I think that once you have shot with an extremely high grade lens, nothing else measures up - IOW, one will always find fault with a lesser lens, even if that "lesser" lens is very good - if one has shot with a higher quality lens with which to have a comparison.
After 30+ years of professional shooting five different systems, I feel like I've had some really great pieces of equipment over the years. The top of the line pieces have ruined me for anything less. I keep preaching content over technicalities but I admit that I severely judge lens performance - responsiveness, sharpness and rendition.
While I can shoot with any lens, I ask myself after doing so with less-than-top-of-the-line lenses: What was the point of that? Why not invest in a very few of the best and stop trying to save money on a compromised lens?
It's human nature to defend something you've purchased and you therefore want to love. I really want that 24-105mm f4 to be the bee's knees. But if the 24-70mm f2.8 GM is going to return crisp, beautiful uncompromised quality - at this point, for me, anyway - I've already been through over and over, the feeling of regret having compromised quality for price. I just need to buy fewer pieces of higher quality - money can be saved that way also.
Feb 09, 2018 at 09:06 PM
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