A question most DSLR lens buyers face (including myself) is - "Should I buy a zoom lens or one or more fixed focal length (prime) lenses?"
The-Digital-Picture.com has an article discussing some of the pros & cons of each choice.
"I have heard photographers talk about using strictly one fixed focal length lens to spawn creativity. I don’t agree with that reasoning as you can just as easily spend a day with your zoom lens set to a single focal length. Then spend the next day at a different one. *If* the basic premise helps you. Of course, when the shot-of-a-lifetime happens upon you, you can break your promise to yourself and zoom to the proper focal length to capture it!
Some photographers only need one focal length for most of their work. If this is the case for you, a fixed focal length lens likely makes the most sense. Pick the one that is best for you."
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackPrime lenses are visibly more sharper and tend to be better choices when you want to shoot with open apertures. Zoom lenses get expensive even at f/2.8, while you can still get primes with 1.8 and 1.4 for quite a bargain.