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I wonder if this is the equivalent of me having some 40 year old Nikon camera lenses. Lenses are still great, sharp and clear. But I’ve updated the camera sen
by alberth 4y ago
I wonder if this is the equivalent of me having some 40 year old Nikon camera lenses.
Lenses are still great, sharp and clear.
But I’ve updated the camera sensors, housing etc over the years - all while still using the same decades old lenses.
- m463 4y agoIt took a while for me to discover that truth about DSLR (SLR) lenses. My attention was always on the camera and lenses weren't that interesting. Turns out the lenses last and the camera bodies are soon obsolete. There are some exceptional they-don't-build-them-like-they-used-to lenses, like the canon 50mm f1.0 Of course with mirrorless you can use old lenses with a spacer, but now canon for instance is coming out with both r-mount and tiny m-mount lenses and you can gradually buy your collection over again. (and there are still interesting things going on like the rf 85mm f1.2 normal and now DS model)
- walrus01 4y agoOne of the big differences, however, with modern lenses is active image stabilization. Various "IS" and "VR" things in Nikon and Canon and similar lenses. Very important if shooting handheld and you want to take shots at slightly lower ISOs with less graininess in low light conditions, and for handheld videography with the same lenses. The active stabilization many modern DSLR and mirrorless market lenses is worth a few f-stops difference.