Comments on: Put Your Favorite Lens Aside and Change Your Habits for a Change

By: MeiTeng

MeiTeng — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:39:10 +0000

This is a good tip! I will remember to try this out sometime. In a way, I have grown accustomed to using my wide angle zoom most of the time. I should really experiement with my other lenses. Thanks for sharing.

By: Gazza

Gazza — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:52:13 +0000

Only been photographing since beginning of December, and I fell into this trap early on, but have recnetly taken to going out with the entire bag and switching lens during my walk as needed.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:51:18 +0000

Love it. I conveniently did this just last weekend – plonked the 50mm f/1.8 on the Nikon for the entire weekend including a little photowalk around the neighbourhood and random candid portraits of the family over the remainder of the weekend. Forces you to think a little more and work a little harder. Great little lens too.

By: Gordon G

Gordon G — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:15:54 +0000

I like the idea of a 1.4-2.8 sub 50mm for shooting in restaurants or such. It gives you the adaptability with the ISO, and short depth of field. I would love to have the Nikon 17-55 2.8, but it is very pricey. To me it would be the perfect lens for low light situations.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:59 +0000

Nice idea. I once walked through a city with only my telephoto zoom and tried to find interesting compositions. I am sure I missed a lot of wide-angle shots, but I forced myself out of my comfort zone, challenged myself and came home with some interesting results I would have otherwise overlooked.

By: Steve Tye

Steve Tye — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:51:04 +0000

Great tip, Mike! I’m always trying to find new angles/perspectives to shoot from, so I’ll definitely try this out!

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:52:08 +0000

Ha ha, I only have one lens at the moment..

By: D. Travis North

D. Travis North — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:37:16 +0000

Great tip. I also love my 50mm, but tend to stray from it if I’m on a “walk” because it can be zoomy on my DSLR (1.5 crop factor, I’m essentially using a 75mm). But when I wander about at places I frequent, I’ll try to leave the other lenses at home next time. That will help me to avoid the desire to flip to my zoom lenses – only to never take them off again. Besides, the 50mm really is a better lens than my zoom.

By: Eric Mesa

Eric Mesa — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:14:59 +0000

Definitely fun to do when you’re just doing a walk-a-bout photo shoot. Always have a camera with you – a Point and Shoot or a Cell phone camera so you can catch shots like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericsbinaryworld/3473763331/

By: Matt Matos

Matt Matos — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:02:39 +0000

“Ilan Says:
April 28th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I like this advice. As I wrote on another post – I’ve decided not only to change a “lens” – I left my DSLR at home at took a high-end compact camera to my on my daily routines. It gives a whole another perspective on things really.
Here is something I took with my new compact camera (GX200 btw) – http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/03/stop.html

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I totally agree with you on this Ilan; taking a serious compact camera for a spin. Not so long I was downtown eating some Thai and captured a Father and his baby(carried with those awesome fabric baby-holder, lol). Unfortunately I don’t have a link to post a preview but it was definitely worth bringing with me.