Which one and why?
| POLL: "Which do you prefer for a walk around lens?" |
 Prime only for me. | 60 35.7% |
| I'm a zoom kinda photog. | 108 64.3% |
twoshadows Liquid Nitrogen  7,342 posts Gallery: 52 photos Best ofs: 19 Likes: 4905 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Between the palms and the pines. More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:31 | #1 Which one and why? xgender.net
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hieu1004 Goldmember  3,579 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jul 2010 Location: Seattle More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:35 | #2 |
Rigby470 Senior Member  437 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2005 More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:40 | #3 Zoom for me. 5D Mark II
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Jan 18, 2011 07:40 | #4 I use a zoom as my walk around. The flexibility it gives me fits my shooting style best. All I want is just a little more than I'll ever have.
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Jam.radonc Goldmember  1,187 posts Likes: 2 Joined Feb 2010 Location: Dublin More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:46 | #5 As much as I love shooting primes I'm missing shots as well. Currently looking for a mid range affordable zoom.. Jam
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Rsyx Senior Member 619 posts Joined May 2010 Location: Europe More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:46 | #6 I use a prime as my walk around. The flexibility it gives me fits my shooting style best. 5D II + ZE 50 MP
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SASman Member  199 posts Joined Jan 2011 Location: Cape Town, South Africa More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:50 | #7 It's not that simple Gear: The cheapest things I can find!
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twoshadows THREAD STARTER Liquid Nitrogen 7,342 posts Gallery: 52 photos Best ofs: 19 Likes: 4905 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Between the palms and the pines. More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:50 | #8 hieu1004 wrote in post #11664602  Prime for me because it fits my style and the way I shoot . This is pure personal preference. You? My favorite street lens is the 28mm f/1.8, but I've used all kinds of lenses for this purpose; 70-200 f/2.8 IS, 300 f/4 IS, 18-50 f/2.8 DC Macro, Sigma 30 and 50 f/1.4, Canon 50 f/1.4, 135L, 85 f/1.8, 35L, 24LII (briefly), 28-135 IS, and the lowly 50 f/1.8 II. I'm looking at using the 16-35L and 85mm f/1.8 combo in the near future, although the 16-35 is a little big for street for my tastes. Hopefully its versatility will win me over xgender.net
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twoshadows THREAD STARTER Liquid Nitrogen 7,342 posts Gallery: 52 photos Best ofs: 19 Likes: 4905 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Between the palms and the pines. More info | Jan 18, 2011 07:51 | #9 SASman wrote in post #11664660 It's not that simple  They both have their place. Zoom for me as a "walk-around-lens" in broad daylight, Fast Prime as a "walk-around-lens" for evenings or night time.Zoom for me as a "walk-around-lens" when I'm in a photographer friendly environment, Compact Prime as a "walk-around-lens" when I don't want to attract too much attention  Best post so far... xgender.net
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JBMac Member 41 posts Joined Jul 2010 More info | Jan 18, 2011 08:01 | #10 For walk around, you really don't know what you are going to come accross, so I voted for zoom. 24-105 works really well for walk around, IMO.
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richwood Member  175 posts Joined Oct 2006 Location: Bath, UK More info | Jan 18, 2011 08:05 | #11 Depends which camera I'm carrying. If it's the 5D or 1D3 then it'll be a zoom. If it's the EP-1 then it'll be a prime.
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talbot_sunbeam Senior Member  848 posts Joined Dec 2008 Location: UK More info | Jan 18, 2011 08:09 | #12 Zoom for me in the main, but there is something kinda nice about going out with one prime and seeing what you can get with it - sometimes the challenges force some extra creative thinking to get over, which can be worthwhile...
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KoalaCowboy Goldmember  More info | Jan 18, 2011 08:38 | #13 While I am by no means a "photo professional," I carry around a 10-24mm in my LowePro 202AW with my 18-135mm on my T2i or vice-versa. This way I have the capability to capture 'most' images fairly easily. - -
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richardfox Goldmember  1,883 posts Joined Oct 2009 Location: Bellbrook, Ohio, USA More info | Jan 18, 2011 08:45 | #14 JBMac wrote in post #11664701 For walk around, you really don't know what you are going to come accross, so I voted for zoom. 24-105 works really well for walk around, IMO. Joe Me too. The 24-105 seems to be the workhorse for walkaround use... Canon 50D gripped, EF 50/1.8, EF-S 10-22, 17-40L, 24-105L, 70-200 f/2.8L, 100/2.8 macro, 100-400L, 300 2.8L, Canon 500 f8 mirror with chipped EF mount, 580EX, 1.4x and 2x Canon teleconverters, Canon EF Life-Size converter.
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Juleswinnfield Member 63 posts Joined Dec 2010 Location: Barcelona More info | Several times I got nice pictures "by mistake", because I have the prime on my camera and nothing else... If I had the zoom maybe I could do something different, which does not always translate into something better. Gear: 500D|17-50 2.8|35L|85 1.8|EX430II
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