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I meant, when you open the image at its true resolution on a computer. But I agree that prime lenses are close to always better in quality than variable length ones, even if for some situations you need a telephoto anyway (and having a fixed 300mm in my pocket does not seem practical).

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There is that, but I feel like pixel resolution turns out to not matter pretty often. Obviously it does matter if you’re cropping or blowing it up for a background etc, but even printing can look good with a low res image if you’re viewing it from far enough away.

They do make clip-on zoom lenses for phones but I haven’t actually used any, not sure how much they help.

Surprising decent even with cheap plastic lenses. I was surprised anyway, after not expecting much.

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