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Mar. 20th, 2006 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
focalintentWould you rather have:
The f/2.8 allows for much lower light/faster shooting. The 80-400mm gives you that much more reach. (Assume that, optically, the lenses perform roughly equivalently, e.g. roughly same levels of vignetting, distortion, softness at certain ends/apertures, etc...)
(Why isn't this a poll? Not only do i want to know which folks would prefer, i want to know the whys : )
- a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens
- an 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens
The f/2.8 allows for much lower light/faster shooting. The 80-400mm gives you that much more reach. (Assume that, optically, the lenses perform roughly equivalently, e.g. roughly same levels of vignetting, distortion, softness at certain ends/apertures, etc...)
(Why isn't this a poll? Not only do i want to know which folks would prefer, i want to know the whys : )
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Date: 2006-03-21 09:03 pm (UTC)i so often shoot in low or marginal lighting that i value the ability to gather more light more than i gather the ability to zoom. i can almost always walk closer to my subject. (i don't do birdwatching.)
if your regular subjects are far off and in daylight, sure, go for the 80-400. but me, i do close-ups and medium, so i want light and optical clarity more than ultimate zoom.