Lenses:
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Of all the ways
to spend money on camera gear - a good lens is the best place
to start. Nothing can be more of a hindrance to getting good
shots than having a low quality lens. Digital imaging is quickly
changing the rules for much of photography but the laws of
physics remain: you have to have a good lens to focus the
light accurately with as little distortion as possible. Digital
cameras are also allowing us to shoot at higher and higher
ISO values with little noise; however, it is always advantageous
to have as fast a lens as possible (large maximum aperture)
to ensure you can capture low light images when the time comes.
Also remember that a lens is a much more important investment
of your money; digital SLR bodies are essentially disposable
being obsolete in 2 to 3 years. A good lens, on the other
hand, will hopefully be used for a longer time period.
I have bought only
prime lenses (fixed focal length) as the zoom lenses for manual
SLR systems tend to hurt image quality as far as distortion.
This is not necessarily the case today as the modern zoom
lens from Nikon, Canon, and others is often every bit as sharp
as the prime lenses. I have heard the advice that beginners
should use prime lenses to be able to focus on composition
and truly understand the qualities of a particular focal length
(perspective, depth of field, etc.). I agree that using primes
can be beneficial to beginners and am glad that I have had
the opportunity to take this route. On the other hand, now
that I have gained some experience with a wide variety of
focal lengths to learn with them, I would not hesitate to
have a zoom as my next lens. I have had too many situations
where the image captured could have been a higher quality
had I been able to quickly select a different focal length.
I will be discussing
the Nikon lenses that are in my bag and will tackle them in
the order that I obtained them.
Nikon
50mm f1.4 AI
Nikon
24mm f2.0 AIS
Nikon
24mm f2.8 AIS
Nikon
105mm f2.8 Macro
Nikon
2X Teleconverter
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