Subject:	My advice: don't bother (+)
Author:	drdread
Date:	2/28/2001 10:08:11 PM
Message:

The 80mm lens is a lens that you don't see in use very often. It's sort of a tough lens to use, and doesn't really do much for you. The problem is that it forces you to be very far from your subject unless the subject is very small. This, in turn, limits the size of subject you can shoot. When you're 6 feet from your subject, you lose the red light from your strobe...so whatever subject size fills the frame at 6 feet is the max size you can shoot. For an 80mm lens, that's around 15 inches in size.

Anyway, there's also the problem of composing with this lens, because you don't get much room to spare around the edges of the frame.

So with all these disadvantages, most people don't shoot this lens. If you want 80mm lenses, you're better of shooting them in a housing.

Good luck,
D

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Nikinos 80mm (1)

MtnMan

2/17/2001 10:07:56 AM

My advice: don't bother (+) (0)

drdread

2/28/2001 10:08:11 PM

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