The Holy Trinity Of Lenses For The Nikon DX Camera? (Page 5): I use a D7100 and if I had to pick my favorite three lenses they would be : Tokina 11-20 f/2.8 Nikkor 180 f2.8 A.I. manuel...

BBBruce77 Loc: Eureka, Montana

I use a D7100 and if I had to pick my favorite three lenses they would be : Tokina 11-20 f/2.8
Nikkor 180 f2.8 A.I. manuel focus, have had this lens for around 30
years
Nikkor 105 f2.8 Micro Nikkor again Manuel focus
If you want an amazingly sharp lens that is dirt cheap the 50 f1.8 E Nikkor sells on Ebay in the $50.00 range and is very compact. It is a lens I like for many reasons but does not quite make the top three list.

haze63 Loc: Tiffin Ohio

YouTube look up this crazy guy and search DX Trinity
Theoria Apophasis

shutterbob Loc: Tucson

Don't know if I would call these the 'holy trinity', but these are my favorites for use with my D7200. Ultra wide is the Tokina 11-20 f2.8. Standard is the Nikon 16-80 f2.8/4. Tele is a FX lens....Nikon 70-200 f2.8. Out of these, if I could only carry one, it would be the 16-80. It is my all time personal favorite for DX.

PeterDragon Loc: Harlan, KY - Kona, HI - Phoenix, AZ

Amen to that brother.

Kmgw9v wrote:

My Holy Trinity is the Holy Trinity.
Not relevant to this thread.

Jim

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

bpulv wrote:

I have the 24-70mm, which I use on a D800. I was s... (show quote)

The attached two photos illustrate my point. Photo #1 is a full frame 36Mp image taken with my 24-70mm f2.8 VR II ED lens at the 70mm setting. Photo #2 is cropped from the same image.

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jcboy3

mas24 wrote:

Last year I saw a You Tube video narrated by Matt Granger, discussing Nikon's Holy Trinity of Lenses.They were the Nikon 14-24mm, the 24-70mm, and the 70-200mm f2.8. All three of these lenses are very expensive, and are best suited for full frame camera bodies. So, for all you Nikon DX owners, what would be your personal Holy Trinity of Lenses? It can be third party selections, FX or DX lenses. Select three only please. A mixture of zoom or primes lenses. are OK.

Tokina 11-20 f/2.8

Sigma 18-35 f/1.8

Sigma 50-100 f/1.8

Royce Moss Loc: Irvine, CA

I agree with you. I use the 18-140mm and the 35mm and for reach an old push pull 75-300mm on my 7100. Works for me.

dsnoke Loc: North Georgia, USA

mas24 wrote:

... So, for all you Nikon DX owners, what would be your personal Holy Trinity of Lenses? It can be third party selections, FX or DX lenses. Select three only please. A mixture of zoom or primes lenses. are OK.

The three for me, on a D7100, are the Tokina 11-16mm, Nikkor 18-105 mm (90% of what I do is with this one) and the Nikkor 55-300mm. Makes a reasonably lightweight kit for hiking, birding, sunrises, landscapes, grandchildren, quilts, etc. I am seriously considering adding a macro lens, either the 85 mm DX Nikkor or the 90 mm Tamron. Beyond that, I might rent a 150-600 mm lens on the rare occasions I do serious birding.

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Nikon's 17-55 f2.8 DX lens was designed back when Nikon didn't have any full frame cameras. It's built every bit as well as any of the "Trinity" lenses. I have 2 of them at work. Expensive, heavy.
Another lens I really like was Sigma's first version of the 50-150 2.8. Fairly compact, fast and very sharp. Build quality right up there with the 17-55. Still use it on the Fuji S5pro for studio portraits.

I think Goofy nailed the wide end. I would like to add that the now discontinued, but still available Sigma 50-150 2.8 glass is awesome. It's actually my favorite portrait lens. It's really close to the same field of view of a 70-200 2.8 on a FF.

For those that say pros don't use DX glass, well, I hate to rain on their parade, I know pros that use mirrorless, DX, still use film, and one guy that stays pretty busy with cell phones.

I haven't found a good enough reason to move from DX to FX yet. I still believe that a really talented photographer can take outstanding images with a toy camera, and a crappy photographer will still be a crappy photographer, no matter how much money he spends on the latest and greatest equipment.

Just my 2 cents.
bk

tazman77 Loc: Wisconsin

I know that my wife and I got back into photography again 4 years ago and after she saw the camera I had a D3300 she decided on the D7100 and she has a AF-S Nikkor 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6 ED VR and she hardly ever takes that lens off when ever she shoots and I am getting that one next for myself.

tazman77 Loc: Wisconsin

My Trinity is AF-S Nikkor f/1.8G 50mm, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll for Nikon wide angle and the Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports Lens for Nikon

EarlM Loc: New Mexico

Pegasus wrote:

My current personal Trinity is the f/1.8 35mm, the f/3.5-4.5 18-140mm and the f/3.5-5.6 18-300. My most used lens currently is the 18-140; it is light and very sharp. I have several other DX lenses, which my daughter uses.

I'm not a pro by any means, but have been at this a number of years now. I mostly just use a personal Duo, consisting of the first two of these, the 35mm fixed and the 18 - 140 mm. The first is light weight and gives excellent results, the second is a reasonable compromise of zoom lengths and also a pretty good quality lens.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

I found this to be a very interesting thread to read. Thank you for asking the question.

Digital1022 Loc: Holland, PA

mas24 wrote:

Last year I saw a You Tube video narrated by Matt Granger, discussing Nikon's Holy Trinity of Lenses.They were the Nikon 14-24mm, the 24-70mm, and the 70-200mm f2.8. All three of these lenses are very expensive, and are best suited for full frame camera bodies. So, for all you Nikon DX owners, what would be your personal Holy Trinity of Lenses? It can be third party selections, FX or DX lenses. Select three only please. A mixture of zoom or primes lenses. are OK.

mas24
You can see from 5 pages of comments to your original post that there are as many holy trinities as there are commenters to your post. I have been shooting since I was 10 years old with a Brownie Hawkeye. I started with Nikon a long time ago with a film camera and when the D100 came out, I switched simply because I thought it was the future of photography. I am not a pro, but I consider myself a semi-competent "hack". My last DX camera was a D300s and I loved it, but I only bought one dx lens frankly because FX lenses work well on DX, but in my experience, the opposite is not necessarily true. I am sure that there are photographers out there who have different opinions and results. My idea of lenses is basically that I only wanted to buy them once, so I concentrated on buying lenses that had the highest review ratings from people that I respect. As a result, I purchased a Nikon 70-200 VRI and it worked very well on my dx camera. A few years later I had a chance to buy a good used Nikon 28-70 f2.8 which is the best overall walk-around lens I have, though it is a bit on the heavy side. It takes wonderful images in all types of situations. I also had the opportunity to buy a used Nikon 14-24 which, not withstanding the fact that they can't take a CP filter, is really good for interior architecture, exterior architecture, nature and some landscape options. I would not use it in a bright landscape image of mountains or similar shots, not because it might have lens flare, but because in my opinion there are better options. I have not purchased a bad Nikon lens. I can't speak to the quality of third party lenses because I have no experience. I go with what has worked for me over the years. I have a full range of Nikon up to the 200-500 and they are all great lenses for me. In the end, you have to decide for yourself based upon your own likes and dislikes and what your passion's are as far as image taking. Landscape, nature, macro, wildlife, architecture, travel, etc. The best advice I can give you is to rent before you buy. Take the lens out and run it through it paces based upon your own requirements and then make your decision. My guess is that you will end up with your own "holy trinity" of great lenses. Just so you know that I am not wedded to Nikon, I just purchased a Sony RX10iii which is a bridge camera that has a Zeiss f2.8-f4 28mm-600mm as a travel camera. I have simply gotten to the age that carrying 25 lbs. of equipment on an airplane and lugging it around while traveling around is not my idea of fun anymore. Will it replace my Nikon. Not a chance. When I go to workshops or travel by car, I always take the whole package. Just the way I am. Good luck with your shooting.

Digital1022

racerrich3 Loc: Los Angeles, Ca.

hi mas, I bought a "bundle" ? "package" ? deal of the D3300 (dx) which came with camera and 18-55, 55-200. so for my "trinity" I liked and bought and closed the bank account with the 200-500. What do you call a trinity + 1 ? my next one is on the low end. Tokina's 11-20 ($500).