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106 Quick Guide for the Impatient User

because you have one doesn’t mean your music will sound better. You
must learn the basics of light and composition first.
And so, my answer to this very general question of “What lens shall I get?”
is, “Whatever lens you have”. Learn to use it, and your camera. Once you
get to the point where you start to become happier with your pictures, that’s
the time to start thinking about getting more lenses. The internet and its
various discussion forums (see Chapter 15 for a list of additional resources)
will have absolutely no shortage of advice, guidance, and links to lens
resolution charts as a means of over-answering your questions of what lens
to get.

Expensive but great lenses. May as well be fair – here’s a list of some of the
best lenses on the planet (that can probably even out-resolve your 24 MP
sensor):
 Zeiss 135mm f/1.8 (probably the best lens you can get)
 Minolta 200/2.8
 Minolta / Sony 100 f/2.8 macro
 Sony 70-200 G SSM
 Sony 70-400 G SSM
 Zeiss 16-35 f/2.8 SSM
 Minolta / Sony 35mm f/1.4G
 Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro
 [Pretty much any lens that has the name “Zeiss” on it.]
 The 500mm f/4 G SSM which retails for $16,200 US Dollars!!

3.12.5 CAN AN OLD LENS TRACK A FAST-MOVING OBJECT?

Now to try and tackle a common myth – the myth that only newer SSM
lenses are fast enough to do extreme focus tracking.

Let me first start by sharing with you some test shots I took using an old
Minolta screwdriver blade lens. Here I stood on the sidewalk and shot
various cars as they came toward me at about 45 MPH. All of them are in
focus, and the camera had no problems keeping up. Here's the .zip file
containing examples: http://bit.ly/1zl5yJu (152 MB)

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