rise of a telephoto lens
i always wanted to shoot with an wide angle lens … i was never impressed with a telephoto lens … i read somewhere once Sebastian Salgado told that the more you are close to your subject, lesser becomes yous lens size …i really endorse the statement… you need a telephoto only if you are not too close with your subject … you don’t connect with your subject at all…
so whatever i did, i always wanted to document with a wide angle lens… in my kit, you will always find the big one, 17-40mm L , which would be mounted onto my 350D body… second lens is a 50mm and that’s it … i never got any urge to have a telephoto lens ( something like 70-300mm or so ) in my kit …
i initially thought telephoto is for those people who shoots wildlife and bird … very true .. i never encouraged to shoot street life with a telephoto lens… i felt , i wont get the environment with a telephoto lens .. i always thought telephoto shoot for a street life is something where you shoot like a paparazzi…
i would not say i was right … but i would say that was my belief …
for sometime now, i slowly changed my mind … slowly i was inclined to have a telephoto lens … i saw photographs for dance festival… i saw photographs mostly on ‘time’ which were shoot with a telephoto lens … i was turning at my back … i thought i should give a second thought on it …
one telephoto 70-300 or 70-200 would be ok for me … now which one to buy … i was confused.. is it really worth of buying ?? … will i use it so much that i should ‘invest’ on a telephoto ??
the questions were scratching my head for sometime … though i was not fully convinced...
copyright : Reuters
yesterday i saw this photograph in one of the website … i was stunned … the composition, use of focus light and use of lens made me fully convinced …
whats your say ?
so whatever i did, i always wanted to document with a wide angle lens… in my kit, you will always find the big one, 17-40mm L , which would be mounted onto my 350D body… second lens is a 50mm and that’s it … i never got any urge to have a telephoto lens ( something like 70-300mm or so ) in my kit …
i initially thought telephoto is for those people who shoots wildlife and bird … very true .. i never encouraged to shoot street life with a telephoto lens… i felt , i wont get the environment with a telephoto lens .. i always thought telephoto shoot for a street life is something where you shoot like a paparazzi…
i would not say i was right … but i would say that was my belief …
for sometime now, i slowly changed my mind … slowly i was inclined to have a telephoto lens … i saw photographs for dance festival… i saw photographs mostly on ‘time’ which were shoot with a telephoto lens … i was turning at my back … i thought i should give a second thought on it …
one telephoto 70-300 or 70-200 would be ok for me … now which one to buy … i was confused.. is it really worth of buying ?? … will i use it so much that i should ‘invest’ on a telephoto ??
the questions were scratching my head for sometime … though i was not fully convinced...
copyright : Reuters
yesterday i saw this photograph in one of the website … i was stunned … the composition, use of focus light and use of lens made me fully convinced …
whats your say ?
