What is your favourite lens that you own & why....?

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I ask this purely to understand how people use lenses in different scenarios and ways that they are not really designed to be used.

I recently upgraded to a 6D and bought a 24-105 L, 17-40 L and a sigma 35mm F1.4 but i sold the 17-40 due to using very very little and i found just stitching two images from my 24-105 easier than swapping lenses to my 17-40.

For the most i do landscape, stills, portraits etc the one thing i do not do is action which is why i decided to sell my 17-40 and go on a nice holiday ;)

Although i ask this in a singular manner, if you do have more than one lens you love please state why and how you use them.

I only own two lenses now, the 24-105 and the 35mm and i have to say i don't see me buying any other lens for a while, if i need wider i will just stitch two images from my 24-105 ( @24mm ) but i have to say the 24-105 really is very versatile and extremely sharp with great colour rendition.
As for the sigma i have to say im blown away by it, at 1.4 the sharpness is unrivaled and @ 2/2.2 it is just sublime.

So what lens rarely comes off your camera? Before i got my 6D my sigma 30mm f1.4 rarely came off my 550D and my 60D.
 
Sigma 35mm 1.4.......Haven't used my 24-105mm since :D

70-300 L doesn't get used a lot, but it's a sensational lens in a compact size, perfect for all the travelling I do.

I'll be using both tomorrow at a Hill Climb with some epic machinery!
 
-Ad- said:
Sigma 35mm 1.4.......Haven't used my 24-105mm since :D

70-300 L doesn't get used a lot, but it's a sensational lens in a compact size, perfect for all the travelling I do.

I'll be using both tomorrow at a Hill Climb with some epic machinery!
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the sigma is a fav of mine as well ;)

and epic weight!!! but its better to take them and than to wish you had!!
 
buzzlightweight said:
do u have a pic? iv never seen one
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Here you go:

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Here it is on my X-Pro 1:

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I originally had a 35/1.2, which was optically perfect, but it was too large and heavy and when I got the Konica it rarely got used so it was sold:

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Speaking of 35's, the Fuji 35/1.4 is amazing too. Although it's a XP1 lens so I can't use it on full frame so it's more of a 50mm anyway.
 
Tough one.

Although I have loved my 17-55 2.8 and it's my most used lens I wish I'd got a 24-70 instead, especially now the new one is out. At the time I never thought I'd go FF but will most likely for my next body. Doing that and changing the lens will be costly :(

It's my general purpose lens and tends to get used at 40-55mm very often.

The one lens I could never sell is my 70-200 2.8. Absolutely fantastic for Sports and when I have shot wildlife. I've had some superb headshots too with it. If it was the only lens I could use it would be this.

Recently I've started to use my 100mm 2.8 macro more, using it for head and part body shot's of my son and the colours straight out the camera as a raw file are stunning. Surprisingly good.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Tough one.

Although I have loved my 17-55 2.8 and it's my most used lens I wish I'd got a 24-70 instead, especially now the new one is out. At the time I never thought I'd go FF but will most likely for my next body. Doing that and changing the lens will be costly :(

It's my general purpose lens and tends to get used at 40-55mm very often.

The one lens I could never sell is my 70-200 2.8. Absolutely fantastic for Sports and when I have shot wildlife. I've had some superb headshots too with it. If it was the only lens I could use it would be this.

Recently I've started to use my 100mm 2.8 macro more, using it for head and part body shot's of my son and the colours straight out the camera as a raw file are stunning. Surprisingly good.
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my step dad has the 70-200 isII and it really does well for portraits (surprisingly) and any prime will always do well in portraiture
 
I have a lot of good glass like the 24-70mm f/2.8, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR, 300mm f/4.0, plus primes like 35/50/85mm f/1.8 my most used lens by far is the Nikon 16-85VR. tack sharp wide open, extremely useful zoom range, reasonably fast AF, solid build quality but small and light, very high contrast and great colours. When you don't need a fast aperture then it is wonderful.
 
I don't really have a lens that stays on all the time but I do especially love my 100mm F2.8L. The shots are super sharp and the 100mm on a crop is surprisingly versatile :) I can crop a lot without being worried about losing much sharpness.
 
Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS II never fails to amaze me at what fantastic images it produces. Expensive lens, but worth every penny, couldn't be without it.
 
When I had the 60D the Sigma 50mm 1.4 was never off the camera. Now the same is said for the 85L 1.2. I love them!
 
200mm f/2.0

Long enough for most stuff.
Bright.
Tack sharp.
Thin DoF.
Superb IS.
Small enough to walkabout.
Big enough for "let me through, I'm a pro" :-)

Andrew
 
buzzlightweight said:
do you not find it a bit to soft on the edges at 1.4? reason i say that is that i bought that lens for my 550D and sold it for the sigma 30mm due to the softness?
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To be honest, no, not at all. If I'm shooting at 1.4 I expect most of the image to be out of focus anyway, so being soft around the edges hardly makes a difference! :)

I do tend to use it at f/2.0 though because the contrast and colours seem to be significantly better than wide open.

I've got a full frame camera too, so for you to find it soft around the edges on a 550D it makes me think there could be other contributing factors.
 
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