon 24-70 f2.8 on it, plus I carry the 14-24 f2.8 in the bag along with the lesser-used 70-200 VR f2.8.
I'm an event photographer. Zooms allow me to get a wide view of an event or area of it and then to almost instantaneously zoom in to get detail of a smaller area of action. There is just no way I could function with one single focal length lens, or even just one zoom, although the 18-270 comes close. Now, if its optical quality just equaled what I get with the D700 and its lenses, that would be super!
Dec 9, 2011 13:57:20 #
Now thats a walk around lens...fast natural perspective with great detail, and best of all the entire electronics package including af works.
tripsy76 wrote:
I do love when this question surfaces. It's always interesting to see what people are shooting with. My 80% always on lens is my 50 1.2L. It skips around the city with me most of the time.
Dec 9, 2011 14:08:19 #
I keep a Nikon 28-300 on my D700 when I'm out and about with no particular agenda. It is heavy, but it is versatile.
Dec 9, 2011 14:13:27 #
My equipment is heavy and really prefer use as studio camera, but if I had a walk around lens it would be the Canon 50mm f/1.2 though still would be a heavy setup on my Canon 5DII.
Dec 9, 2011 14:17:16 #
In my bag is a Tamron 18-270 PZD, a Nikon 50mm 1.4 fixed lens, Nikon D3100 and a Nikon Coolpix P100 for backup which I have never had to use. I shoot baseball and have a 400mm fixed lens which for the most part stays at home......
Dec 9, 2011 14:21:26 #
When digital cameras became available in 2000, I went totally to Nikon Coolpix and now havee a Nikon S10 with a 10x smooth zoom for framing and a Coolpix S630 with 7x zoom for pocketable camera... I used to carry two Canon bodies - one for color and one for B&W and four lenses... it's interesting to read all the discussion about lenses for SLRs but I would never go back to needing a camera bag...
Bob Riordan
Bob Riordan
Dec 9, 2011 14:28:17 #
Dec 9, 2011 14:43:18 #
phoenix wrote:
I hope the muggers aren't reading this.... people seem to be walking around with VERY expensive glass! I wonder... do you REALLY go out for a walk with a 70-200 f2.8 or a 70-300 attached?
I don't pack just a camera/lens around. And in answer to the second question you asked, it's most always something chambered for the 45 ACP cartridge. (smiley face goes here)
Dave
Dec 9, 2011 14:44:37 #
Roger Hicks
Loc: Aquitaine
phoenix wrote:
br Rick -My 'observations' were somewhat tongue i... (show quote)
There are places I wouldn't go regardless of whether I was carrying a camera or not, but basically, if I'm prepared to go there, I'm (normally, not always) prepared to take a camera. Even an expensive one.
What I can't imagine is carting a huge, heavy, long, slow zoom as a 'walk-around' lens.
Don't worry about the 'Rick': we've all made worse mistakes often enough.
Cheers,
R.
Dec 9, 2011 14:57:46 #
Dec 9, 2011 15:46:40 #
phoenix wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. And what is your favorite walk round gun?...........Some on the site will abviously be carrying their .44 Magnums or AK47s......
BTW - just kidding! :roll:
Mudshark wrote:
Stay cool, pack heat...
BTW - just kidding! :roll:
I love Sigs...I've been known to be in possession of a .380 auto...loaded with nasty rounds. But not often...don't need it where I live. No CC in "The People's Republic Of Daley" I also have Sig 9mm and 45 acp....reserved for special social applications.
Dec 9, 2011 16:15:02 #
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