p.2 #3 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
I'm a bag of mixed nuts. I voted for f/2.8 zooms, plus a few primes. I also have f/4 zooms, plus a few more primes, but that wasn't an option. My profile lists my current gear, not including the 21 primes and 5 zooms that are going to be flogged on eBay over the next month.
p.2 #5 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
I have a three primes (50 f/1.8, 100 f/2 and the 200 f/2.8 is on its way) for the fast/low light category.
I also have a collection of consumer zooms, because I can't afford the fast zooms.
I'm not going to be one or the other as it'll just depend on the circumstances. I just photographed a bunch of cats with just my 50 f/1.8. I'm sure a 24-70 would have made the job easier, but the 50 worked just fine.
p.2 #9 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
I could not check any of the options either .
For wildlife work, I and probably most other people use prime telephotos. Not a fan of the few zooms available in that range without IS.
For closer range, I use zooms. But if weight is not an issue (i.e. I am close to car/home), then I pull out my primes for special occasions such as 135 f2/85f1.2 L mostly to get better background blur.
Finally, I carry the 50f1.4 for extra low light capability but admittedly, I rarely use it.
p.2 #14 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
I use primes only. Yes, they are light, and I like that. Yes, they are usually faster than zooms, and that can be helpful on occasion. But what I like most is the simplicity. With a prime, I have one parameter less to adjust, focal length. If I were using a zoom, I would have to optimize two variables at the same time, position and focal length, to achieve composition. With a prime, it is much simpler, and I have to make do with what I have. Now, that is not 100% true, because I usually have more than one prime to hand. But changing lenses is not something I do before haveing exhausted any possibility to get what I want form the lens I have. So this is the second value of shooting primes: it forces me to think, not just to "spray and pray".
p.2 #16 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
I am getting best Canon lenses no meter zoom or primes. For now only two zooms in my bag: 70-200F4L IS and 16-35L mk II + 7 L primes But I would buy more zooms if they become close to primes in IQ!
p.2 #17 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
Breitling65 wrote:
I am getting best Canon lenses no meter zoom or primes. For now only two zooms in my bag: 70-200F4L IS and 16-35L mk II + 7 L primes But I would buy more zooms if they become close to primes in IQ!
+1 I'm a "mixed bag" shooter too - primes & zooms - depends on the occasion & the subject matter. I don't have a prejudice against either!
p.2 #18 · Are you a prime, zoom or a mixed bag guy?
Basically whatever tool will do the job and help me create the image I want in the situations I find myself in. For what I photograph this means a combo of zooms and primes.
