RE: A Stroll with a 70-300mm in Old Pokhara, Nepal. People, Old Brick Walls, and Carved Wood

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Aww, these happy children! Lovely to see. And what a beautiful assortment of brick colours, it’s not boring at all. Oh, the cadmium red is my favourite. Around here, most of the buildings are made from pale honey-coloured brick, and too much of the same colour can start to feel a bit boring, so people often add lots of flowers outside to brighten them up.

I like that they still have dressmakers running businesses rather than relying entirely on fast fashion.

I think a 50mm lens is easy to carry around, especially for a beginner like me, lol. And thanks for the nice tips about the long lens. I still have lots to learn about photography.

Nice shots! 😀

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I think a 50mm lens is easy to carry around

No jokes, that's a serious factor. Some photographers just quit using cameras because too heavy and you don't feel inspired. Secondly, a heavy camera affects the backbones. So... choose a light camera - modern mirrorless are lighter than older mirror cameras like mine.

a 50mm lens

That's called a prime lens (in contrast to zooms). You can't zoom with a prime lens, but you learn photography faster with it, and it gives much space for creativity as its power to blur the background for selective focus and atmospheric shots is maximum. If you buy a camera, I believe, you must have one good prime (35mm or 50mm - depends on the type of camera too) - they aren't expensive usually, and a qualitative telephoto lens, a zoom (something like 70-300mm), or a telephoto prime (something like a 120mm). I don't think buying the cheap standard zoom (like, 18-50mm), which is often included by default, is the best idea. Better to buy a body (the camera itself) and a lens separately.

a bit boring, so people often add lots of flowers outside

Gardens in England - that's just another way to make streets pretty.

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modern mirrorless are lighter than older mirror cameras like mine.

Ahh, good to know, but I kind of like some old cameras, like Pentax, for their cinematic effect, but doing manual is soooo tricky, and I am getting really impatient. And yes, it can be heavy around the neck, especially carrying it around like Peter Parker. lol

Nice advice on that lens, thanks. 👍

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for their cinematic effect

I see. Lenses are more responsible for a cinematic effect than bodies (cameras themselves). You can buy a retro lens known for its cinematic effect and use it on a more or less modern camera.

A Soviet lens Helios is one of the classical examples (though, it'll be manual focusing as I know):

https://youtube.com/shorts/81R0VIStq9w?si=DsVgp7o06nMWKrzb

mirrorless

You can buy a great (secondhand) mirror camera of the last generation by let's say Canon - it's gonna be much cheaper now as everyone wants mirrorless and add a cinematic lens to it like Helios (it is not expensive).

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