P3D Re: zoom lenses

[JNorman805@xxxxxxx]

Jon Golddden writes:

<< but you better have the lenses matched
 well..otherwise you will be wasting a lot of film. >>

Gee, that's too bad.  I guess I've been wasting a lot of film with my off-the-
shelf Canon EOS 35-80 zoom lenses.  Not only should I toss the home-made twin
rig that I thought had served me so well, but I better get rid of all those
wasted pictures that have pleased me and others who have seen them so much.
And maybe I should tell my fellow APECers to dump my modest contributions over
the past year.  I guess what I am saying is that there's an awful lot of
"received wisdom" out there that may not withstand the "proof-of-the-pudding
test."  Some of my favorites:  You can't synch two cameras to the same flash
simply by splicing two remote shutter cables into the same button.  You must
use a bubble level or people looking at your pictures will get headaches.  You
mean to tell me you don't measure precise interocular distance?! You don't do
math?!?!   Maybe I've just been lucky.  Or maybe my standards are too low.  I
think I'll just go waste some more film, since it makes me happy to do it.
Jim Norman 


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