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24-60mm lens how useful?

  • 23-12-2009 3:37pm
    #1
    rowanh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Im going to buy a camera, i have been reading a lot of reviews, one of the cameras that stands out is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, the one thing im not sure about is the lens, 60mm seems very short. I would like to get into photography, im not sure if this would be versitile enough. That said i belive in the past a lot of people would have just had a 50mm lens and used it all the time, but then maybe they didnt do a lot of things with it.. Any opinions on this would be great.


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  • #2
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    Thats a decent camera.
    For a point and shoot camera thats about the maximum zoom you will get.
    What type of photography do you wish to pursue ?


  • #3
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    You're paying in part for the 24mm at the short end. That's pretty wide for a P&S, plus it's f/2.0. The long end isn't particularly long but all in all the 24->60 would probably do for 99% of what you want to do with a compact.
    -edit- I have a 135mm which I use very rarely for portrait stuff. Other than that all my stuff is taken between 20->50 or so. Wide->Short tele I think is much more useful than normal->tele.


  • #4
    rowanh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭rowanh


    Id like something with a wide fast lens, i want to get into photography as a hobby, landscape and portrait photography mainly i think. Id like something that works well in low light, has really good build quality, manual controls and is fairly compact. Years ago i had a film slr with a battery grip and i just found it so awkward to bring places i didnt use it that much. I would like a dslr but i think something like this might be better.


  • #5
    vibhutirs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭vibhutirs


    I think it'll be fairly decent lens for regular shoots. For shoots, falling on either side <24mm or >60mm, would call for dedicated lens.Of course, if you have deep pockets you can go for versatile lens for 18-200mm.
    BTW what kind of photography are you thinking about?


  • #6
    rowanh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭rowanh


    vibhutirs wrote: »
    I think it'll be fairly decent lens for regular shoots. For shoots, falling on either side <24mm or >60mm, would call for dedicated lens.Of course, if you have deep pockets you can go for versatile lens for 18-200mm.
    BTW what kind of photography are you thinking about?

    Its a compact camera so id be stuck with i.

    Unless would something like this be good or are those kind of things junk?

    http://www.digitaltoyshop.com/product.asp?pt_id=1496&p_id=4817&lg=1&c=TELEPHOTO_LENS_for_Panasonic_Lumix_DMC-LX3


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