Do we shoot our age in FL?

[rluka]

Still shooting 40, at 60 equiv. So yeah, shooting twice my age.
I do think my view of the world is getting narrower though. 75~90 gets more comfortable nowadays for the distance it gives.

However, more believable is the theory of certain pundits who say that the 28mm FOV is more suitable as a "normal" lens for people from the East - witness the number of Japanese compacts with a wide lens (often sold just for the Japanese market).

Probably because they used to live in more cramped space.

Cellphone cams are also getting wide, but that would be to get as much as possible before destroying it with digital zoom.

 

[thegman]

No correlation for me, I'm afraid.

 

[Soeren]

i wonder at times if some shoot their iq?

Nope I cant afford the 400mm Nikkor😀. According to my mental age sometimes i should use an 8mm 😕😀
best regards

 

[xdayv]

I used to shoot at the ends - ultra wide 14mm or zoom at 200mm... nowadays it's basically between 28mm and 50mm. No correlation to age I guess.

 

[kaiwasoyokaze]

i been working backwards too. used to love my 55mm SMC takumar....then moved wider and wider from 40mm to 35mm to 25mm. but mostly around 38mm-40mm range....i need to wait another decade for FL and age to balance out.

 

[raindog61]

I tend to photograph in accordance to my pants waist size. Or simply put, does this lens make my hips look big?

_Harry.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Got rid of my 1200mm because the only time I could use it was in the early morning before atmospheric heat distortion set in...

Cheers,

R.

 

[unixrevolution]

I like to shoot 4x5 and 8x10...are only really ancient people using these? Even when I want an ultrawide I'd have to be 75 for the equation to work out. I'm currently 31.

Using a normal on the 4x5 (150) or my prefered baby telephoto (210) is even worse, and the normal on 8x10 (300)....I'd have to be an Elf or a Vampire to get to use that.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Yeah, well, 21 inch (Ross f/7.7) on my 8x10 for portraiture.

You mean that 21 inches ain't what every man here has?

Cheers,

R.

 

[Godfrey]

WAIT A MINUTE! I'm shooting with the OMZ 300 on the E-1.

Wotin'ell does that make me? 😛

Very active for someone your age ... ? ];-)

G

 

[D-76]

I prefer going out with lenses half my age, and I don't care what Mrs Grundy thinks about it.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Would a 15 year old with a Bessa R gravitate toward a CV 15mm for shooting skate-boarders?

Rich parents, I guess.

in old age, would portraiture pull him to the 75-to-100mm group (and a tripod)?

Good glasses, I guess.

🙂


I was about 15. With parents camera as the only camera available to me and only one 50mm lens on it.
Now I'm 47 and still enjoying same camera, same lens 🙂 Even if I have some more cameras and lenses now.

 

[shadowfox]

I prefer going out with lenses half my age, and I don't care what Mrs Grundy thinks about it.

That's funny!

I'd substitute 'age' with 'maturity', the older I am, the more comfortable I am with wider lense 😀

 

[kshapero]

What does this have to do with Florida (FL)?
BTW age 24 is the earliest, one would take his bar exam (do the math). So I would think he would shot a 24 mm at a bar at age 24.

 

[rwintle]

I'm splitting apart as I get older... bought my first ultra wide last year (10-20mm Sigma) and I would really really really love a 400/2.8 (<-which is NOT going to happen BTW). 😉

 

[burancap]

...18mm of "minty" dust-free glass trapped in a dented, brassed 50mm body.