Your Favorite (I'll never give it up) Lens
Nov 30, 2015 19:57:02 #
Just wondering, if you had a choice of having only one lens for your camera, which one would you keep and why?
Nov 30, 2015 19:58:04 #
Nov 30, 2015 20:16:04 #
Hmarge wrote:
Just wondering, if you had a choice of having only one lens for your camera, which one would you keep and why?
24-70/2.8 for its range
Nov 30, 2015 20:23:09 #
Nov 30, 2015 20:29:36 #
It just depends on what I'm shooting. I have favorite lenses for what I'm shooting and I don't believe in one lens for everything.
I guess may favorite lens is the one I'm using.
I guess may favorite lens is the one I'm using.
Nov 30, 2015 20:35:41 #
Hmarge wrote:
Just wondering, if you had a choice of having only one lens for your camera, which one would you keep and why?
The one that is attached to my point & shoot or bridge camera.
For everything else the reason I have owned SLRs and DSLRs is to be able to change lenses, so choosing a single lens defeats the entire object of the exercise.
Nov 30, 2015 20:53:53 #
My 24-105 is my go-to lens. If I could only have one, would have to be that one.
But your title is more dramatic than that !
It says, "never give it up", lens.
My 24-105 is just my most used lens, NOT my favorite lens. The 24-105 has no passion!!&
My favorite, never give it up lens is my 200 f1.8. Now, THAT lens is simply AWSOME!!!!!!! ;-)
SS
But your title is more dramatic than that !
It says, "never give it up", lens.
My 24-105 is just my most used lens, NOT my favorite lens. The 24-105 has no passion!!&
My favorite, never give it up lens is my 200 f1.8. Now, THAT lens is simply AWSOME!!!!!!! ;-)
SS
Nov 30, 2015 20:55:11 #
For my 60D, I have a most amazing EFs 15-85. I don't think that I will ever off it.
I have a 6D and a cookie cuts L. It can be rplaced and perhaps will!
J. R.
I have a 6D and a cookie cuts L. It can be rplaced and perhaps will!
J. R.
Nov 30, 2015 21:04:54 #
SharpShooter wrote:
My 24-105 is my go-to lens. If I could only have one, would have to be that one.
But your title is more dramatic than that !
It says, "never give it up", lens.
My 24-105 is just my most used lens, NOT my favorite lens. The 24-105 has no passion!!&
My favorite, never give it up lens is my 200 f1.8. Now, THAT lens is simply AWSOME!!!!!!! ;-)
SS
But your title is more dramatic than that !
It says, "never give it up", lens.
My 24-105 is just my most used lens, NOT my favorite lens. The 24-105 has no passion!!&
My favorite, never give it up lens is my 200 f1.8. Now, THAT lens is simply AWSOME!!!!!!! ;-)
SS
Well said. I'm slowly building out my lens collection, but I want all of my lenses to fit that 'never give it up' category. I'm trying to follow a 'best in class' philosophy. As an example I have two lenses that might fit in the 'nifty fifty' category. One is the very cheap and cheerful Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 lens. Not bad, not great, but inexpensive. The other is an adapted Canon FL 55mm f/1.2 lens (circa 1970), that is a 'never give it up' lens. I would put the adapted FDn 135mm f/2.0 in the same category.
It is all subjective and at the end of the day it is budget and purpose related....
Nov 30, 2015 21:17:47 #
Nov 30, 2015 21:26:40 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Hmarge wrote:
Just wondering, if you had a choice of having only one lens for your camera, which one would you keep and why?
35mm fast prime. The best single general purpose focal length for those of us that love primes. Not too wide, not too long, just right!
Nov 30, 2015 21:27:31 #
It would be easier for me to pick the one lens that I would get rid of first. Since I have a 24-105 f/4, my 24-70 f/4 would be the only one I would be willing to part with. I would not even consider getting rid of any of my other ones.
Nov 30, 2015 21:32:02 #
Nov 30, 2015 21:54:13 #
During the film era, my favorite lens was a Contax 45mm f/2.0 Zeiss Planar T* I purchased for my G1 rangefinder camera. Great contrast and color rendition and very sharp.
Nov 30, 2015 21:58:13 #
On one camera it is the Olympus M-Zuiko Digital 40-150 f2.8 pro.
On another camera it is The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lens
On my Canon DSLR bodies it all depends on the shoot.
On another camera it is The Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lens
On my Canon DSLR bodies it all depends on the shoot.
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