learning your prime lens what they do and how to use them
May 28, 2018 23:10:05 #
rmacilroy
Loc: pompano beach, fl
mwsilvers wrote:
Have you tried experimenting with different lenses in different situations like the rest of us have? How do you think we learned? We searched the internet and read all we could, we viewed YouTube videos, and we experimented.
make me laugh i am just seeking attention
May 28, 2018 23:10:27 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
rmacilroy wrote:
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The best way to learn is to play with your lenses at various settings. Shoot away and review the results. That will be more useful than any suggestions we can make.
May 28, 2018 23:11:37 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
rmacilroy wrote:
make me laugh i am just seeking attention
Huh? Not sure what your getting at?
May 28, 2018 23:14:53 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
If you recall I've told you multiple times in other threads, if you want assistance your posts need to be clearer and more detailed. What focal lengths are theses primes? What are their apertures? What are their manufacturer and model numbers? What camera will you use them on? What do you like to shoot? As I've also told you before in other threads, you need to help us to help you. We're not mind readers.
May 28, 2018 23:15:32 #
rmacilroy wrote:
the numbers dont mean anything to me im not that smart
Understanding the numbers is what makes a photographer. If you don't want to learn then you don't want to be a good photographer.
May 28, 2018 23:35:02 #
I have a single question...
Why do you 'have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and minolta over the years' if you do not know how to use them?????
Why do you 'have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and minolta over the years' if you do not know how to use them?????
May 29, 2018 00:06:33 #
Everyone raise your hand if you don’t recognize a troll when you see one.
May 29, 2018 00:16:26 #
rmacilroy wrote:
have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and ... (show quote)
I just wonder why you have any prime lens, let alone a "lot" of them, when you don't know when to use them.
Sell them all, get a big zoom, and go forth and photograph.
May 29, 2018 05:40:27 #
rmacilroy wrote:
have accumulated a lot of old prime lens Nikon and... (show quote)
[Sorry, I just had to correct your post above a bit.] To really learn what a given lens will do you should pick one lens at a time and spend some time shooting with only that lens for a few months until you more or less have mastered it. Then move on to another lens to be used exclusively. Since you already own the lenses you will have to discipline yourself. In the film days and before zoom lenses became mainstream one could when starting out with ones first film camera, buy one lens, say a 50mm and only use that and really learn it. Then buy a 28mm, then 85mm, 35mm, 105mm, and so forth. Once you have mastered a number of primes you can also see what ranges of zooms might be of interest to you. This is just an example. For a APS-C digital camera you would want to learn a somewhat different series of focal length lenses.
May 29, 2018 05:44:13 #
Rongnongno wrote:
I have a single question...
Why do you 'have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and minolta over the years' if you do not know how to use them?????
Why do you 'have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and minolta over the years' if you do not know how to use them?????
Hmmmmm.
May 29, 2018 05:46:37 #
drmike99 wrote:
Everyone raise your hand if you don’t recognize a troll when you see one.
Is that what we have, are we wasting our time?
May 29, 2018 06:43:20 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
drmike99 wrote:
Everyone raise your hand if you don’t recognize a troll when you see one.
He's been around for a short while. Seems to have some communication issues. I'm willing to cut him some slack for a while longer.
May 29, 2018 07:54:47 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
rmacilroy wrote:
have accumulted a lot of old prime lens nikon and ... (show quote)
In the world before the Nikon 43-86 zoom the world was mostly prime. In that world photojournalists roamed the world and bravely recorded history. Among my Nikon favorites were the 24 2.8 and the 200 4. 95% of my shots were taken with these two. Through USE I learned where to position myself and what lens to use to best record the image. We all had our favorites, for some it was the 28 2.8 and for many it was a 50 mm 2.0. Point is you must really use each of your primes and develop your favorite. It is an individual decision that HAS to be made by you through heavy use. Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.
May 29, 2018 07:58:12 #
Several here have the very good idea of simply shooting with each of your lenses and discover which focal length, bokeh, speed, ergonomics and such comfortably fits you and YOUR perspective. It’s not a difficult task- in fact, it should be fun. Grab a lens and spend an hour with it- go outside, or not- the living room, kitchen, bathroom… (Weston spent hours- if not days- shooting peppers and toilets, you can too). The point is: this is an exercise only YOU can do. There will come a time when you discover your mind, that is, your vision, your imagination, is represented a little better with one tool than another. As example, my “vision” runs about 28mm and 150mm (on a full frame) – note that’s 28mm AND 150mm, not 28mm through 150mm… and about f/5.6… that’s my field of view and depth of focus… What’s yours?
May 29, 2018 09:13:29 #
Longshadow wrote:
Basically it depends on what you want in the shot ... (show quote)
Not to hijack rmcilroy's post/thread but Longshadow's comment about his 18-200 3.5-5.6 struck a chord with me. What I mean is that after investing considerable $$$'s in 2.8 glass (primarily a Nikkor 70-200 2.8G ED VRII) for my D7100, I have just rescued my 7-year-old 18-200 from the ashes of my misjudgment. The lens had always seemed soft to me and ultimately I thought fast glass would be the answer (which to a degree it was) but after simply increasing my shutter speeds (handheld) and being careful how far I push the ISO, the 18-200, all of a sudden, performs pretty well, even in side-by-side comparisons with my 70-200 2.8. That conclusion is in the context of how flexible the lens is as a walk-around.
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