What's your favourite lens?

[Ian]

This is rather specific to DSLR users

What is your favourite, or most used, lens? And why do you think you use it the most?

Ian

[Josh Bear]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

This is rather specific to DSLR users

What is your favourite, or most used, lens? And why do you think you use it the most?

Ian

Fav and will be most used someday will be the canon 70-200mm L. IMHO it has the perfect combination of range, sharpness and weight to meet my needs. I have spent whole day with this lens attached.

Best regards

josh

[coupekid]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

mine has to be the 50mm f1.8 prime lens.
at under 100 quid, it is almost disposable! however, it produces excellent results for portaits, great to use indoors, and compliments my extension tubes well.

[Stephen]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

According to the database in Lightroom, I use my 24-70 f2.8L about 10% more than the 17-40 f4L I think as a walkabout lens its slightly more versatile with its slightly longer reach and wider aperture, though in many ways I find the 17-40 a more creative lens. I really couldn't cope with a 70-200 on the camera all the time, I would feel frustrated without the wideangle capability. Equally a 50mm prime would feel too restrictive if I only wanted to carry the one lens. Of course its down to the type of shots you want.

[Ian]

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

I have to agree with Ian the Olympus 14-35 is excellent, and had I not had to return it to him, it would be my favourite as well.

The one I enjoy using the most is the 7-14. The UWA lens produces images in a way that we don't look at the world and it's this unique property that makes it my favourite.

[Patrick]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

I have to agree with Ian the Olympus 14-35 is excellent, and had I not had to return it to him, it would be my favourite as well.

The one I enjoy using the most is the 7-14. The UWA lens produces images in a way that we don't look at the world and it's this unique property that makes it my favourite.

The lens I most use is my Sigma EX 24-70 f2.8, the 70-200 f2.8 gets little use these days although it has its place. On the camera that has been converted for IR my 17-35mm lens is permanently fitted.

Patrick

[yoshi]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

It is an ultra wide lens (EF-S 10-22mm f:/3.5-4.5) for me. This is my beloved and most often used lens in the past four years or so.
I used mid-tele lenses more often until then. Since I got this lens, I take more handheld shots, which in turn also increased my number of shots.
Good for a walking about lens, while trekking/hiking. I donot have to set up a tripod.- I once preferred to using a tripod until I started to heavily use a UWA lens like this.
I guess around 70% of my DSLR shots are taken with this lens. This, however, includes lots of house chore shots such as for gardening purposes (grass cutting).
I regret I have been spending less photographic life in the first half of the year. Hopefully will be back to normal in the 2nd half.
yoshi

[veggiesosage]

[Barr1e]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

Olympus 12-60 (24- 120) + 70-300 (140-600).

The 12-60 is such a versatile lens and the other has great strengths for distant and close up work. I think the latter is terribly under rated and offers such value for money too.


Regards. Barr1e

[Bob Ross]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

Mine would be the Oly ZD 50mm f/2 macro (100mm eqv). This is simply a reincarnation of an old film habit of using a Vivitar Series One 90mm f/2.5 macro on my OM bodies for a decade or so. Got the zooms, but I drift back to the primes.
Bob

[photohounds]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

This is rather specific to DSLR users

What is your favourite, or most used, lens? And why do you think you use it the most?

Ian

My 50mm F2 Macro lens. Sharp portraits with good DOF control, great close-ups. Useful in low light.
A 35-100 would be up there (if I had one)

Cheers From Australia

[Ian]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

My 50mm F2 Macro lens. Sharp portraits with good DOF control, great close-ups. Useful in low light.
A 35-100 would be up there (if I had one)

Cheers From Australia

Welcome to the DPNow forum! Where in Australia are you hailing from?

Ian

[photohounds]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

Canberra, mate . . .

Just away from comp a bit, the kids are playing in interesting light
... and I have a '60 to fill

Welcome to the DPNow forum! Where in Australia are you hailing from?

Ian

[Ian]

Re: What's your favourite lens?

Canberra, mate . . .

Just away from comp a bit, the kids are playing in interesting light
... and I have a '60 to fill

I was born in Newcastle NSW, but haven't been back since I was a toddler - dying to visit and bring the family one day

Has autumn arrived in Canberra yet?

Ian