What's in YOUR - basic - everyday - lens kit? (Page 9): Yes, but you're paying through the nose for those differences ... after all, who can even TOUCH Leica optics?

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

burkphoto wrote:

I use Panny, but Oly makes great stuff, too. Panas... (show quote)

Yes, but you're paying through the nose for those differences ... after all, who can even TOUCH Leica optics?

fchretdet

Obviously I've got too many...just realized that I forgot the Nikon 70-300. All of this paraphernalia now requires me to have a backpack for it to hold this listed equipment and the other accessories. Now I have to choose what I'm likely to use on any given day and put those choices in a Nikon camera bag with the 50mm 1.8 and whatever I'll guess that I'm going to need for the day. :(

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

fchretdet wrote:

Obviously I've got too many...just realized that I forgot the Nikon 70-300. All of this paraphernalia now requires me to have a backpack for it to hold this listed equipment and the other accessories. Now I have to choose what I'm likely to use on any given day and put those choices in a Nikon camera bag with the 50mm 1.8 and whatever I'll guess that I'm going to need for the day. :(

The majority of smaller kit bags, FCH ... are made for fairly small kits - perhaps one body with lens, and three spares (macro, tele, UWA) and perhaps a flash unit. They are the very most common sizes. So even if you have oodles of glass, the bag makers expect you to pare it down to the basic changes, for most purposes. Unless, you have a gig - where you KNOW damned well you need that ultra-fast ultra-heavy extreme UWA-Z or tele-zoom.

jouster Loc: Witlesss Protection Program

Always in my bag:
. Nikon D7200
. Nikon DX 18-200mm VR II
. Nikon DX 10-24mm.
. Nikon DX 35mm f/1.8

If not walking far from the car I'll often leave the bag and carry just one camera and lens.
Otherwise it's one camera and those three lenses.

often carried, but not everyday.
. Nikon D7000 (backup body)
. Nikon AF 300mm f/4, with TC
. Rokinon 8 mm fisheye

Dave Craig

I have my trusty I use my trusty nifty fifty for close-ups and I have a 70-200 2.8 L series as well as a 300 L series and occasionally I'll use my 24100 I believe it is I can pretty much get anything with the lenses I have I also use them with a 5D Mark II someday I'll go for the five Dr s I have to upgrade my computer first though

Jesu S

ChrisT wrote:

Don't be shy, now ... go over it in your head, and share it here ... it might help others ... okay?

Sadly, the only one that fits your criteria of "everyday" and "basic" is the crappy lens in on the camera in my iPhone

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

ChrisT wrote:

Don't be shy, now ... go over it in your head, and share it here ... it might help others ... okay?

I don't have a basic kit. I have a kit. A couple of bodies and around a dozen lenses to cover everything I need. What I take with me on any given day may vary. Of the dozen, the four I use the most, in no particular order, are the Canon 35mm f/2 IS ISM, the Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS USM, the Canon 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, and the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 ART. The Sigma is the sharpest across the frame, and is a great low light zoom, but it is big, and at almost 30 ounces, heavy. The single lens I use the most is the Canon 35mm f/2 IS USM, my personal all around favorite focal length on a crop body.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

A Rehash:

Sony alphas: main - a77 w/ 16-105 DT, 2nd - a77II w/ SG EX 105 OS HSM M, a58 w/ 18-55 SAM spare = 18-250 DT

Nikon D7100 w/ AF-S 16-85 VR, D7000 w/ TK 16.5-135, D5500 w/ SG 18-250 OS HSM M, D5300 w/ SG 18-200 OS HSM, D3200 w/ AF-S 18-55 VR spare NF = TK 35 f2.8 Pro DX, SG 70-300 APO M

Canon EOS 60D w/ TK 16.5-135, T4i w/ EF-S 15-85 IS USM, T3 w/ TR 18-270 VC PZD spare EOS = TR 60 f2 M, TR SP 70-300 VC USD, TR SP 10-24, SG EX 10-20 HSM, SG 70-300 APO M, (2) EF-S 18-55 IS II, TK 80-400 APO AT-X

Pentax K-50 w/ TR 18-200 XR M spare PK = SMC 50-200 DA-L WR

That's all she wrote! .... at least - for DSLRs ....

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Olympus OMD Mark 5 ll my 14-150 ll and 25mm 1.8

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

fchretdet wrote:

Obviously I've got too many...just realized that I forgot the Nikon 70-300. All of this paraphernalia now requires me to have a backpack for it to hold this listed equipment and the other accessories. Now I have to choose what I'm likely to use on any given day and put those choices in a Nikon camera bag with the 50mm 1.8 and whatever I'll guess that I'm going to need for the day. :(

You can never have too much glass, FCH ...

You never know when something might come in handy .... don't mess with your lens kit ... it's vital!

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

jouster wrote:

Always in my bag:
. Nikon D7200
. Nikon DX 18-200mm VR II
. Nikon DX 10-24mm.
. Nikon DX 35mm f/1.8

If not walking far from the car I'll often leave the bag and carry just one camera and lens.
Otherwise it's one camera and those three lenses.

often carried, but not everyday.
. Nikon D7000 (backup body)
. Nikon AF 300mm f/4, with TC
. Rokinon 8 mm fisheye

That's a good blend, Jouster ... but which one's your javelin?

HankR Loc: So. East Florida

Exactly the same except Canon 5d MIV plus polarizing filter.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

HankR wrote:

Exactly the same except Canon 5d MIV plus polarizing filter.

The same as which, Hank?

Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

ChrisT wrote:

Don't be shy, now ... go over it in your head, and share it here ... it might help others ... okay?

My Basic lens kit includes and 18-55 , 75-300 both (kit lenses) and a 2x I need to pay off the Canon 7D body, before I start replacing Lenses.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Photogirl17 wrote:

My Basic lens kit includes and 18-55 , 75-300 both (kit lenses) and a 2x I need to pay off the Canon 7D body, before I start replacing Lenses.

You use a 2x tele with a Canon 75- 300? I'd be really curious to see one of your images.