Little things really big

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I find it amazing, what digital cameras and modern lenses are capable of nowadays. Above all, it doesn’t need to be expensive gear. This was shot on an outdated Sony a6000 camera which came from a discount sale.

All you need is a lens which produces clear images. In the photography world it is spoken of again and again that it is not the camera that makes a good image, but the lens. So what is a good lens?

Well, principally it is a stack of glass optics…but what is classified as ‘good’?

I always consider the output. What am I shooting for? For me its mostly print. So primarily defining is the size. If I need to create a print as large as a billboard…yes, I need supreme quality which will come at a huge cost. But in my case I print no larger than 8 x 10 in. I think I can use a pretty standard lens as the imperfection of a budget tool will not be noticeable.

I am not a pixelpeeper! I need the image to ‘speak’ to the viewer. That is all.