Scenes Seen/The Continental Club: The Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8… aka the precious… and prime alternative.

Scenes Seen/The Continental Club: The Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8… aka the precious… and prime alternative.

The motivation.

The usual. Photography as a distraction. Much needed nowadays.

The setting.

A local live music and art venue, The Continental Club.

The rig.

Arguably, the most well-rounded camera I have ever used.

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The lens.

Last time around, I packed a few Viltrox primes that I really like.

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And they were great.

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But this night I was not feeling up to switching out lenses. I have just the lens for that.

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More on how it went after the photos.

The photos.

Thoughts.

About the lens.

It is official. For me, prime lenses are now optional. With modern cameras handling high ISOs so well, any aperture advantage is easily offset by variable focal lengths at the twist of a wrist.

In general.

A great night.

Great people.

Great music.

Cool.

Happy capturing.

-ELW