donderdag, maart 22, 2007
Time for Primes!
In een artikel in The New York Times stellen medewerkers van Nikon en Canon vandaag dat zoom-objectieven dan wel populair en wijdverbreid mogen zijn, maar dat objectieven met een vast brandpunt nog altijd de beste kwaliteit bieden:
Although the zoom lens now reigns, nearly every lens maker still offers fixed focal length, or prime, lenses.
“Prime lenses provide the highest optical quality you can get,” said Chuck Westfall, a technology spokesman for Canon in the United States. “They are the benchmark.”
While optical differences between primes and zooms can sometimes be lost on nonprofessionals, primes do have other benefits. Many have large maximum openings that allow indoor photography without flash, and they can be more compact than a zoom.
In some cases, being the ultimate in optics does not come with a correspondingly high price. Mr. Heiner (Nikon) said he often recommended that amateur users supplemented the zoom that came with their camera with a 50-millimeter f1.8 lens, the kind of prime lens that was once shipped with most film cameras. Not only is it one of Nikon’s best optical designs, he said, but “at about $100, it’s also our best value.”
Although the zoom lens now reigns, nearly every lens maker still offers fixed focal length, or prime, lenses.
“Prime lenses provide the highest optical quality you can get,” said Chuck Westfall, a technology spokesman for Canon in the United States. “They are the benchmark.”
While optical differences between primes and zooms can sometimes be lost on nonprofessionals, primes do have other benefits. Many have large maximum openings that allow indoor photography without flash, and they can be more compact than a zoom.
In some cases, being the ultimate in optics does not come with a correspondingly high price. Mr. Heiner (Nikon) said he often recommended that amateur users supplemented the zoom that came with their camera with a 50-millimeter f1.8 lens, the kind of prime lens that was once shipped with most film cameras. Not only is it one of Nikon’s best optical designs, he said, but “at about $100, it’s also our best value.”
# posted by Jan-Edward : 09:24
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