12-09-2022, 10:19 AM
Variable aperture zoom lenses often are created for the 'user' category rather than the 'pro' category, what often means that such a lens does not perform like a fixed aperture lens.
That is how it used to be, in any case, and it still holds now, at least to a certain degree.
However, the example of fixed aperture F/3.5 vs variable F/2.8-F/4 seems to indicate 2 lenses in the 'user' category. In that case it just is whatever you prefer, fixed aperture or variable, obviously depending on the IQ of the lens as well.
Personally I prefer prime lenses for optimal IQ, as I do not necessarily need the ease of cropping by means of a zoom, which for most people is the way they use a zoom lens, rather than as a lens with a variable set of fixed apertures.
That is how it used to be, in any case, and it still holds now, at least to a certain degree.
However, the example of fixed aperture F/3.5 vs variable F/2.8-F/4 seems to indicate 2 lenses in the 'user' category. In that case it just is whatever you prefer, fixed aperture or variable, obviously depending on the IQ of the lens as well.
Personally I prefer prime lenses for optimal IQ, as I do not necessarily need the ease of cropping by means of a zoom, which for most people is the way they use a zoom lens, rather than as a lens with a variable set of fixed apertures.
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....