Prime Lens ? How many of you have them?

debaire wrote in post #5262057
And like people said, your 'zoom' is in your feet.

That reminds me of "Black Hawk Down". "This is my safety."

shannyD wrote in post #5262077
because i have a crop body..... i would go with a sigma 30mm 1.4 it is fast. the images are fantastic. the af is great. and its the perfect focal length on a crop.

and i own this lens. and love it.

shannon

Your body is cropped? Since when? Guy goes away from POTN for a few months and Shannon gets her body cropped...LOL

I have the 50 1.4 and 85 1.8 and love them. I use them mostly for portraits because they are sharp. My dream lens is the 200 f2.

00silvergt wrote in post #5262093
Your body is cropped? Since when? Guy goes away from POTN for a few months and Shannon gets her body cropped...LOL

lol.. yeah its the all the rage.. you should do it too.

shannyD wrote in post #5262162
lol.. yeah its the all the rage.. you should do it too.

Already got did...LOL 30D and 350D. I'm waiting for Kwanon to fix the 1D3 before making my huge leap! But I guess that would still be "cropped", huh...Maybe a new 5D will come with some features that will attract me and can actually focus?

who knows.. but you are way more cropped off than i am.
lol

The wierdest thing about prime lenses comes from my flickr account.

I got flickr to share photos with some friends and family. Strangers view my account and ask about my Photoshop skills for the most part.

I actually have essentially no Photoshop skills, so I'm not totally sure what the heck these people are seeing that make them think I'm a Photoshop wizard.

For now I'm taking it as a compliment.

My only lens right now is the 50 f/1.4. It's been interesting having just one prime lens as I find photography more enjoyable since it requires me to think a lot more about composition. While zooms are great and I've been fortunate to own the 16-35L, 24-70L, and 70-200L, I'm having more fun with the 50. I've contemplated also buying the 28 or Sigma 30mm but there's something about the 50, even on a 30D.

Kinda like a step back in time to my old-school film days.

Apart from my UWA zoom, I shoot exclusively with prime lenses. Why? Among other things, speed primarily, price, IQ, and a bunch of other reasons. I just don't like shooting with slow, expensive zooms. The primes I shoot with are the 28 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8 and 200 f/2.8L.

I find a fast prime infinitely more versatile than the ability to zoom. Like airfrog said, primes only, and I never miss the shot because of it. I've never felt the desire for zoom when shooting, but in the past when I used zooms, I wanted more speed all the time. Fast primes were a no-brainer.

Think about it this way too. For the same price, you can get either a 24-105 f/4 IS L, or all of the following: 28 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8.

perryge wrote in post #5265404
Apart from my UWA zoom, I shoot exclusively with prime lenses. Why? Among other things, speed primarily, price, IQ, and a bunch of other reasons. I just don't like shooting with slow, expensive zooms. The primes I shoot with are the 28 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8 and 200 f/2.8L.

I find a fast prime infinitely more versatile than the ability to zoom. Like airfrog said, primes only, and I never miss the shot because of it. I've never felt the desire for zoom when shooting, but in the past when I used zooms, I wanted more speed all the time. Fast primes were a no-brainer.

Think about it this way too. For the same price, you can get either a 24-105 f/4 IS L, or all of the following: 28 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8.

You make a fine argument for primes...
I'm getting a 10-22 soon, and along with my telezoom I thinking about filling the gap with a few primes. Most of my standard focal length shooting is indoors/low light, and for that a prime always fits the bill. Also, from what I've seen, a huge 2.8 zoom tends to intimidate some people when you're taking pictures of them indoors.

I own several primes, but if I could only have one, it would be the 50mm/2.5 Compact Macro. Macro is one photographic job zooms simply cannot handle to my satisfaction.

I have two primes -

canon 50mm (nifty) and Tamron 90mm macro

I own 7 primes and 7 zooms, each of the kind has a reason to be in the bag.
The primes, of course, because of the light.
They are: 15mm Fisheye F2.8, 24mm F2.8, 50mm F1.8 I, 85mm F1.8, 200mm F1.8 all Canons, a Tokina 100mm F2.8 and a Hartblei 80mm F2.8 T&S.
And they are not so noticeable....

i got three primes and three zooms. use the prime more than i do with the zoom. mostly the 100 or the 50. just love the narrow dof from them.

Bill

When 'working' I use my 3 primes 80% of the time, the other 20% I'm using the 16-35L for wide. Out and about with the kids etc I generally use the 24-70 or 70-200 if outdoors.