Lens Madness
If I remember well, it started when the EOS 300D arrived. I don’t know if Canon expected it, but it at that time I started to see amateurs and even beginners buying extremely expensive lenses en masse. In the Canon range, the L line had become mainstream. Same happened to Nikon. Lenses that were considered perfectly good until then became well known as complete lemons. Why? I am not sure, but I think the only reason is the 100% view that allows everyone to instantly get 24 or 30 times enlargements. Never mind almost no one prints at that kind of size. Pixel peeping was born. Canon and Nikon must have made a fortune of it.
