The world of photography has changed with the advent of digital bodies, and now you could have hundreds, if not thousands of lenses to choose from.
- Two lenses of equal focal lengths and maximum aperature, with each coming from different manufacturers, will never produce equal visual results.
- Ultra modern computer designed lenses that seek perfection can seem too 'sterile' when compared to the imperfect character of much older legacy lenses.
- Each manufacturer may have completely different optical ideas, material choices, and quality goals; that produce different visual results with every choice.
- Color renditions and balancing distortion control and edge-to-edge sharpness will differ with choices in lens design.
When it comes to selecting your next lens, the biggest factor is likely to be visual performance. The end result seen in the photo will beat out all the numbers and graphs and charts shown in the spec sheets.
The idea behind 50-Prime.com is to help you with your evaluations using real-world examples - before you invest too much time and money to only find that the results you get don't meet your expectations.
There's no sales pitch here, and no one to tell you what you need or "what's best". Nothing you see on this site will offer anyone's subjective opinions that really won't matter in the end... just photos to actually show the results from a field of lenses you can choose from. Once you generally know what to expect from either adaptable or native lenses, you can be better prepared before you commit to your final choice.