Marionsho Loc: Kansas

Yes.
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imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Canon EFS 15-85 .....or Sigma 17-70

WAL

What if you had no camera? What lens would you get then? It’s a philosophical thing. When one can buy new cannon 50 mm 1.8 lenses for little more than $100 what is the point of such a question. Why have a camera with interchangeable lenses if you only have one.

Robeng Loc: California

Same here!

georgevedwards Loc: Essex, Maryland.

A really good zoom that is really fast(like f/2.8 or nearby). Nikon has a 18-300mm that I would love to have. Right now I have an 18-55, a 55 prime and a 55-200. I am always changing lenses and getting tired of it. I was taking pictures of some models recently and it just didn't work, you miss too much in the time it takes to change lenses. I also really fear getting dust inside the camera, fouling the mirror or sensor. I really discovered wide angle with the 18-55 kit lens and consider wide angle now indispensable. But I would love to couple it with a zoom/macro capability so I can do closeups of interesting forms at a distance, like ice forms (structures, crystals) on a pond or flowers, not necessarily but including wildlife. My experience is wildlife is few or far between unless you live in the right place. Changing lenses on the fly sucks, you have to hold one lens while you remove the other, and switching them in the field is awkward to say the least you need three hands to do it properly. I dream of a 14-500mm zoom. I had a couple of Tamron 28-300mm zooms over the years, but I finally was dissatisfied with its sharpness. I hear Tamron has some new ones that rate highly, but right now I am doing Nikons, they have given me the best results yet for sharp focus, but unfortunately it is also intermittent, the camera needs the right contrast and enough light to do it.

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

See your point. So the answer is "WHY". Lol

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

One group I golfed years ago had a three-club game and a one club game once a year (I used a 5 iron).

Wild Life Loc: Sunny Southern California

And it looks like it's just getting started. Hang in there cupcake spring will be here before you know it...

Wild Life Loc: Sunny Southern California

Speak for yourself. One is never too old...

Brian in Whitby Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada

I recently purchased a Sigma 18-250 mm with 'macro' for my general purpose lens. I like it much better than my Canon kit lenses that covered the same range. It is noticeably sharper than the kit lenses. The one thing I don't like is that it seems to suffer from an optical aberration that makes parallel verticals look like curves. Buildings appear to have bulging walls. This only occurs at extremely short focal lengths. Since I am not really into architectural photos, I can live with that.

The only other lens I use is my 150-500 mm Sigma for wildlife and occasionally for outdoor sports.

raysass Loc: Brooklin, On, Canada.

Sigma 18-250mm.

THEMRED7007

That was for Jerry...not you, Buttinsky!

Wild Life Loc: Sunny Southern California

My comment was in defense of Jerry. I know who it was for...

THEMRED7007

Jerry is quite capable of taking care of himself, as we have bantered before...Buttinski !