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New Sigma 50-150 telephoto
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:55:47 +0200, Wolfgang Weisselberg
wrote: : Robert Coe wrote: : : [50-150mm] : : : It weighs 95% as much as 70-200 f2.8 Fx zooms. : : Yeah, but a bottom of 70 leaves a 15mm gap between it and, say, the Canon : 17-55 (which I have). : : A non-problem. : People used to have lens choices like 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 55 or 55mm, : 85mm, 100mm, 135mm ... and not a zoom in sight. It worked. : : I have -40mm, 50mm and 70-mm. I don't have problems with the : "missing" 10mm and 20mm. : : However, the 50-150mm has a 50mm gap between it's end and the : 70-200mm's end This is about the difference between a 150mm : without and with a 1.4x teleconverter. : : : : There are good APS-c wide zooms which top out in the 70-85mm focal : : length range if you really don't want to "lose" the 50-70mm range. : : The 50-70mm range is usually able to be compensated for by "zooming with : : your feet" if you need to frame everything perfectly ex-camera. : : Depending on where you are and what you're doing. It can be hard (or at least : embarrassing) to "zoom with your feet" at an awards ceremony, with all the : wives and mothers cursing you for getting in their way. ;^) : : It can be even more hard and embarassing to zoom the missing 50mm : in with your feet shooting the big cats at the zoo. :-) : : Anyway, if you have to switch between your -55 and your 50- : lens --- which is gonna happen, if you don't plan ahead and : be at the right spot at an awards ceremony --- you're going : to lose the shot anyway. If you can plan, you can plan for : the gap. I almost always use two cameras at that kind of event. A long one for those at the podium, a wider one for audience shots and group pictures. Bob |
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New Sigma 50-150 telephoto
Robert Coe wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:55:47 +0200, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote: : Robert Coe wrote: : [50-150mm] : : It weighs 95% as much as 70-200 f2.8 Fx zooms. : Yeah, but a bottom of 70 leaves a 15mm gap between it and, say, the Canon : 17-55 (which I have). : A non-problem. : People used to have lens choices like 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 55 or 55mm, : 85mm, 100mm, 135mm ... and not a zoom in sight. It worked. : I have -40mm, 50mm and 70-mm. I don't have problems with the : "missing" 10mm and 20mm. : However, the 50-150mm has a 50mm gap between it's end and the : 70-200mm's end This is about the difference between a 150mm : without and with a 1.4x teleconverter. : : There are good APS-c wide zooms which top out in the 70-85mm focal : : length range if you really don't want to "lose" the 50-70mm range. : : The 50-70mm range is usually able to be compensated for by "zooming with : : your feet" if you need to frame everything perfectly ex-camera. : Depending on where you are and what you're doing. It can be hard (or at least : embarrassing) to "zoom with your feet" at an awards ceremony, with all the : wives and mothers cursing you for getting in their way. ;^) : It can be even more hard and embarassing to zoom the missing 50mm : in with your feet shooting the big cats at the zoo. :-) : Anyway, if you have to switch between your -55 and your 50- : lens --- which is gonna happen, if you don't plan ahead and : be at the right spot at an awards ceremony --- you're going : to lose the shot anyway. If you can plan, you can plan for : the gap. I almost always use two cameras at that kind of event. A long one for those at the podium, a wider one for audience shots and group pictures. a ... "long" ... camera? :-) But well, if you can't move a bit, can't crop in post and need 100% framing out of camera and have common situations which call for 57 or 68 mm ... -Wolfgang |
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