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RE: Practicing street photography with 80mm lens

That's some fun street photography. In my experience, the longer the lens the greater the likelihood of getting mistaken for press, which tends to make things easier/people more relaxed. Never took my macro out for street photography, going to have to try that now, thanks for the idea!

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getting mistaken for press, which tends to make things easier/people more relaxed

I never thought of it this way, I thought it will be even more scary for them because there's a possibility it will be published compared to tourist photographers. But I guess you are right, far better to be posted on the news/journalism stuff than be shamed on social media.

Try it! I especially love takin photos of flowers on the streets lol but I also find a lot of interesting things for macro like random ants or wood details etc.. And so convenient you can just switch to the ''full'' mode if you don't want macro. :D

Never would have thought it myself if I hadn't experienced it, think it mostly has to do with giving people something they can recognize/categorize.

I think I shall. Tried using mine in lieu of a long lens once before but that was only because I couldn't find my long lens in a hurry (there was a SWAT team about to storm my neighbor's house). Didn't turn out as well as I had hoped but I may just need to try it under less intense conditions.