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Prime vs Zoom lenses! What are the differences? This is everything you need to know to help you make an informed decision when deciding what lenses are best for you!
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[Timecodes]
0:00 Prime vs Zoom Lenses Cost
0:40 Versatility
1:28 Optical Quality
2:53 Autofocus
3:29 Image Stabilization
4:18 Minimum Focus Distance
5:46 Aperture

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

Are you team prime or team zoom?

[@MattMakes]

until I get more confident with my shots - I will stick to the zooms (for the versatility)

[@Meth0z]

Team 85mm prime 😍

[@stevenkralovec]

Generally prime, but depends on the style of shooting needed for the project :)

[@DimmyV]

It depends, my zoom lens is so versatile but low light no so good as its the 18-135mm, my sigma 16mm f1.4 is amazing lowlight but not always practical. I like shooting with it at twilight with a mist filter. That being said I have my eye on a 70-350mm telephoto

[@ChouaibBenmiassa]

35 mm prime lover 😊

[@commenter4799]

I bought the nifty fifty for my 80D because that's what you're supposed to do. I never used it. My kit lens was the 18-135mm and that's what lived on the camera until I got a Tamron 18-400mm, had be a great walk around lens with that range, right? . Once I started pixel peeping I noticed my portraits (the only thing I did with the 50mm) were sharper than my zoom, which started to irritate me. Now I'm realizing that lens was plenty sharp and I should have been working on my skills. I upgraded to the R5 before I had outgrown the 80D, and got a used 70-200 first gen and an adapter. Now the 50 started living on the camera. I got a 16mm, not the best third lens, then recently a 28mm pancake. The 50 is the sharpest... when you zoom in 100%. All of these lenses are sharp enough, and using primes almost exclusively made me realize I didn't know how to compose a picture with intention. I used to stand and zoom until the subject was in the frame, and the rule of thirds was mostly met and snapped away. Now, I know that 50mm has a different feel to it because, while you get to a distance that the subject is the size you want, the amount and style of background is different. Very long story short, I think starting on primes has merit and you get a better lens for the money. A nifty fifty is much better than a kit 18-55 with its better sharpness and f1.8 compared to a f3.5-5.6.

[@JimVanDeventer]

Never ceases to amaze me when my northern lights app alerts me to activity, and I run outside and I can't see anything with my human eyes, but - pointing my low f-stop nifty fifty at the sky - my camera reveals wild and wonderful colourful dancing strings.

[@kbearpro]

Great information. I needed that. Clears up a lot of information gaps I had!!!! 😎👍

[@77dris]

Between 24-80 I prefer prime lenses for image quality and ability in low light (since you can get below F2.8). From 14-24 or above 70mm I prefer zooms where F2.8 offers amazing image quality and appropriate depth of field. My 70-200 2.8 lens is optically almost as good as my 50mm 1.4 Art lens. Also my 14-24 2.8 Art is also just as optically good as 50 and the 70-200 and F2.8 at ultrawide is more than adequate since super wider lenses don't necessarily need super fast apertures. After shooting as a pro for 18 years and using most of Canon's best zoom and prime lenses, I settled on those three lenses :14-24/2.8 , 50/1.4, 70-200/2.8 and that's all I ever need for everything. Perfect for architecture, landscapes, portraits, low light, and most sports like hockey. PERHAPS I could make an argument for a macro lens, but using a set of close up filters solves that problem quite well.

[@CarlosTucker-sp4bj]

Hello bro i have just started as a wedding photographer i have sony a7 m3 and i have 28-70 f3.5 - 5.6 and now i am a bit confused which lens to buy 35mm/85mm or should i buy tamron 70-180 f2.8 bro can you please suggest??

[@ChouaibBenmiassa]

Well explained 👏 , thank you mate ☺️

[@vlraw]

Why do you compare the cheapest STM lenses to the best L series zooms?

[@Oscareb51s]

why not

[@vlraw]

@@Oscareb51s sure it's their choice, but it would be more fair to compare lenses from the same class...

[@PierceJordan]

Hey Anthony, great video man! Quick question for you--do you have a certain type of stand for the tube light on the left side of your frame? Or does it just stand on its own? Thanks!

[@justk4r0l]

Nice, clear video. Greetings from Poland :)

[@MattMakes]

I absolutely love my 15-35 L. it is by far the best lens I have ever owned (and cost me enough too!) I'm a hobbyist so I like the versatility, but I am working on going out and shooting with just 1 focal length per session to see what comes of that. Good exercise to extend my photographic range.

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

it's a great lens for sure! 😍

[@shawnlabranche6852]

I am team prime all day except for 1 zoom I have my eye on. I use these prime lenses for weddings all the time and the pictures are amazing. One day I will eventually upgrade to the L lenses but only after I get this one zoom lens... The 28-70 f2. The f2 is what attracts me to it. Other than that primes are where it's at for me. When I get the 85 1.2, best believe it will stay at 1.2. great video and thank for all the videos you make. Keep it up

[@joeypvisuals]

Can confirm it is incredible to use, just very beefy

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

Dream lens, but also BEEFY! :)

[@shawnlabranche6852]

I eat my Wheaties every time before I use it

[@fardadpostwalatravels]

Get the 28-70 F2 on board for the comparison

[@original.ar73]

that's a nice watch ya got there

[@thematconny]

Ah. It was a great video. I was confused about this lens stuff but now it's much clearer. I also wanted to ask you if i need to buy any EF/EF-S lens mount for Canon R10

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

The Canon R10 accepts all RF and RF-s lenses. OR you will need an adapter to accept EF lenses.

[@thematconny]

@@AnthonyGugliotta ohh thanks for the information

[@ducaveli]

I can recommend the Meike Lens Mount, just bought it for my new R10 and it’s great

[@thematconny]

@@ducaveli, thx for the recommendation

[@cillyh07]

Do you have the RF 85mm F2 lens? And whats your opinion?

[@ketyidody]

actually there was one zoom lens I'm aware of which was f/1.8. It was made by Sigma for APS-C with focal length 18-35. It was a great lens and it wasn't that huge...

[@stevenkralovec]

The sigma 18-35 f1.8 is the best lens for apsc imo. Legendary

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

Ah yes! So APSC cameras would be a caveat in this case. My understanding is that because of the 1.5x crop factor something like f/1.8 on APSC would look more like what f/2.8 does on full-frame; but I'm not a lens scientist, so someone should probably confirm!

[@MrBenkenyon]

How does the image quality compare between the stm primes and L zooms? Thank you for the video! I enjoy your style.

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

I'm actually interested in this as well. I'll need to test this further.

[@Tatarul]

@@AnthonyGugliotta I've actually spent the past couple of days looking for a video addressing this exact topic and haven't found anyone doing a proper comparison. It would be a great video idea, looking forward to it! But please, if you do, consider shooting the exact same scene/object with both, so that nothing chances except the lenses.

[@MrBenkenyon]

That would be great! I have been looking for a long time! Thank you

[@Locozigzag]

Thank you for the video. How important is it to be stead with those 1.8 lenses without IBS. Also how much do bodies with IBS help?

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

In this case it's the 50mm 1.8 that doesn't have IS. I find the IBIS inside my R6ii and R5 helps enough that I don't have to worry too much about it.

[@CarlosTucker-sp4bj]

Hello bro i have just started as a wedding photographer i have sony a7 m3 and i have 28-70 f3.5 - 5.6 and now i am a bit confused which lens to buy 35mm/85mm or should i buy tamron 70-180 f2.8 bro can you please suggest??

[@mikefoster6018]

I LOVE my Fuji 16-55 f2.8 zoom for street stuff. But it's on a crop sensor, so isn't great in low light. And its f2.8 doesn't get far with bokeh/separation either. So I simply need primes too. If my 16-55 was f1.4 instead of f2.8, I'd probably sell all my other lenses even though it's autofocusing etc isn't the very best XD. It's plenty sharp enough and has decent character. I can handle its weight. The only thing I really don't like is its physical length/size, which makes it feel exposed to being bashed when I'm walking in crowds etc.

[@karanviroberoi7584]

I think zoom is better it’s just that is more flexible

[@ropafadzo55]

I need a prime lens 😭

[@bngr_bngr]

My most used lens is a prime but some how I ended up with three zoom lens. The one thing I hate zooms that increase in size. I always think they are pumping in air and dusk into the lens then camera. Maybe that’s an urban legend.

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

So... Yes they can; however L-series lenses have great sealing against this... Don't ask me how it works... But my oldest RF lens is the 24-105, I've had it for 4 years or so, and no dust internally at all.

[@unknownuser2091]

hello !!

[@deeepraveen]

those canon lenses are huge.

[@402arif]

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[@adnestrada]

Thank God I found this channel

[@SonyangsHaroo]

primmmm>>>>>

[@dnyhum925]

👋👋

[@fabfab4453]

why are you comparing expensive zooms with cheap primes ? it doesn't make sense ! compare those in the same price range

[@_Rohit_Jangid]

can u gift me a lens

[@Meth0z]

Dang.. Canon really likes to throw around the "macro" feature on their lenses lmao

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

Hey... I'll take it.

[@Meth0z]

@@AnthonyGugliotta but.. Is it like real 1:1 macro??

[@Mr09260]

That Canon RF 70-200 f2.8 is useless as it cant even take a Convertor Now pass me my Nikon Z 70-200 S that takes the 2 convertors >> Nikon Zooms are NO different IQ wise with the Z mount advantage

[@AnthonyGugliotta]

I feel that... However it has a huge advantage in how compact it is. The old EF 70-200 accepted teleconverters but was much longer and difficult to pack.

[@brettyg76]

Can you ditch the Canon and go Sony... cause we all know Sony is KING!