What's the point of a superzoom lens
Aug 7, 2013 06:07:50 #
Superzoom lenses are getting longer and longer, now we're upto X50. Unless you are into wildlife or astronomy I can see little point in using massive zoom lenses.
I am mostly interested in landscapes, street scenes and architecture for which I have a 38 mm Prime lens and a 28 - 84 mm zoom. I use the prime lens 95% of the time, and only use the zoom lens when I need a wider angle.
I am ready to be enlightened, John
I am mostly interested in landscapes, street scenes and architecture for which I have a 38 mm Prime lens and a 28 - 84 mm zoom. I use the prime lens 95% of the time, and only use the zoom lens when I need a wider angle.
I am ready to be enlightened, John
Aug 7, 2013 06:10:25 #
Aug 7, 2013 06:15:30 #
lighthouse wrote:
Astrology?
Yeah right- a crystal ball may do the job better than a superzoom lens
Aug 7, 2013 06:17:38 #
johneccles wrote:
I am mostly interested in landscapes, street scenes and architecture for which I have a 38 mm Prime lens and a 28 - 84 mm zoom. I use the prime lens 95% of the time, and only use the zoom lens when I need a wider angle.
I am ready to be enlightened, John
I am mostly interested in landscapes, street scenes and architecture for which I have a 38 mm Prime lens and a 28 - 84 mm zoom. I use the prime lens 95% of the time, and only use the zoom lens when I need a wider angle.
I am ready to be enlightened, John
Then a superzoom is not for you. Let people peel their own banana.
Aug 7, 2013 06:20:13 #
johneccles wrote:
.... Unless you are into wildlife or astrology I can see little point in using massive zoom lenses....
The only point is to allow you to carry a single lens. The problem is that the entire design is a series of compromises. Super zooms perform poorly at the extreme focal lengths and don't open very wide.
For landscapes you are better off with prime lenses or at least with zooms that have about a 2:1 range.
Aug 7, 2013 06:22:06 #
That should have read "astronomy" thanks for pointing out my error.
Cheers, john
Cheers, john
Aug 7, 2013 06:24:37 #
johneccles wrote:
Superzoom lenses are getting longer and longer, now we're upto X50. Unless you are into wildlife or astrology I can see little point in using massive zoom lenses.
I am mostly interested in landscapes, street scenes and architecture for which I have a 38 mm Prime lens and a 28 - 84 mm zoom. I use the prime lens 95% of the time, and only use the zoom lens when I need a wider angle.
I am ready to be enlightened, John
I am mostly interested in landscapes, street scenes and architecture for which I have a 38 mm Prime lens and a 28 - 84 mm zoom. I use the prime lens 95% of the time, and only use the zoom lens when I need a wider angle.
I am ready to be enlightened, John
Everybody's interests are different, one of my cameras is a superzoom and I use it mainly for snapping photos of yachts at sea when I am land based. My longest DSLR lens is 300mm and the distant yacht is little more than a dot on the image, the superzoom enables a reasonable image of a subject very far away. The quality may not be suited for gallery exhibition, but those photos can determine if a yacht has taken a shortcut around a distant buoy especially if the race marshals are in another part of the water.
Aug 7, 2013 06:26:34 #
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But then we can all claim these to an extent, go on admit it, when people are here with their large lenses and shooting, someone comments what a great camera / lens you have you / we all like it, don't we.
Also when manufacturers are all trying to out do each other you have no choice if that is all that is available.
Me, Ill stick to a DSLR, thank you, until I am too old or decrepit to carry one. :) ;) :)
2. Mine is bigger than yours
But then we can all claim these to an extent, go on admit it, when people are here with their large lenses and shooting, someone comments what a great camera / lens you have you / we all like it, don't we.
Also when manufacturers are all trying to out do each other you have no choice if that is all that is available.
Me, Ill stick to a DSLR, thank you, until I am too old or decrepit to carry one. :) ;) :)
Aug 7, 2013 06:27:23 #
Aug 7, 2013 06:28:22 #
Hi selmslie, that's what thought, I have so may good comments about the Cannon SX40/50 I was being tempted. I do have a second camera which has X16 zoom but I very rarely go to that length.
Cheers, John
Cheers, John
Aug 7, 2013 06:29:09 #
lighthouse wrote:
Astrology?
WTH would cameras have to do with fiction, do you mean ASTRONOMY
Aug 7, 2013 06:31:43 #
Aug 7, 2013 06:32:39 #
lighthouse
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JohnEccles wrote:
That should have read "astronomy" thanks for pointing out my error.
Cheers, john
Cheers, john
JR1 wrote:
WTH would cameras have to do with fiction, do you mean ASTRONOMY
Aug 7, 2013 06:33:26 #
Aug 7, 2013 06:49:25 #
I guess it's because people think that they might miss a photo-op so they have to be ready for the 10mm ultra wide landscape, or the 10 mile away 2000mm airplane shot....at a moment's notice.
I've never fully understood that mind-set, where you feel like you might miss a once in a lifetime shot so you strap on your 10-2000 super zoom lens as a walkaround.
I know others love that sort of thing but it's never made sense to me.
I've never fully understood that mind-set, where you feel like you might miss a once in a lifetime shot so you strap on your 10-2000 super zoom lens as a walkaround.
I know others love that sort of thing but it's never made sense to me.
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