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The zoom advantage

August 31, 2021

Go wide (18mm) for overall view.

Zoom lenses have a place in the camera bag of most photographers. The longer the zoom range, the more likely the lens could use any type of support. When shooting with a fixed focal length (as here) choices of image size are limited.

No joy from fixed focal length.

Keep a wide range of focal lengths with you–even when just driving to or from work/class/sight-seeing, since you don’t know what setting you might need with only a moment’s notice. Quite recently, I had just begun to drive back from a class at the Chicago Botanic Garden when I decided to pull over to get a snap or two of the Japanese Islands for the class that begins on Sunday, September 12. I began with a wide (18mm) view. Then I heard them coming in for a landing and tried to quickly change to a longer lens. Couldn’t do it in time. I lucked

Another group of geese and another lens.

out, though, when another group of geese dropped out of the sky. By then,  I had the 200mm lens in place. One never knows, so be prepared.

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