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- vaxorcist0
true.... but if it's bang for the buck, a $120 prime competes with a $1200 F2.8 zoom for images quality, though of course the prime is very, very limited.
Yes, primes are good if you control the situation, whereas if the situation controls you (like a wedding or photojournalism, or event) then you should of course keep a zoom or two in the bag.
ALSO note that sharpness depends less on lens than you think... most lenses are pretty sharp if carefully focussed at F8 or F7.1 and 100 ISO and a tripod, but that's not too convenient for many people in some situations....
learning how to use bounce flash or diffused flash is a great thing, as careful use of flash can light things so they don't look like flash, and your flash tends to contribute to "apparent sharpness", as the flash duration is 1/500th or higher usually, and things like hair or eyebrows can look really sharp with strobe, even if it's bounced or diffused....
But, in general, for "run-and-gun" photography, the $$$ 24-70/24-105 L zooms can give you nice results with less careful technique than what you may have to do to get great image sharpness out of a cheaper zoom that's F4-5.6 like that long tamron zoom.