Dan, think of it in terms of economics. If you are
into wildlife and big game, many opportunities are in
the shade or morning or late afternoon when hunting
and feeding take place. After you've plunked down a
few thousand for your travel and hotel and guide, if
you could increase your number of salable shots by
35%, then your big lens will have paid for itself
within a couple of trips.
Warren
<<<Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:48:53 -0600
From: "Daniel J. Mitchell"
<DanielMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Sort-of-faq -- why the big glass?
I'm sure I should know this one already from reading
the list, but every sooften I'll see someone's photos
and wonder -- what's the advantage of the 'big glass'
lenses again?
I see why a 350/2.8 is so expensive, certainly, but
given that most of the shots taken with them seem to
be at f/8 or f/11, is it really worth the money? You
gain ease of focussing because the DOF is smaller
there, and a brighter viewfinder, but that seems
fairly small improvements for the many many thousands
more dollars they cost. Is there other things you gain
that I'm not thinking of -- are the images from a
350/2.8 at f8 better than those from a 300/4.5 at f8?
Or is it that people use these in low light / high
speeds more often than I think they do? Or something
else again?
-- dan>>>
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