Thought of the day: Today I bought a new lens from Mike's Camera, our local camera store. I was looking for a telephoto lens and it came down to basically two choices: 70-200mm f/2.8 or 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6. I tried out the first lens at Mike's Camera's Denver Zoo event a little while back and really liked it. It's a fast lens, great for portraits or landscapes, indoors or outdoors. Unfortunately it's large and super-heavy - not something that I can take with me everywhere. The 70-300mm lens is slower but it has some extra reach (200-300mm). And most importantly, it's relatively small and light weight. That's a deciding factor for me because, if the past tells me anything, I won't use a lens unless I can carry it with me all the time. So why waste money on a great lens that would just sit at home when I can get a good lens that will be used often? I think I have made the right choice and I look forward to using my new lens often in the next few weeks.
Photo of the day:
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| This Mike's Camera employee kindly let me try out a lens on him (it's a prime lens - not the zoom lens I bought). The poor guy must be shot at many times a day! The picture is a little soft. I like this other prime lens much better - see this picture. I think there's a good reason that 85mm f/1.4 is selling for so much more than 85mm f/1.8! |
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