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08-02-2011 05:21 Nitin Vyas
I am looking for a sharp lens for bird/wild life photography within $ 2500/- I am using Canon 7D camera. Please suggest which lens I should opt for?
Thanks,
Nitin
29-03-2011 12:08 Wes Carter
Thanks for the interesting and eye-opening article. Your photos back up your claims very well! You have helped me make my decision; my next two lenses will be primes. I am going to get a Nikon 135mm f/2 DC and a 85mm f/1.8. That should take care of the long end for me since my 80-200 f/2.8 is pretty cumbersome.
19-05-2011 00:17 eos7duser
On point 3 you say that primes are much cheaper.
It depends on wich primes you use. I shoot with Carl Zeiss Planar ZE 50mm f1.4 (550,00 euro)and Distagon ZE 21mm f.2.8. (1500,00 euro).
And these lenses are quite heavy compared to plastic lenses, because they are build of metal.
And for the rest i totally agree with you. Primes are great.
And something else with te Zeiss lenses you only can focus manual.
14-06-2011 08:50 zwieciu
@eos7duser: you're right, here I meant primes in general, without looking at high-end lenses like manual focus Zeiss.
20-06-2012 16:05 Jerome M
I've taken the easy way a few years ago, buying zooms, but now, I'm going the other way round, selling my zooms, and buying primes, i.e. 2 primes only
Nikkor 135mm dc and 50mm.Period.
So I can't agree more.
08-08-2012 00:45 Chris Valle
I have the Canon 50mm 1.8, and I think If I'd spent on 1 wide prime and 1 tele prime instead of a tele zoom, wide zoom , and ultra-wide zoom, I'd still have taken all the shots I have so far - and had better IQ and more money in my pocket! I'm definitely going to dig through my EXIF data to see where I'm shooting most often and make more thoughtful choices the next time I buy.
09-10-2015 17:21 Bob K
I have converted a couple of old prime lenses from the 1960'\;s for Canon and so far, I am having a blast with them. Rokkor 58 mm f/1.4 and a Rokkor 135mm f/2.8. The color and depth of field are wonderful. They are heavier than the automatic lenses of today but the color rendition is a real treat. Unfortunately, there is no catagory on Pixel Peeper for these old style lenses or I would post some images.
I have re-worked the rear of the lenses to comply with the focal plane of Canon DSLRs and reach infinity nicely without corrective optics in the middle. Both lenses are also equipped with a focus confirm chip so even though there is no auto focus, the red blip in the view finder alerts the centered dot on the subject is in focus. If I were to say the best advantages of the primes are clear precise focus, rendition of colors, and infinity focus position is absolute. Zoom lenses, the point of infinity changes with the level of zoom. Very difficult to do night photography of the stars when you are not sure where that distant focal point is in the dark. You have to take several shots with micro moves of the focal ring to bracket it. With a prime, pretty much rotate to infinity and shoot.
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