p.1 #1 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
I was cooking while listening to reviews of expensive gear… Q3M, X2Dii, … and had no issues. After dinner, I watched <30 sec of a video on an inexpensive lens (Thypoch 28), and I instantly had a violent sneezing fit for five minutes. I am not an MD, but I am pretty sure that this sort of allergic reaction can be dangerous.
Be careful. Inexpensive gear might generate beautiful images, but you might get anaphylaxis.
p.1 #2 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
Mylanta to the rescue! You might digest better with:
Laowa, Pergear, Viltrox, 7Artisans (at 6s and 7s), TTArtisans, Mr Ding, Surui, Yongnuo, Dulens, Meike. That's the short list. Goodness, not to forget LLL, how remiss of me (slaps face). And...
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p.1 #3 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
That has not been my experience. Inexpensive gear that's usable always puts a smile on my face. It's the beats my heart skips when I pay for the expensive stuff that concerns me. However, it doesn't stop me. I guess I'm just a daredevil.
p.1 #4 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
philip_pj wrote:
Mylanta to the rescue! You might digest better with:
Laowa, Pergear, Viltrox, 7Artisans (at 6s and 7s), TTArtisans, Mr Ding, Surui, Yongnuo, Dulens, Meike. That's the short list. Goodness, not to forget LLL, how remiss of me (slaps face). And...
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Yes, I am well aware of and have owned several lenses from many of those brands. The post was meant as a humorous interpretation of actual events, rather than a revelatory discovery of cheaper lenses. My wife insists that I instinctively gravitate towards the most expensive lenses or cameras. Maybe, it is my immune system. 🙂
p.1 #8 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
Grenache wrote:
Yes, I am well aware of and have owned several lenses from many of those brands. The post was meant as a humorous interpretation of actual events, rather than a revelatory discovery of cheaper lenses. My wife insists that I instinctively gravitate towards the most expensive lenses or cameras. Maybe, it is my immune system. 🙂
We must be genetically similar in this regard as my wife tells me I have the same affliction toward expensive lenses and cameras. Whether it's immune system or genetics really doesn't matter much . . .
p.1 #11 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
Grenache wrote:
I was cooking while listening to reviews of expensive gear… Q3M, X2Dii, … and had no issues. After dinner, I watched <30 sec of a video on an inexpensive lens (Thypoch 28), and I instantly had a violent sneezing fit for five minutes. I am not an MD, but I am pretty sure that this sort of allergic reaction can be dangerous.
Be careful. Inexpensive gear might generate beautiful images, but you might get anaphylaxis.
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Jim
This made me laugh, but I'm pretty sure gear attachment is a diagnosable condition. I suffer from it myself.
Perhaps the healthiest approach to photography is fewer emotional bonds with equipment and more enjoyment of the results, regardless of brand or price. Side effects may include better photos and less sneezing..
p.1 #12 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
Funny you mention that. I had the great fun of having a hard drive die that held my Lightroom libraries. I decided to use the issue as an excuse to rebuild their organization, so I was pulling all files from when I first started shooting digital to now. I was spot checking progress here and there and saw some photos I had forgotten.
I thought, “wow, those are really nice! I wonder what camera and lens I shot those with…”. Most were with a Canon 20D and the often criticized 17-40mm f/4L v1. Several others were with the overlooked 200mm f/2.8L. Both are fractions of the cost of even the average of my lens prices these days. I think that I picked up the body for $700, after rebates of the era and each lens for <$500.
Sheryl Crow may have nailed it:
“It is not getting what you want
It’s wanting what you’ve got.”
Fred Miranda wrote:
This made me laugh, but I'm pretty sure gear attachment is a diagnosable condition. I suffer from it myself.
Perhaps the healthiest approach to photography is fewer emotional bonds with equipment and more enjoyment of the results, regardless of brand or price. Side effects may include better photos and less sneezing..
p.1 #15 · Beware of health risks associated with lenses
Grenache wrote:
Funny you mention that. I had the great fun of having a hard drive die that held my Lightroom libraries. I decided to use the issue as an excuse to rebuild their organization, so I was pulling all files from when I first started shooting digital to now. I was spot checking progress here and there and saw some photos I had forgotten.
I thought, “wow, those are really nice! I wonder what camera and lens I shot those with…”. Most were with a Canon 20D and the often criticized 17-40mm f/4L v1. Several others were with the overlooked 200mm f/2.8L. Both are fractions of the cost of even the average of my lens prices these days. I think that I picked up the body for $700, after rebates of the era and each lens for <$500.
Sheryl Crow may have nailed it:
“It is not getting what you want
It’s wanting what you’ve got.”
Many of us were Canon SLR shooters, especially during the early digital days starting with the D30. It's amazing how much personality those early EF lenses had, particularly the first versions. Like you, I went back and looked at images I shot with the original EF 24mm f1.4L, 35mm f1.4L, 50mm f1.2L, and 85mm f1.2L II lenses, and I was genuinely pleased with the results.
We spent years chasing better corrected (and bigger) lenses, and somewhere along the way, something was clearly lost with many modern designs. Fortunately, these older lenses can now be picked up for very little money, adapted to almost any mirrorless camera, and they still retain AF, in fact AF is often better now than it ever was on native Canon bodies!
I was already mixing older M-lenses with my modern ones, and now I can do the same with AF lenses as well. With the SL2, for example, I can shoot a modern, highly corrected 35mm f2 APO SL or switch to an EF 35mm f1.4L. Same focal length, two completely different looks. The added benefit is that the same EF lens can also be used on my Sony A7CR or my Canon EOS-1N film body.
