
Originally Posted by
GrumpyDiver
Ole - the other trend I've noticed is in film and video (another hobby that I am into fairly seriously into), is that at the high end, zooms are out and primes are in. If you are doing serious work, with your Red, Arri or Panavision cameras, you are likely shooting with a set of primes from Cooke, Leica, Panavision, Red or Zeiss. This trend started with HD, because the zooms where simply not sharp enough. Yes, they are still used for some shots where the film maker needs a zoom in or out, but there are not a lot of those in most films. Filmmakers and videographers have a whole different set of constraints that still shooters never see; a lens cannot have any focus breathing as focus is changed during a shot. A zoom needs to stay in focus, when zooming in and out, so parfocal, rather than varifocal zooms are required.
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