JZA B1 wrote:
I understand that prime lenses usually offer higher image quality. But given the fact that people use smart phones to take pics these days and quality seems to be good enough, does it even matter that primes offer slight advantage while having major disadvantage of fixed focal length?
Do you still use primes at all? For what purpose?
If I had my "druthers" -- and the required extra discretionary funds -- I would have at least a 400 or 500mm prime. I don't see any need for more than that, but there have been many times when my usual 70-300, fully zoomed out at 300, wasn't quite enough. IF the image is sharp enough -- which does occasionally happen with that lens -- cropping can be sufficiently done to give the appearance that a longer focal length lens was used. But, I'd rather have the prime.
I did obtain a 200-500 zoom and find that the majority of the images taken with it are at 500mm. Therefore, it would make more sense for me to have a 500mm prime. However, the cost difference is substantial. The 200-500 zoom is about a third the cost of a 500 prime. I'm not a professional. I cannot make a purchase like that and call it a business expense.
Additionally, I have 105mm and 180mm primes. The 105 is the older AI-s and is probably one of the sharpest lenses ever made. Great travel lens as well. The 180 is razor sharp and, being a f2.8, great at less-than-optimal lighting. Some day I do plan on getting that 500.
My parents have boxes of old slides from back when Kodak put them in METAL holders!
Rich2236 wrote:
And what about the gun that never needs reloading? The armed forces would love to have those in its arsenal.
And in almost every Western TV show and movie where the gunfights just go on and on and on…
MontanaTrace wrote:
Bought used as a back up to my primary A6000. Never used.
Expected shutter count life: 200,000 - 400,000.
Clicks as of 12/2023: 0nly 15,972. Like new!
"Never used", but with "only 15,972" clicks?
Yes. Good price. I paid "a bit more" for my D7200, but it came with a SB800 flash, a couple of extra batteries and a charger, and a Meinke battery grip which I don't use. I don't remember what the shutter count was on it when I got it. I would get THIS if I didn't already have mine.
Here's what's in mine:
Nikon D7100
Nikon D7200
Nikon 17-55mm f2.8
Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6
Nikon 180mm f2.8
Nikon 105mm f2.5 AI-s
Nikon 50mm f1.8D
Nikon 50mm f1.4 AI-s
Nikon SB800 strobe
Four extra batteries (in addition to the one that is in each camera body)
clint f. wrote:
Bad dog owners, usually not the dogs.
Sure, each and every attack by a Pit Bull… each and every person who was mauled and, in many cases killed by a Pit Bull… they've ALL been because of "bad owners". Yeah, right, sure. You've got to be kidding me.
terryMc wrote:
I am naturally left-eyed, and cameras seem to be designed for the right eye.
It would seem the opposite. Best example are the Sony A6xxx series and the Canon GX series.
jerryc41 wrote:
Competitors for the Darwin Award.
I’ve seen the motorcycle riders you mention. We call those idiots “organ donors”.
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes! It's rare to see someone walking without looking at a phone. I saw a man walking alongside a busy highway yesterday. He was walking with his head down, looking at his phone. What I find annoying is people walking slowly through parking lots and looking at their phones.
I have had cell phones for 20 years. A "smart phone" for, maybe ten years. I have NEVER, not even once, walked anywhere while staring at my phone. I don't understand people who walk around staring at their phones like zombies. I don't get that at all. What is so $#$!!@# important that it can't wait until they sit down somewhere?
bob7fred wrote:
Check the state driving manual. It most likely is stop and procede.
add: "… when safe to do so."
MissyG wrote:
When I went to Israel in July, my iPhone was my go to camera indoors. It handled so much. Especially the small interiors. Outdoors I used my Nikon Z7ii with my 50mm 1.8. It was a great package! With the 43mp of the Z7 I could crop to whatever I needed with so much raw detail.
What a horrible situation there today.
The last time I was there was in November 1990, just before the start of the first Gulf War. My longest lens at the time was the 105mm f2.5 AI-s, which is what I used maybe 95% of the time, the camera being the FE-2.
Yes, terrible what is going on there, now, but if I could I would be there even now.
Just upgraded from an iPhone 12 Pro to the 15 Pro. Didn't need the "Max" because other than the 3x vs 5x tele lens, and a screen that is 1/2-inch longer, the Pro and Max are essentially identical. My thought is, if I need more than a 3x tele, I'll get the DSLR with the 70-300. Having said that:
The cameras in these things are awesome. Video is darn near broadcast quality without having to spend thousands on a commercial-quality Sony. I've taken still photos with the iPhone 12 (and now 15) that it would be difficult to tell whether the photo was taken with the iPhone or DSLR.