I’m on a hiking weekend in wales in May and starting to plan the lenses to take. My challenge is I’m a real prime lens snob. Telephoto end aside, I love using primes. My go to wedding bag is 24, 35, 85 and 135, typically with 35 and 135 on the bodies most of the times.
I did the Yorkshire 3 peaks last year and had prepped with tammy 28-200 and Sony 16-35, but weather on the day was awful so didn’t really use. I’ve now swapped out the Sony for the Tammy 17-28, mainly so both are using 67mm filters.
It’s definitely a mental block for me, but whenever I use a zoom lens I just feel like I’m prepping with a water pistol vs a loaded gun. My photographic FOMO goes into overdrive, and I struggle to leave all the primes behind. Then just shoot with which ever primes came with me.
I’m not quite sure what the help is I’m looking for, but maybe someone else has had a similar mental block in their photography journey and has some tips. I’m not interested in moving to the GM zooms though. I value the fast ends of my primes too much and (assuming I can get over my mental block) the weight of the tamrons.
So any tips? Do I just need to go cold turkey on primes for a bit, or any other tips.
I did the Yorkshire 3 peaks last year and had prepped with tammy 28-200 and Sony 16-35, but weather on the day was awful so didn’t really use. I’ve now swapped out the Sony for the Tammy 17-28, mainly so both are using 67mm filters.
It’s definitely a mental block for me, but whenever I use a zoom lens I just feel like I’m prepping with a water pistol vs a loaded gun. My photographic FOMO goes into overdrive, and I struggle to leave all the primes behind. Then just shoot with which ever primes came with me.
I’m not quite sure what the help is I’m looking for, but maybe someone else has had a similar mental block in their photography journey and has some tips. I’m not interested in moving to the GM zooms though. I value the fast ends of my primes too much and (assuming I can get over my mental block) the weight of the tamrons.
So any tips? Do I just need to go cold turkey on primes for a bit, or any other tips.