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Archive 2011 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

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p.3 #1 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

I have this same dilemma all the time, which 20 lenses to pack in my bag for a 6 hour hike in Zion. I usually just end up taking all 67 of them, better safe than sorry!

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:01 AM

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p.3 #2 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Ektar25 wrote:
I have this same dilemma all the time, which 20 lenses to pack in my bag for a 6 hour hike in Zion. I usually just end up taking all 67 of them, better safe than sorry!

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:03 AM

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p.3 #3 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Here is my list:

15 FE
16-35L II
24-70 II (Future)
24L II
35L
50 f/1.2
50 f/1.0 x2

85L
100L
180L
200 f/1.8 x2
70-200 f/2.8 IS MkII
400 f/5.6

300 f/2.8 IS
400 DO
400 f/2.8 IS II
500 f/4 II
600 f/4 II

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:08 AM

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p.3 #4 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Does this list include all the lens I had before? or the ones I currently own now?

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:09 AM

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p.3 #5 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

jojomon11 wrote:
Does this list include all the lens I had before? or the ones I currently own now?

Doesn't matter.....it's your ideal/perfect 20 lens kit.

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:11 AM

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p.3 #6 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Here's another shot with 200 f/1.8 so that you might understand a bit better why is that I'd like to have two lens copies (again).

(Shot with 1DsMkII, and a major crop)

Edited on Dec 02, 2011 at 11:34 PM · View previous versions

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:23 AM

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p.3 #7 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

PetKal wrote:
ZoneV_Nikon wrote:

The 200/2 L IS was tempting to consider; the 500/4.5 L to a lesser extent...but these aren't really rational/practical for the sort of photography I do if were to already have a 300/2.8.
Man, someone has been reading "Lens Work III" a bit too much lately.

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:44 AM

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p.3 #8 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

PetKal wrote:
jojomon11 wrote:
Does this list include all the lens I had before? or the ones I currently own now?

Doesn't matter.....it's your ideal/perfect 20 lens kit.

Oh in that case

zeiss 100 2
zeiss 35 1.4
zeiss 50 2 makro
nikon 24 1.4 G
nikon 28 1.4 D AF
nikon 35 1.4 G
nikon 85 1.4 G (Man I am suddenly getting excited)
nikon 200 2 VRII (Im getting really excited now!)
nikon 500 VR (Now I am getting a woody)

sorry can't go on any longer that 500 got me tired

Phil

Dec 02, 2011 at 03:47 AM

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p.3 #9 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

EB-1 wrote:
PetKal wrote:
ZoneV_Nikon wrote:

The 200/2 L IS was tempting to consider; the 500/4.5 L to a lesser extent...but these aren't really rational/practical for the sort of photography I do if were to already have a 300/2.8.
Man, someone has been reading "Lens Work III" a bit too much lately.

You'd probably be amazed at how good 500 f/4.5L is.

I used the 500/4.5 in the past and it is a fine lens. However, the lack of IS, greater MFD, and especially the loss of AF with a 1.4 x killed it for my needs.

EBH

That is all true, except I've never tried to use it with 1.4xTC......in theory it should have AFd with 1D bodies.
However, the key strengths for me were its relative ease of hand-held shooting and IQ very similar to 500 f/4 IS.
In fact, if it was not for the introduction of 500 II, I wouldn't have sold my 500 f/4.5L. I would have kept it as a lightweight alternative to my 500 f/4.

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:09 AM

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p.3 #10 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

If there were a 500/4 IS II I would have purchased one, but that boat has sailed.

EBH

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:18 AM

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p.3 #11 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

My wife said I can only have 19

Guess I'll have to jettison the EF 22-55mm f/4-5.6 USM

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:19 AM

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p.3 #12 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Gary, I am happy to hear that even moneyed professional types of your caliber do practice austerity measures and financial restraint.

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:24 AM

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p.3 #13 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Yes, but you should see those 19. Them are hum-dingers

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:42 AM

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p.3 #14 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

I have a friend, who is only & youngest boy in the family all 21 other are older sisters...and guess what, they are from one Mama and one Papa. How

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:44 AM

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p.3 #15 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

mttran wrote:
I have a friend, who is only & youngest boy in the family all 21 other are older sisters...and guess what, they are from one Mama and one Papa. How

Sorry, Michael, I do not understand either how they did it.

Dec 02, 2011 at 04:59 AM

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p.3 #16 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Petkal:

The 500 MkII probably should have been on my list but, I just acquired a Mk I in the last few weeks and I'm smitten with this lens. Can't imagine how the Mk II could be that much better than my Mk I.

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:06 AM

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p.3 #17 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

14 2.8
17-40 f4
24 TSE - I don’t know what it does, but if I had one, I’d find out

24-105 f4
35 1.4
50 1.4
50 2.5 Macro
70-200 2.8 IS
70-200 F4
85 1.2 (FD mount lens, it’s beautiful)
85 1.8
100 2.8 Macro
135 f2
200 f2 IS
300 2.8 IS
400 2.8 IS

So that's 16, the best I could do. I guess the last four would be old FD lenses to mess with

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:31 AM

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p.3 #18 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

20 Leica Noctilux lenses purchased twenty years ago, so I could sell them today and buy every lens Canon makes. (With the new Canon lenses and price increases, maybe not.)

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:34 AM

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p.3 #19 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

Leica
Summilux 35 1.4,
Summilux 50 1.4
APO 90 2.0
Nikkor
28 1.4 af
50 1.2 AIS
300 2 ED-IF

Phase One Sekor 110 2.8
Zeiss 80 2.8 T*
Hasselblad 28 4.0 AF

CZ 21 2.8
CZ 35 1.4
CZ 100 2

Canon FD 55 1.2

Canon EOS
24 1.4 2
35 1.4
50 1.0 w/ box
85 1.2
135 2
200 1.8
400 2,8 IS 2

Difficult to narrow to 20 dream lenses, this is a pretty complete list. I could rent the others from time to time!

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:39 AM

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p.3 #20 · If you could only have 20 lenses....

my wish list is: 1DX & 5DX and 8-15L, 14LII, 16-35LII, 17T/S, 24LII, 35L, 50L1.2, 50L1.0, 85L, 85LII, 100L, 135L, 180L, 200L1.8, 200/2L, 200L2.8 II, 300L2.8II, 70-200LII, 70-300L

Dec 02, 2011 at 05:47 AM

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