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04-28-17, 08:25 AM
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I love photography and cameras and taking pics. I've done all of my own photography on borrowed equipment and don't really have a good camera of my own, though.
04-28-17, 08:25 AM
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I also tend to agree with the 17-50 recommendation; and it is probably what I would choose as well.
But . . . how about this? If you feel the 50mm lens would yield the very best quality, take it only. Michelangelo always said that the art was hidden in the rock and that he merely liberated it. His art was one of subtraction, therefore. Let your 50mm--and its limitations and possibilities--be your rock! Take the images that the lens will allow you to take, concentrating on image quality--yes, at the expense of some flexibility.
I've always found this to be a fun challenge. Also, I'm an inveterate weight-weenie/minimalist and hated carrying around multiple lenses when I'd go out on photo shoots.
But . . . how about this? If you feel the 50mm lens would yield the very best quality, take it only. Michelangelo always said that the art was hidden in the rock and that he merely liberated it. His art was one of subtraction, therefore. Let your 50mm--and its limitations and possibilities--be your rock! Take the images that the lens will allow you to take, concentrating on image quality--yes, at the expense of some flexibility.
I've always found this to be a fun challenge. Also, I'm an inveterate weight-weenie/minimalist and hated carrying around multiple lenses when I'd go out on photo shoots.
04-28-17, 08:26 AM
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I also tend to agree with the 17-50 recommendation; and it is probably what I would choose as well.
But . . . how about this? If you feel the 50mm lens would yield the very best quality, take it only. Michelangelo always said that the art was hidden in the rock and that he merely liberated it. His art was one of subtraction, therefore. Let your 50mm--and its limitations and possibilities--be your rock! Take the images that the lens will allow you to take, concentrating on image quality--yes, at the expense of some flexibility.
I've always found this to be a fun challenge. Also, I'm an inveterate weight-weenie/minimalist and hated carrying around multiple lenses when I'd go out on photo shoots.
But . . . how about this? If you feel the 50mm lens would yield the very best quality, take it only. Michelangelo always said that the art was hidden in the rock and that he merely liberated it. His art was one of subtraction, therefore. Let your 50mm--and its limitations and possibilities--be your rock! Take the images that the lens will allow you to take, concentrating on image quality--yes, at the expense of some flexibility.
I've always found this to be a fun challenge. Also, I'm an inveterate weight-weenie/minimalist and hated carrying around multiple lenses when I'd go out on photo shoots.
04-28-17, 08:27 AM
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04-28-17, 08:33 AM
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Ah, okay. Keep in mind that the speed advantage isn't necessarily as big as you think it might be, 'specially compared to the wide end. You've got a two stop advantage in terms of aperture, but you can probably make up at least one stop or more via shutter speed (following the loose 1/equiv FL rule of thumb), even factoring in the IBIS, so it really comes back to whether or not the FoV is what you want given the subject. But yeah, no reason not to pocket the 50.
04-28-17, 08:36 AM
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04-28-17, 08:36 AM
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Oh ****,
Chad Young 'not expected to recover' from Tour of the Gila crash | Cyclingnews.com
I don't know Chad Young, but the teammate of his that was involved in the crash, Edward Anderson, is from here and I've ridden with him a few times. He just signed with Hagens Berman and I think this was his first stage race as a pro, it's gotta be horrible to go down and have one of your teammates not survive.
Thoughts with Edward and the family of Chad, bike racing has been pretty tragic lately.
Chad Young 'not expected to recover' from Tour of the Gila crash | Cyclingnews.com
I don't know Chad Young, but the teammate of his that was involved in the crash, Edward Anderson, is from here and I've ridden with him a few times. He just signed with Hagens Berman and I think this was his first stage race as a pro, it's gotta be horrible to go down and have one of your teammates not survive.
Thoughts with Edward and the family of Chad, bike racing has been pretty tragic lately.
04-28-17, 08:40 AM
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04-28-17, 08:41 AM
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Ah, okay. Keep in mind that the speed advantage isn't necessarily as big as you think it might be, 'specially compared to the wide end. You've got a two stop advantage in terms of aperture, but you can probably make up at least one stop or more via shutter speed (following the loose 1/equiv FL rule of thumb), even factoring in the IBIS, so it really comes back to whether or not the FoV is what you want given the subject. But yeah, no reason not to pocket the 50.
04-28-17, 08:44 AM
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What part of the Alps do you live in?
04-28-17, 08:45 AM
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They gave up too much. So it goes. I do appreciate how covert Pace was - no visit to Halas Hall, no workout, no communication. The Tribune and Sun Times weren't even close.
04-28-17, 08:51 AM
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...but then you learn that faster isn't necessarily better, unlike bikes. I mean, it's nice to have the option, but damn if it ain't obvious from the only-one-eye-in-focus portraits that someone's new to, and newly infatuated with, fast lenses.
04-28-17, 08:52 AM
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I dunno why I'm taking the time to clean up the bike two days before a rainy gravel ride, but there is something satisfying about scraping the toejam off of jockey wheels.
04-28-17, 08:53 AM
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Speaking of lenses, my all-time favorite is the Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM. It is a fantastic lens for portraiture but also very flexible. I took this in southern California with it a few years ago in Long Beach, CA:
04-28-17, 08:54 AM
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My bike is a total mess. No rain rides, but plenty of morning dew and road crud coating everything. If I do this mountain weekend in May, I'll need to give it a scrub and probably fix some strange shifting issues most likely associated with a bent hanger.
04-28-17, 09:01 AM
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Yeah. I think at this point we should stop talking about lenses altogether and start recommending which instragram filters and hashtags he should use.
04-28-17, 09:02 AM
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....and then it cascaded from there. Chain is kind dirty - let's soak it. Jockey wheels are yuk - let's scrape 'em, etc, etc.