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Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 13:22:40 No.4170481 View View Reply Original Report

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do you still love your kit lens?
why did you abandon it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 13:35:40 No.4170482 Report

Quoted By: >>4170680 >>4172621

>>4170481
my xf 18-55 f/2.8-4 is exclusively now for video work, and it's something it excels in. feel no compulsion to upgrade or change.
i stick to primes for normal photography because introducing zooming paralyses with me choice when it comes to framing, and makes it more difficult. prefer to just git gud with 35mm/50mm/etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 13:38:11 No.4170483 Report

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>>4170481
I used mine for about a month, then it ended up on a shelf until someone broke into my place and stole it (among a bunch of other things).

RIP Nikkor DX 18-55mm 3.5-5.6G. You were and always will be replaceable.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 14:16:20 No.4170493 Report

Quoted By: >>4170656

Wisely took the advice of my friend who pushed me towards the 27mm.
This thing is actually a great all arounder and 40mm proved to be a very useful street lens. Shoots the same as a 50 but with a bit of room to crop in case i fuck up.
Same friend shoots a Leica Q2 summilux 28mm and often i like Fuji pictures more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 14:25:22 No.4170496 Report

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I'm getting a full spectrum camera and I read that apparently kit lenses work better than big aperture primes on them.
Something about hot spots in small apertures.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 14:38:42 No.4170502 Report

Quoted By: >>4170512 >>4170548

not by choice
i'm broke

Sugar !egyYvoBZV2

Sugar !egyYvoBZV2 Mon 24 Apr 2023 15:18:21 No.4170511 Report

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I still have my 18-55 IS for my Rebel XTi and 20d, I held on to them to convert one to IR

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 15:19:16 No.4170512 Report

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>>4170502
>Picture Taken with Canon 6D
You can get a 50mm f1.8 for like 50 bucks on Ebay, a dollar per mm.
You have the one of the cheapest systems for entry level primes.

/\mbush !!zJbpV0948+w

/\mbush !!zJbpV0948+w Mon 24 Apr 2023 15:52:47 No.4170527 Report

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I still have my silver 28-80.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 16:22:05 No.4170548 Report

Quoted By: >>4170583 >>4170618

>>4170502
this picture looks like a 3d rendering. is it the sharpening?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 17:29:51 No.4170583 Report

Quoted By: >>4170618

>>4170548
Some kind of HDR processing. Photos without any deep blacks nor bright highlights tend to look kind of uncanny.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 19:33:07 No.4170618 Report

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>>4170548
>>4170583
plus the rusty colors and warm light

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 19:59:52 No.4170632 Report

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>>4170481
I never had a kit lens. I researched which lenses were available for my camera before buying it and picked out my favorite based on the specs, price, and sample photos.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 20:28:23 No.4170656 Report

Quoted By: >>4172621

>>4170493
comfy FOV and size but shitty autofocus

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 20:49:33 No.4170668 Report

Quoted By: >>4171829

Still have it because Fuji make the best damn kit lens going.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 21:27:21 No.4170680 Report

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>>4170482
>video
>focus by wire

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 22:44:17 No.4170697 Report

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>>4170481

No abandonment plans here. It's an 18-55 zoom so I intend to grab a nifty fifty in f1.8 for strategic lowlight and bokeh purposes, but otherwise I anticipate continuing to use the base lens 90% of the time. It's just a ridiculously flexible set of options all at immediate reach.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Apr 2023 23:19:30 No.4170704 Report

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>do you still love your kit lens?
I didn't love it because it had de-centering problems.
>why did you abandon it?
Gave it away because I didn't have any use for it anymore after the camera broke.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 26 Apr 2023 19:47:25 No.4171476 Report

Quoted By: >>4174640

>>4170481
My current camera is body only, but I used to use a crop canon with kit lens. The only upside of it was that it was there for me, but sometimes it's more than enough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Apr 2023 20:57:40 No.4171512 Report

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>>4170481
You have no idea how much I miss kit primes that were better than the flagship 1.2s

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Apr 2023 15:08:33 No.4171818 Report

Quoted By: >>4172598

>>4170481
I still use the snoy 16-50 kit lens most of the time, only weighs 116g like a pancake lens.

Sugar !egyYvoBZV2

Sugar !egyYvoBZV2 Thu 27 Apr 2023 15:12:47 No.4171820 Report

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I never bought a kit camera but I did track down the later version of the 18-55 IS for my Rebel for IR conversion. Great little lens.

When I had a D5600 I bought the kit lens for it separately as well. Kit lenses have come a long way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 27 Apr 2023 15:24:07 No.4171829 Report

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>>4170668
>toulousain
>avoir du bon goût
Un et un seul.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Apr 2023 23:36:38 No.4172570 Report

Quoted By: >>4172598

I'm poor, recently I've bought sony A6300 and kit lens thats 3.5-5.6 / 16-50mm
I know its cheap and shit, but I really like it, and it'll be some time before i save up for decent lens.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Apr 2023 23:47:17 No.4172572 Report

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>>4170481
Ive never had a kit lens.

I bought a "kit lens" recently though, the Canon RF 24-105mm f4L. But I paid normal price for it (about $1800 in my country).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Apr 2023 00:23:59 No.4172598 Report

Quoted By:

>>4171818
>>4172570
16-50mm chads rise up. It's a piece of shit but super compact and flexible. Best part of snoy aps-c

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Apr 2023 00:49:47 No.4172621 Report

Quoted By: >>4173293

>>4170482
great lens, not as sharp as a tack but good in good lighting, sorry to say it kinda sucks in low light otherwise i would have kept it

>>4170656
is the autofocus that bad on the new 27 wr? thinking of pairing it with my xpro 3. currently using a 35 1.4 and its magical but i find myself wanting a big more room so can decide between the 27 or the 23 f2

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Apr 2023 01:28:36 No.4172630 Report

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>>4170481
I got a used D7100 with 18-140 and that shit is blurry as fuck anywhere outside of center and barely usable below f/8. I quickly replaced it with the 35 prime and never touched it again. Dunno, maybe it's defective.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Apr 2023 11:08:53 No.4172731 Report

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Bought my first real camera recently, a [spoiler:lit] Nikon ZFC [/spoiler:lit] with a 16-55mm Z lens. Still the main lens I use until I buy some kind of prime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Apr 2023 13:05:43 No.4172749 Report

Quoted By: >>4172857 >>4173305

>>4170481
No, I replaced it with a fast prime since zooms are a crutch

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Apr 2023 19:06:31 No.4172857 Report

Quoted By: >>4173295

>>4172749
zooms are a crutch because walking closer or moving further away takes some kind of talent? i feel like it takes more skill to take nice pictures when your aperture is the limiting feature

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 01 May 2023 19:35:39 No.4173293 Report

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>>4172621
>is the autofocus that bad on the new 27 wr? thinking of pairing it with my xpro 3. currently using a 35 1.4 and its magical but i find myself wanting a big more room so can decide between the 27 or the 23 f2

it's perfectly fine. faster and more accurate then say my 35 1.4. Its just a bit loud.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 01 May 2023 19:49:06 No.4173295 Report

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>>4172857
>coping zoomer
Shocking. Primes over 50mm are a crutch too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 01 May 2023 20:16:03 No.4173305 Report

Quoted By: >>4173331

>>4172749
They compromise lens design in significant ways, but caring about
>muh ctutch
is moronic.

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cinefag !CiNE/YT/e6 Mon 01 May 2023 21:32:54 No.4173331 Report

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>>4173305
You can blame me on that one. I really, and I mean really pushed that meme hard back in the day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 May 2023 03:14:51 No.4173852 Report

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>>4170481
Still have it, but it does not get any usage after i got a 24-70 2.8. Beyond that i use a 35 1.8.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 01:01:24 No.4174640 Report

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>>4171476
Is that Sweden anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 01:07:27 No.4174643 Report

Quoted By: >>4174645

>>4170481
I use it all the time, idgaf what you people think. Gearqueers make me PUKE.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 01:13:23 No.4174645 Report

Quoted By: >>4174648

>>4174643
you are a gearqueer lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 01:14:28 No.4174646 Report

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>>4170481
I never had it because
>buying new

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 01:22:45 No.4174647 Report

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>>4170481
I don't buy cameras with an included lens. Dumb idea.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 01:51:17 No.4174648 Report

Quoted By: >>4174674

>>4174645
no u

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 02:28:57 No.4174657 Report

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I still use the 24-70mm f/4 Z kit lens my Z6 came with. It's insanely good. Works a treat on the Z9 as well. It's so good that I don't want to get the 24-70 f/2.8, like, what would be the point? One more stop? The high ISO performance is fine. It's small, lightweight, and sharp af at every aperture, at every focal length. Pretty great. And if you don't have one, they're like $400 all day long online.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 03:17:25 No.4174674 Report

Quoted By: >>4174811

>>4174648
>he bought a brand new camera so it came with a kit lens
>not the cheapest one on ebay, without a lens, with some cheap as shit tamron he found in a dispassion search for "lens for *my camera brand*" and thought looked cool
gear
queer

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 May 2023 12:22:57 No.4174811 Report

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>>4174674
>He didn't buy a broken camera, fixed it, dumpster dived for a soviet lens, and 3d printed an adapter for it
gear
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