Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will freely admit to preferring primes on aesthetic grounds - I too want to zoom with my feet. But I don't have that option with the E-1, and I've found that the zooms produce excellent images. The trick is not to let the zoom make you lazy. On 6/14/05 12:42 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > My problem with zooms is that they're mostly pretty big, and they > seem to confound me composition wise. With primes, I find I start > moving my feet, and once I get moving, I'll work a composition more. > I'll also start to "see" the world through a focal length or two, helping > me "pre-visualize" my shots (sorry for that loaded term). > > I just got a wide zoom for my D70, and after some initial confusion > and experimentation, I find I now just use it like two primes: 24mm > and around 14mm, i.e., equiv. to a ~35mm and ~21mm in 135 format. > > Scott > > B. D. Colen wrote: > >> MPs and the Aspheric lens lineup!' The reality is that today's Canon, >> Nikon, >> and, yes, Olympus Zooms are, by and large, optically superior to the >> lenses >> HCB used for most of his career - even if they aren't as good as Leica M >> aspherical beauties. It still comes down to the image - the elements that >> make up the photo, that draw people to it, that bring the viewer >> information, that inspire the viewer to think. >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information