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Using a kit lens on a panorama? You bet, part two

By now you’ve probably seen the uproar over a professor banning the use of 18-55mm kit lenses in a college photography class. I wanted to see just how far I could push using a kit lens, too. For this experiment, I used a kit lens with an older micro four-thirds camera.

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Using a kit lens on a panorama? You bet, part one

By now you’ve probably seen the uproar over a professor banning the use of 18-55mm kit lenses in a college photography class. My colleague Kevin Ames recently wrote his opinion on this, and I wanted to see just how far I could push using a kit lens, too. For this

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Prof bans kit lenses! WTF?

Professor makes major error in banning kit lenses

A sophomore at an unnamed college cites the syllabus for the photography course he/she/they are taking that bans the use of kit lenses. The back story from a post on Reddit is in this screenshot of the syllabus: A pro photographer and educator weighs in I choose not to use

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Simple tips for taking stunning photos with a kit lens

When you’re starting out with photography and have just decided to get your first camera, you’ll most likely be using a kit lens — or the lens that initially comes with your camera — for a while. This lens typically regarded as all-around, low-budget lens that is inferior in quality

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