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Changing pixel sizes Anon
Is there a possibility to change the pixel size for a picture smaller than 90 pixs if it's larger than that? Awesome pics for answer.
>> Anonymous
>>100641
>>100637
fuck yeah, megapixels and zoom. i get that too. i even got a "how can your camera take good pictures here [a band gig] without flash when it cant zoom?"
>> Anonymous
>>100637
Is the 50/1.8 the only lens you have?

It must be a little tight most of the time, isn't it? But kudos for going the route of the prime.
>> Anonymous
>>100641
Lol ya I use predominantly Primes, and everyone seems confused as to why I would possibly use a prime lens over a zoom.
Just telling them it lets in more light (and has greater DOF control) doesn't stop them from thinking you have gone insane and wasted all your money on a "super expensive" lens (that costs more than their camera likely)
>> BlackAdder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
The megapixel and zoom thing has managed to get engrained into people's heads thanks to the advertising surrounding them.
>> Anonymous
>>100644

haha, nah, I have others. I just find myself using the 50 1.8 alot because it' so light and fast.

the cropped sensor does make things really tight though.
>> Anonymous
>>100650
lol since you asked
15mm f2.8 fisheye
24mm f1.8
30mm f1.4
50mm f1.4
85mm f1.8
90mm f2.8 (macro)
400mm f5.6
(I had a 180mm f2.8, but didn't like it, sold it and got an 80-200 f2.8 instead))

People think I'm nuts for how much I spend on camera gear, But I truthfully save money compared to how much I used to spend on video games :) So I'm not too worried
>> Anonymous
>>100658

...

did you buy and burn ps3s or something?
>> Anonymous
>>100662
Well i bought all that gear over 2 years
I used to get a new game like every week, I also had to have 4 controllers for each console (played a lot of multiplayer stuff)
So ya it adds up. I buy almost all my lenses used though, so its not as expensive as you may think)

Total cost to me for all those primes is.. 1250 (Not counting the 80-200)
>> Anonymous
>>100658
choo bastard!
thats pretty much the setup im trying to build.

only got 50 1.4 and 30 1.4 at the mo :(
maybe getting 85 soon though :D
>> Half-Eye !Ir.x8Zkt3c
I hereby officially summon a shitstorm.
When i first read the word "prime", i didnt have a clue. Then i started reading english photography-related stuff on teh internets, even wikipedia. Which brings me to the following conclusion:
1)You're doing it wrong
2)A lens with a fixed focal length (as opposed to zoom) is not a "prime"
3)The term "prime" refers to the lens itself without any other acessories
4)This means, there can be Zoom Primes
5)Fail

oh yes, i am bored, cold, miserable and hungry right now. And the gf is some 200 kilometers away.
>> Anonymous
>>100685

EAT WIKIPEDIA! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_lens
>> Anonymous
>>100685
language changes, end of shitstorm
>> Anonymous
I can't imagine where you heard that, but you're dead wrong. No question about it.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>100685
I'm really curious as to how you arrived at that wrong opinion.
>> Anonymous
>>100786
It says it on the Wikipedia article is how I'm guessing.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>100792
First line of the Wikipedia article:
>In film and photography, a prime lens is a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens, which has a variable focal length.
>> Anonymous
>>100812

And then there's this big section, which I have no clue as to the accuracy of:

Correct meaning of the term

The misusage of prime lens to mean fixed focal length lens has now been around for several years, and unfortunately has become widespread through the Internet and especially Usenet newsgroups, in recent years extending to printed sources as well. The misusage has become so common that now when it's used correctly, and it still is, the majority of readers are likely to misunderstand it.

When the camera lens is used with some other optical device, such as a close-up lens or tele converter, the camera lens itself is properly called the prime lens. That is really all the term "prime lens" means -- whether it's fixed focal length or zoom makes no difference.

Prime is correctly used in the sense of primary, chief, original, first in order, etc. -- all standard dictionary definitions for "prime." There is no dictionary definition for "prime" that means fixed focal length or fixed anything else.

Old and well-known lens manufacturers such as ARRI Media[1], ISCO Precision Optics[2], Schneider[3], Zeiss, and others still make variable focal length cine and video lenses regularly catalogued as variable primes. And on the other hand, most major camera manufacturers such as Nikon do not use "prime" to mean fixed focal length. Obviously it causes a great deal of confusion when a term properly applied to lenses of variable focal length is also caused to mean fixed focal length. The abbreviation "FFL" is standard for fixed focal length, and its use is encouraged instead of the incorrect "prime."
>> Anonymous
>>100815
its just some old dude who is pissed off the same lingo he used when he was young and virile, is now being used for a different purpose.
"Prime" lens is currently used and understood by almost all modern photographers.
The english language (And all other languages) Changes.
Hell, Woot just got added to the merriam webster dictionary this year.
>> Anonymous
I have photo books from the 60s and 70s that refer to fixed focal length lenses as "prime lenses," I assure you it's not a new term. I've been a photographer for about fifteen years, having done it professionally on and off several times in that period and I have never once heard the term "prime lens" used to describe anything other than a fixed focal length lens.

>>100815ariable focal length cine and video lenses regularly catalogued as variable primes.

I have no idea if that's true or not, but given the fact that still photography and videography have a lot of differing terminology, I would not find it that surprising. Perhaps it's because converters and optical attachments are much more common in video than still photography. Nevertheless the fact remains that "prime" lens in still photography refers to a fixed focal length lens.
>> in during oldfag, cry moar, shitstorm, etc des
Everytime I've seen a prime(fixed lens) vs prime(primary lens) debate, it's been trolling or people trying to be contrarian/hip.
This was a popular troll back in the day on usenet. Probably still is.
>>100815
Most of that wiki entry seems really familar, I'd wager it's copypasta from old rec.photo.~ trolling.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>100815
Oh, hey, I didn't notice that.

I think it's bunk. Claiming that that's the "correct" meaning of prime is like saying "'Camera' doesn't really mean a device used to take pictures. It just means room. Now I'm going to go back to my camera and masturbate furiously while fantasizing about how knowledgeable I am compared to you"

I've never heard "Prime" used in that way before this thread. A google search for "variable prime lens" yields a grant total of less-than-150 pages using it in that way. I can accept that that definition might be an alternate definition, but it has long since been surpassed as being the primary definition.
>> Anonymous
...so is it prime or not?