----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi"
Subject: lenses, lens use, and DA14 samples
I find that most of the time now I use the FA20-35 in preference to the A24/2.8. Their performance is quite comparable, in my opinion, although the prime does have a decent edge. The A24 is nicer to use for zone-focus-street shooting, just on the point of ergonomics. However, when I look at exposures made with the FA20-35, I am finding more and more that I use its entire range with about equal frequency; I think that means I'd find myself changing lenses a lot if I had just primes. Often times, though, I carry just the DA14/2.8, FA35/2 and FA50/1.4 ... It's a pleasure to have so many options.
I suspect if I was doing more candid street photography, something like the 20-35 or 12-24 would be a very nice zoom range, and I admit to still being stuck in the 70's regarding zooms. So much of my work is done in the controlled environment of the studio, or else the subject is inanimate that I have never felt the desire to explore what modern zoom lenses can do.
William Robb
