Are Kit Lenses Worthless?

Gary L. Friedman
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

[Originally published April, 2012]

When it comes to travel photography, there was always a soft spot in my heart for the Konica Minolta A1 and A2 bridge cameras. These came out before the legendary KM 7D, and I used the A1 for half of my China blog. By today’s standards the image quality falls short for all but the lowest ISOs, but as far as form factor and function goes, these cameras had a certain gem quality to…

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Gary L. Friedman

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Gary L. Friedman is a professional photographer who runs the stock image website FriedmanArchives.com and has written many best-selling camera-specific books.

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