agree different people different opinion.. imo as long as happy can liao !

For me, reason to use prime is to focus on subject, isolate the background (creamy bokeh )
And also indoor low light shot

But I proud if my cheap telephoto zoom lens that can create bokeh (but hardly.)

does anybody do freelensing with their prime here??

I just came back from another scientific trip in several islands around Semporna, Sabah. I'm really glad that I have the 50mm 1.8g with me, the images are so much sharper compared to what I've got using my kitlens
Still, having need to switch in between lenses during motorboat trips was rather daunting. A zoom lens would be better for my case imho~

zoom lens unable to do that?

they haven't try out 70-200 100-400, 80-400 and etc

agree with what you say, but if there is a combination of all then it will be perfect

dun have to try those lens.. just try 55-200 enough addy.. hahaha

55-200 bokeh is er....ugly.

lol.. of course cannot compared to those big lens.. cheap lens maa.. but its an okay tele lens for a price less than RM1k..

Sorry , i doesnt mean Primes Vs Zoom , not every primes lens is sharp wide open right?

Few member here keep on comparing the sharpness primes vs zoom , i just here to tell , no matter u using Primes or Zoom , sharpness / noise always put aside , Composition , Moment , Meaning always at the front part , hope u get what i mean


The Sharpness i mention isn't totally OOF picture la , but is consider usable focus picture

zoom lens able to do but not that "WOW" feel , let put tele lens aside , take 35mm f1.4 as example , sure it will isolated background better compared to zoom 35mm @ f4

That the only reason i will consider primes is for bokeh effect , for sure it will be more nicer in FF body

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Feb 27 2013, 11:10 PM

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O RLY.

so based on what you posted so far, is bokeh that WOWs you?

whatelse?
zoom lens can't give me the creamiest bokeh in the world... like full cream milk

You're missing the point of the post. So bokeh is the WOW factor? Seriously?

Can you tell the difference without putting side by side?

IMO that's the least important when it comes to choosing primes.

Unfortunately it's always the over-emphasis on bokeh that newbies immediately go buy the cheapest prime they can, and started to spam with bokeh-rich no-DOF lousy photos.

I'd go for primes for the following reasons
- FIXED perspective, there's no movement of the lens. It makes it consistent all the way.
- distortion control.

lighter weight too
and of course distortion control is the world most important to me hehee

This post has been edited by ifer: Feb 28 2013, 08:37 AM

I didn't put weight into the equation because those high grade primes are heavy too.

Last weekend I went on assignment with 50mm and 100mm macro only. Very nice combo, got my work done.

Today my assignment, I go out with zooms.

Ya, at least primes with more blades than the 50mm f1.8 II & 35mm f2 does really give me the WOW feeling

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2116053

Ff with primes and wide open at least WOW me, that I think cant achieve in zoom , not to say every pic must bokeh but when I need quality bokeh, nothing beat primes

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Feb 28 2013, 09:12 AM

er, those bokeh are rather bad.