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Anonymous
>>140462 Well, see, the thing is that although the zoom is just one thing, it's a pretty big one thing that will be worthless in dark environments. Sitting out on the hotel bar balcony talking to someone, and want a quick photograph? With these zooms, you're either going to have to go all direct flash, or bring some external strobes, which would totally freak your conversational partner out if you started setting up flashes and sync cords everywhere over some scotch. OTOH, if you bring a 35/2 or a 28/1.8, you've got a perfect lens for that.
Light going down and you're on this beautiful old square? Just a bit too dim perhaps for the ISO and shutter speed you would want? Haul out a 20/2.8, and snap that lovely 16th Century burger's house, with all the great evening shadowplay and colors on it.
Pretty waitress with a good command of English chat up with you about your camera? Take out the small-and-cheap 50/1.8, and shoot a nice head-and-just-below-the-shoulders.
Do you get where I'm going with this? Two or three small primes will about the size of that zoom in your OP pic. Zooms work OK in general conditions, but anytime stuff gets interesting, primes will win out.
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