"The Case Against Zooms"
Mike Johnston this week explains why he doesn’t use zoom lenses in his Sunday Morning Photographer column.
“The only reason not to shoot with a zoom lens is this: a zoom lens has no point of view. A fixed-focal length (a.k.a. ?prime?) lens imposes its point of view on you, and, consequently, you can learn to impose its point of view on the world. If you routinely photograph with a fixed-focal-length lens, sooner or later you will not need to look through your camera to know what the lens will see ? your eyes will know, your mind will know. You won’t even need your camera with you to organize pictures out of the visual chaos of the world. Your eyes and your brain will be able to visualize without aid from the viewfinder.”