Wed Sep 30, 2015 5:37 pm
Rick, you only need two Zeiss CZ to cover the range up to 80mm. A slightly used Zeiss ZF goes for $14,000 to 20,000. I like the shorter zooms, when you get a long zoom like the Fujion, hanging off the front, it makes the camera a little unwieldy, and front heavy with the extra leverage.
Also, I have found, very rarely do you go from a super wide to a very long shot in the same take, or shooting situation. In sports coverage, you stay with a to a normal-long zoom. Run and gun and event live coverage, or documentaries you usually want a wide to head and shoulders short shot, with a wide to normal zoom.
For what I shoot, I would prefer a short range mid zoom, say in the 20-60mm range for a S35 format. Non-parfocal zooms are out for me, got bit by one once. I have a Panny/Leica 14-50 for my AF100, a nice range in MFT for what I shoot, great optics, but the bloody thing is Not parfocal and has a major breathing issue. I am used to zooming in, pulling focus, and zooming back on cameras that do not have a pick to focus feature (which is faster to use).
Denny Smith
SHA Productions