Chart Needed
Sep 13, 2021 09:23:39 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
I bought tractors to fill a particular need (kind of like how I buy lenses). The tractors were specialized. There were tractors for power use (plowing, disking, material handling), tractors for general use (mowing, moving equipment, harvesting) and narrow wheelbase tractors for getting between crops (seedbed prep, cultivating, harvesting) and one toy tractor to keep the customers' kids busy.
Kinda like hand tools. But it depends on the application (requirement), the end result.
Various lenses will yield different results. I select the lens based on the results I want.
Go into a camera shop and ask for a lens to shoot children.
They'll be real glad to sell you one for infants, one for youngsters, and one for teenagers.
After one eyebrow goes up.
Sep 13, 2021 09:23:48 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We have so many talented people here, that I'm sur... (show quote)
Awful complicated and large, brand, speed, sensor size, weight, view you want, focus range, all to be considered, just think about what you do deciding on going on a trip, what do I need and what would I like to have with me?
Sep 13, 2021 09:25:31 #
Photocraig wrote:
If you've reached this stage in life, then It doesn't matter i it is good or bad, it just IS or ISN'T!
I've ceased to care about stuff like that.
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I've ceased to care about stuff like that.
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Yep!
Sep 13, 2021 09:25:47 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Awful complicated and large, brand, speed, sensor size, weight, view you want, focus range, all to be considered, just think about what you do deciding on going on a trip, what do I need and what would I like to have with me?
SO glad my walk-around lens is an 18-200.
Life is simple.
Sep 13, 2021 09:37:37 #
Longshadow wrote:
SO glad my walk-around lens is an 18-200.
Life is simple.
Life is simple.
I'm planning a trip, up to 2 bodies, and 5 lenses, not sure about #6, and a compact camera too, BTW.
Sep 13, 2021 09:41:21 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We have so many talented people here, that I'm sur... (show quote)
Shouldn’t a photographer have an idea what they are going to use the lens for before they buy it? Shouldn’t a photographer have a basic understanding of what ultra wide, wide, normal, telephoto and super telephoto lenses are used for before they start buying lenses? There are many books (and probably YouTube tutorials) on lenses and types of photography available that a beginner can access. There is really no need to ask what lens to use when with a little bit of effort they can find it out on their own.
Sep 13, 2021 09:42:42 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you passed another photographer on the boat during your next cruise, what model will they need to be holding to impress you? There is the answer.
Marilyn Monroe ....., Ohh, you mean camera model. I've got it now.
Sep 13, 2021 09:44:04 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We have so many talented people here, that I'm sur... (show quote)
We don't need charts - they can be confusing.
Funnels - symbolic ones - are necessary to narrow all of the choices. First funnel needs what camera. Second is cost. Third funnel used or new. Fourth funnel might be zoom or prime. Next funnel needs to be weight/size. All of these funnels can narrow choices down to a handful of lenses. Another way to look at this is what are the priorities.
Notice - most people asking the question rarely care about image quality. And they are often willing to prioritize convenience over image quality.
Sep 13, 2021 11:11:49 #
Simple answer, when it is a car photo trip, my Wife suggests I bring everything. The most I have brought, 3 bodies 5 lenses. That from widest to second longest tele, the old Nikon 600 5.6 ED is just too awkward. Horses for Courses!
Sep 13, 2021 11:12:56 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
I'm planning a trip, up to 2 bodies, and 5 lenses, not sure about #6, and a compact camera too, BTW.
Your choice isn't it.
Sep 13, 2021 11:20:04 #
Longshadow wrote:
Your choice isn't it.
Yup, have to listen to wife though, and carry the weight, do I pack the fish-eye or not?, how much use?
Sep 13, 2021 11:23:07 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Yup, have to listen to wife though, and carry the weight, do I pack the fish-eye or not?, how much use?
I'm lucky in that respect. My wife just wants me to take pictures, she doesn't care with what or how.
Sep 13, 2021 11:25:23 #
Longshadow wrote:
I'm lucky in that respect. My wife just wants me to take pictures, she doesn't care with what or how.
If I take pictures she complains about the delay, If I don't she complains about not having a shot.
Sep 13, 2021 11:32:41 #
Longshadow wrote:
I'm lucky in that respect. My wife just wants me to take pictures, she doesn't care with what or how.
Ditto!
Sep 13, 2021 11:33:13 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
If I take pictures she complains about the delay, If I don't she complains about not having a shot.
Ouch.
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