Which range do you shoot more?

[Chris Lim]

Was just wondering what rage do you guys tend to shoot more in general?

28-70 or 70-200?

currently i've lens that covers from 12-55mm. So thinking between these two.
Cos i worked it out and from 50-70mm its just almost one normal walking step difference.

[Scaglietti]

Originally Posted by Chris Lim Was just wondering what rage do you guys tend to shoot more in general? 28-70 or 70-200? currently i've lens that covers from 12-55mm. So thinking between these two. Cos i worked it out and from 50-70mm its just almost one normal walking step difference.

It really depends on what type of photography you are into and your shooting habits.

I shoot portraits and I usualy use mid tele range: 50-105mm (DX format)

BC

[Chris Lim]

If say you wanted to practise more on journalistic/street photography and portraiture?

[AJ23]

200mm for portraits.

[blazer_workz]

Originally Posted by Chris Lim If say you wanted to practise more on journalistic/street photography and portraiture?

17-55 and a 105/135 prime

[Artosoft]

18-70mm kit lens.

Regards,
Arto.

[Chris Lim]

yeah but what if its just btw the two i mentioned?

[Scaglietti]

Originally Posted by Chris Lim yeah but what if its just btw the two i mentioned?

Not ideal for the application mentioned. 70-200 may be good for portraits but is limited for journalistic.

28-70 may be good for journalistic (albiet I think it is not wide enough), but not ideal for portraits.

BC

[blazer_workz]

Originally Posted by Scaglietti Not ideal for the application mentioned. 70-200 may be good for portraits but is limited for journalistic. 28-70 may be good for journalistic (albiet I think it is not wide enough), but not ideal for portraits. BC

yeah..28-70 is not 3 not 4 on a cropped sensor..but definitely useful on a FF..

[Scaglietti]

Personally, for DX sensor, I am thinking of 17-55mm f/2.8 and the Tokina 50-135 f/2.8 for the application you mention.

BC

[Chris Lim]

yeah. At the same time. its the cropped sensor. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

But i think... if i want something thats useable on both film and digital. think maybe i'll
stick with the 70-200 for now. And tahan with my sigma 28-70 temporarily. Focus may be abit slow. but i guess if im more prepared... nth couldn't salvage it?

[scubasimon]

i do travel photography. when i travel, i find that i have the 17-35 on my camera 80% of the time. the other times i have my 70-200 on it. for me, the wide angle, speed and brightness of the 17-35 gives me a lot of flexibility to grab the shots i need.

i do have the 28-70 as well. i thought i'd use it more when i do events. but in reality, i never really use that lens much at all.

i also have the 12-24...this one is special though i use it very little. but the results are always special!

[spazzer]

Originally Posted by Chris Lim Was just wondering what rage do you guys tend to shoot more in general? 28-70 or 70-200? currently i've lens that covers from 12-55mm. So thinking between these two. Cos i worked it out and from 50-70mm its just almost one normal walking step difference.

i would actually go for a 17-55mm nikon or 17-50mm tamron as it is much cheaper and still rather sharp because i do more of candid

[longkangman]

58, 85, 105 and 18-70.

[robotech]

These 3 lenses are always in my bag.

17-55 / 70-200 / 10-20

[Chris Lim]

Originally Posted by robotech These 3 lenses are always in my bag. 17-55 / 70-200 / 10-20

woooo... that will be one heavy bag.. haha you must be pretty build by now.

[browndad]

i shoot on DSLR these days. i find that 17-35mm range is the best.

17mm on DSLR = 24mm on film ... so that's wide enough for me.

35mm on DSLR = 50mm on film ... it's merely normal. not telephoto at all. but the magic of digital camera is that i will always shoot on the highest resolution, and do the cropping as a post-pro.

[robotech]

Originally Posted by Chris Lim woooo... that will be one heavy bag.. haha you must be pretty build by now.

LOL...not really lar.. Once addicted to the quality of the shots from these lenses...there's no turning back. Just can't replace the 17-55 and 70-200 wif a 18-200.

[psychobiologist]

i shoot a bit more towards the 80-150mm range these days

[Chris Lim]

yeah. i tend to shoot alot of wide. but i think its time i learnt to do in cam cropping so wanna narrow down to some zooms.