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My All Time Favorite Lenses
As I have worked with many of the SLR's and Medium Format camera's out there, I want to share with you some of my favorites. In my career I used Nikon, Canon, Pentax SLR's and all of the Medium Format stuff out there.
My choices are based on my most frequent go for lenses when doing actual projects in the past and present.
Nikon: 85mm f/1.4 Nikkor Al-S
Nikon: 28mm f/2.0 Nikkor Al-S
Nikon: 50mm f/1.2 Nikkor Al-S
Nikon: 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor Al-S
Pentax: smc Pentax DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited
Pentax: smc Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 Limited
Pentax: smc Pentax DA Star 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL (IF) SDM
Pentax: smc Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4
Pentax: smc Pentax DA 12-24 f/4.0 ED AL (IF)
Canon: EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
Canon: EF 35mm f/2.0
Canon: EF 28mm f/2.8
Canon: TS-E 45mm f/2.8
Canon: TS-E 90mm f/2.8
And of course, not to forget two of my favorite 3rd party lenses,
Tamron: SP AF 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD (IF)
Tamron: SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro
Well, there you have it.
Ben
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benjikan
join:2007-10-27 | Ps Forgot to include:
Tamron: SP AF 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di LD (IF)
Tamron: SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro |
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pkalona
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Surprised not to see the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM on that list. I never leave home without it. I've become even more attached since moving to the 5D2.
I recently bought the Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro and I have found it focus hunts more than I'm used to and is pretty noisy about it too. It has great IQ though which is what counts. |
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What were your favorite medium format lenses? |
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NIKON D90
130mm 1/160th -1ev F11 ISO200
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Dream Killer
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I'm absolutely in love with my Canon EF 70-200mm F/4L IS USM. Dead on focus and unbelievable sharpness wide-open and down. I can also very creatively capture motion with IS mode 2 that I can't simply do with my EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM. |
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benjikan
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I had the Canon 28-70 and got rid of it for the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 |
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DavisPhotog
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I see you don't list any lenses on the longer end of the spectrum.
My favorite long Canons:
•70-200mm f/4L
•70-200mm f/2.8L
•300mm f/2.8L
I agree that the Canon 17-40 f/L is one of the best they've made. I prefer their 1.8 variants of the 28 and 35, though.
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Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8
Chinon(Tomioka) 50mm f/1.4
Novoflex 400mm f/5.6
Canon 300mm f/4 IS L
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8
Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6
Any f/2.8 or f/4 Tokina lens
Chinon 135mm f/2.8
Helios 55mm f/2.0
Zeiss 35mm f/3.5
Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Jupiter 85mm f/1.5 or f/2.0, both are excellent lenses
Jupiter 200mm f/4
Vivitar 200mm f/2.5
Sigma 150-500mm OS
Sigma 100-300mm f/4
Sigma 300mm f/2.8
Tamron 70-210mm Adaptall-2 Macro
Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X Pro
Bang for the buck fav el cheapo lenses:
Sigma 70-300mm
Sigma 28-80mm
Sigma 28-105mm f/2/8
Tokina 28-70mm f/2.8
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benjikan
join:2007-10-27 | reply to DavisPhotog
Re: My All Time Favorite Lenses
I rarely shoot over 80mm |
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I only carry two so the list is rather short.
Canon 24-70mm 2.8L
Canon 35-350mm 3.5-5.6L*
By far my favorite is the 35-350 due to it's 10x range and excellent optics.
Wayne
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Bon Scott
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Re: My All Time Favorite Lenses
My favorite lens is the Canon 135 f/2.0L. The 35 f/1.4L ain't bad either.  |
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EF 50mm f/1.4 I guess. Really depends on what I'm shooting. |
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