What was interesting to me was that the response to my answers was always the same too. My answer is of course always the same as I’ve been using the same kit for many, many years: Bowens lighting, Nikon D600 body and a 28-105mm f/3.5 lens. After the question is asked I would always simply reel off the key pieces I use which everybody cares about: lighting, camera body and lenses. It’s a valid question and one that we’re all interested with in todays market because no matter the techniques we use we still need tools to implement them. I’ve had this lens for more than a decade now and you can pick up a second hand one now for as little as £150. Some of my favourite shots that I’ve ever taken were captured using my Nikon 28-105mm f/3.5 zoom lens. I’ve done a lot of interviews in that time and I’ve even spent a couple of weeks in the US shooting an extensive training video regarding my lighting, equipment and photographic techniques. No I haven’t picked up any major campaigns from Nike or Prada but I have seen a large growth in other areas namely socially and from a larger more global audience. Let me set this up and step back a couple of months and say that I’ve been fortunate enough to see a lot of growth in my career recently but maybe not in the traditional sense. Is the latest and greatest piece of kit actually worth the investment? This article is, however, my personal thoughts on three Nikon zoom lenses and their resulting images but also a broader look at how we as photographers covet lenses and other photographic gear. I’m going to preface this by saying that this isn’t a lens review article, there are many photographers better suited for this topic, so if you’re after refraction index comparisons and chromatic aberration charts this article probably isn’t for you.
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