Are zooms just BETTER than primes?

Have ZOOM lenses caught up PRIMES? In the past I would have always recommend expensive and heavy primes lenses to getbthe best results, but does that still hold true with the emergence of mirrorless cameras and much better zoom lenses? Do the best zoom lenses finally give you great image quality and more flexibility for bird photography? Take SHARPER Images with ANY Camera!    • Take SHARPER Images with ANY camera! No Mo...   Let me help YOU to take YOUR IMAGES to the NEXT LEVEL! _____________________________________________ Check out our PROSETS here and save up to 30%! 👉 https://thebirdphotographyshow.com/pr... ____________________________________________ MASTERCLASS - Editing Your Bird Images To Perfection 👉 https://aviscapes.com/masterclass-edi... _____________________________________________ MASTERCLASS & PERCHED BUNDLE - 25% off! 👉 https://aviscapes.com/perched-masterc... _____________________________________________ How to Attract Amazing Birds Ebook & Video Perched 👉 https://aviscapes.com/video-and-ebook/ _____________________________________________ Free Ebook - 5 Common Mistakes Almost Every Bird Photographer Makes And How To Avoid Them- 👉 https://aviscapes.com/free-ebook _____________________________________________ Instagram 👉   / jan_wegener_   _____________________________________________ This is the Equipment I recommend: Canon EOS R5 https://amzn.to/2FV1Fpq Canon EOS R6 https://amzn.to/3qOtEbQ Sony Alpha 1 https://amzn.to/2WsXKYZ Canon RF 100-500 L IS https://amzn.to/3liEIx0 RF Extender 1.4x https://amzn.to/3bMD5nO RF Extender 2x https://amzn.to/3cuMdwD Sony FE 200-600 https://amzn.to/3faCMVj https://amzn.to/2WsXMA5 RF 800 F11 https://amzn.to/3ldq6Pr RF600 F11 https://amzn.to/3bIBrDJ Canon EOS 5D Mark IV https://amzn.to/2ToffWf Canon 600 L IS III (I have v. II) https://amzn.to/3dZM7wn Canon EF 5.6/400 L https://amzn.to/2AJwbQk Canon 1.4x TC III https://amzn.to/2T7vAhz Canon 2x TC III https://amzn.to/3fPnYdr Canon 600 EX - RT https://amzn.to/3czhDRf Wimberley Head II https://amzn.to/3dOuqzI Gitzo 5543LS (new version of my tripod) https://amzn.to/3dRfxg3 Gitzo GT2545T Travel Tripod https://amzn.to/3BSmhXJ Wimberley Flash Bracket https://amzn.to/2LweMg5 Wimberley M-6 Extension Post https://amzn.to/2LxCvfQ Better Beamer (check for compatibility) https://amzn.to/2AxbbfF Flash Battery (Godox & Flashpoint is the same) https://amzn.to/3fNDWVD Power Cord https://amzn.to/3cBJGzt Y connector https://amzn.to/2X22zoT Novoflex STA-SET https://amzn.to/2y5s1Bt LensCoat LensHide https://amzn.to/3bAkoAo LensCoat Lens Hoodie https://amzn.to/3fStHiI Canon 2.8/70-200 II https://amzn.to/3cArBSB Canon 4/24-70 https://amzn.to/2AwjeJE Canon 4/16-35 L IS https://amzn.to/3fPqPDb JBL Clip3 Speaker https://amzn.to/36225D5 Sandisk Extreme Pro CFexpress Card type B 512GB https://amzn.to/38FPKHg Sandisk Extreme Pro https://amzn.to/2WXKt7n Panasonic Eneloop Pro https://amzn.to/2X2SQ1q Minox 8x43 https://amzn.to/2Z7YxxQ Canon LP-E6N https://amzn.to/3byTSYg Manfrotto Mini Ballhead https://amzn.to/3dR2pYm FStop Gear Sukha Backpack https://amzn.to/2Q3e4fZ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:23 Was I Wrong? 1:45 New Gen Zooms 2:48 Advantages Zooms 4:15 Mirrorless making it possible 5:39 Advantages Primes 7:17 Teleconverter Use 9:13 Zooms to replace primes? 10:35 What's best for video? 13:00 Image Samples 13:11 Can you guess what's what? 15:05 Background example 16:04 100-500 + 1.4x Example 16:25 So what's best?