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I'm sure it's great but it's a goddamn cannon. I shudder when I see people doing just regular tourism with these chonker lenses.

by xoac 2y ago

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
You see that, a lot, with Japanese tourists. American tourists tend to be waving around their phones, but Japanese tourists look like professional photojournalists. I see a lot of tourists (not sure which nation), using portable steadycams.
pdpi 2y ago
It's a superzoom, regular tourism is exactly the use case for these things (and, by the look of it, something this lens does really well at!) When I'm shooting wildlife, I'll almost always use my 100-400, maybe with a 1.4x teleconverter for even more range if I need it and the light allows it. For walkabout purposes, or indoors, I'll use either my normal zoom (24-70 f/2.8) or my wide angle (16-35 f/2.8). All of those lenses will almost certainly significantly outperform this lens at their respective niches, so you only use a lens like this if you expect to take photos of a wide variety of subjects in a wide variety of conditions, but can't/don't want to carry three (or more) lenses around with you. That pretty much describes tourists to a tee.
- LorenPechtel 2y ago
  Yup, the only use case for lenses like this is when you don't know what you're going to be pointing it at. If I have my stuff available I'm not going to use a superzoom. But when I'm limited in what I can carry I'm almost certainly carrying a superzoom.
makeitdouble 2y ago
Some people travel primarily to take photos. These days, those carrying a DSLR aren't doing so by accident or wannabeeism, and it's probably helping them enjoy the trip a lot more. At least for me, it's often a nice nudge to go off the beaten path or try to find nice viewpoints, pay more attention at what I am looking at and the little details.
alt227 2y ago
Cannon is probably not the best metaphor to use when talking about photography. Unless the double entendre was intentional.
alistairSH 2y ago
Totally agree. For walk around photography, I usually use an Olympus E-M5 with a 12-40 Pro lens. It's tiny compared to most of the Nikon and Canon offerings. That's enough zoom for most subjects, from landscape to portrait. In practice, I just haven't found the need for more zoom during regular "walk around" photography. I do have a 100-300 zoom when needed, but the added bulk of carrying around a super-zoom all the time? No thanks.

I'm sure it's great but it's a goddamn cannon. I shudder when I see people doing just regular tourism with these chonker lenses.

by xoac 2y ago

I'm sure it's great but it's a goddamn cannon. I shudder when I see people doing just regular tourism with these chonker lenses.

ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago

You see that, a lot, with Japanese tourists. American tourists tend to be waving around their phones, but Japanese tourists look like professional photojournalists. I see a lot of tourists (not sure which nation), using portable steadycams.

pdpi 2y ago

It's a superzoom, regular tourism is exactly the use case for these things (and, by the look of it, something this lens does really well at!) When I'm shooting wildlife, I'll almost always use my 100-400, maybe with a 1.4x teleconverter for even more range if I need it and the light allows it. For walkabout purposes, or indoors, I'll use either my normal zoom (24-70 f/2.8) or my wide angle (16-35 f/2.8). All of those lenses will almost certainly significantly outperform this lens at their respective niches, so you only use a lens like this if you expect to take photos of a wide variety of subjects in a wide variety of conditions, but can't/don't want to carry three (or more) lenses around with you. That pretty much describes tourists to a tee.

LorenPechtel 2y ago
Yup, the only use case for lenses like this is when you don't know what you're going to be pointing it at. If I have my stuff available I'm not going to use a superzoom. But when I'm limited in what I can carry I'm almost certainly carrying a superzoom.

makeitdouble 2y ago

Some people travel primarily to take photos. These days, those carrying a DSLR aren't doing so by accident or wannabeeism, and it's probably helping them enjoy the trip a lot more. At least for me, it's often a nice nudge to go off the beaten path or try to find nice viewpoints, pay more attention at what I am looking at and the little details.

alt227 2y ago

Cannon is probably not the best metaphor to use when talking about photography. Unless the double entendre was intentional.

alistairSH 2y ago

Totally agree. For walk around photography, I usually use an Olympus E-M5 with a 12-40 Pro lens. It's tiny compared to most of the Nikon and Canon offerings. That's enough zoom for most subjects, from landscape to portrait. In practice, I just haven't found the need for more zoom during regular "walk around" photography. I do have a 100-300 zoom when needed, but the added bulk of carrying around a super-zoom all the time? No thanks.