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Old 07-13-2007, 05:35 PM
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Telephoto lenses tend to flatten things, which is helpful for portraiture. It may also be that the pro-grade lenses are just bigger. I know the Nikkor 17-55 LOOKS like a pretty big lens, but is really a standard range zoom.
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