What's the point of a superzoom lens (Page 3): Thank you Jim. Just trying "a photograph is worth a thousand words" to enlighten (his word) John :)...

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

jimberton wrote:

wow...great shots!!

Thank you Jim. Just trying "a photograph is worth a thousand words" to enlighten (his word) John :)

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

John Adams wrote:

Those are wonderful shots, Linda. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks John. Figured the OP (Johneccles) needed to see what he's missing out on :)

Down Home Loc: Anywhere, Now, SE TEXAS

Linda From Maine wrote:

Another convert???

Ahhhhhh, the "proof" is in the "pudding". :lol: :lol: :lol: Love the shots. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Try that W/O a zoom lens. You won't get close enough, it will just be a memory. :roll:

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

for my purposes, my Nikon P510 with it's 42X zoom is handy when I prefer to take images of, say venomous snakes, critters with enlarged incisors. Light package, excellent image quality, and very reasonable cost.
I took some images side by each with a 100-400 L w/ 1.4 TC lens on a Canon 1d MkII and the P5120 resting on the 1D of an Osprey in a tree. No one could tell what image was taken by what camera.
Long zoom, great IQ, light portable, what's NOT to like?

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

lighthouse wrote:
Astrology?

JR1 wrote:

WTH would cameras have to do with fiction, do you mean ASTRONOMY

No Doc, Astrology ..... dats when ya practice photography in Australia silly ..... did ya forget everythin ya aussie friend taught ya

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Down Home wrote:

Ahhhhhh, the "proof" is in the "pudding". :lol: :lol: :lol: Love the shots. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Try that W/O a zoom lens. You won't get close enough, it will just be a memory. :roll:

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Bruce with a Canon wrote:

for my purposes, my Nikon P510 with it's 42X zoom is handy when I prefer to take images of, say venomous snakes, critters with enlarged incisors. Light package, excellent image quality, and very reasonable cost.
I took some images side by each with a 100-400 L w/ 1.4 TC lens on a Canon 1d MkII and the P5120 resting on the 1D of an Osprey in a tree. No one could tell what image was taken by what camera.
Long zoom, great IQ, light portable, what's NOT to like?

:thumbup: :thumbup:

James56 Loc: Nashville, Tennessee

Or...if you want, you can use your superzoom to zoom in on small things closeby too. This taken with a Sony HX300.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

Hi Linda, maybe, but we don't have such beautiful wildlife here in the UK.
Cheers, John

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Must be convenience. Sure took a long time for them to become popular, they had 50x zooms 50 years ago, only back then, not a lot of people/businesses were willing to put out the dough for them.( One example, the Schneider 20mm-800mm from 1968 - $ 27.000.00)

Severums Loc: London, England

Hi John

My bag normally consists of a Nikon D800, Nikon 16-35mm VR f/4, Nikon 50mm f/1.4 and a Nikon 70-200mm VR f/4.

But when out with my family I am not given the time to change lenses, use a tripod etc.....so instead I use the D800 with my Nikon 28-300 VR attached........it gives me a good wide angle to longish zoom in one; it's not as good as the primes.......but better than losing a shot; and with good disciplines produces very acceptable prints at A4 and smaller.

Regards

johneccles wrote:

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

georgeretired Loc: Manitoba Canada

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Interesting comment. What "superzoom" are you shooting with.

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

I would equate it to the same thing as owning a car with a 500 hp. engine when all you ever do is drive in the city. If you are a highway driver you might have a use for it. The same with extreme telephoto lenses. If you are a street photographer you wouldn't need it, nor would a portrait photographer. On the other hand if you are into nature photography it might just get you a pic of some hard to find species that you would miss with a lesser lens. Then too, some folks will want it just to see what they can get out of it. Plainly it is a case of different strokes for different folks.

bluehorse12 Loc: Grundy

I use a 100mm-500mm zoom for sports and wildlife some animals scare easily, and some animals scare me easily! I like the close-ups I can get with this lens even if I'm 70 yards away from the action. Or if I see a black Bear at 100 yards and he is in a field eating and I have no cover to get closer to him!

kitcar Loc: Liverpool.Merseyside. UK

johneccles wrote:

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

Newspapers, gossip magazines etc make good use a long reach lense taking candid pic's of distant celleb's. The image quality may not be very good but thats how the paparazzi earn their crust.