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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


(Fred...please delete this thread if I missed it when I searched in this forum.)

This is a repeat of a thread in the Nikon Forum (credit to FrogFish). The results were of course Nikon heavy. I thought a reposting here would be just as interesting for the alt gear crowd.

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(1) Best lens you ever bought - Just a simple 1, 2, 3 and please no long lists of 10 lenses you love in Med Format, MF, AF, different mounts !

(2) What is the biggest (or most regrettable) mistake you made in photography ? Camera or lens purchase ? Switching manufacturers ?



Dec 03, 2014 at 09:29 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


1) Best: Cosina Voigtlander 125/2.5 APO Lanthar

2) Worst mistake: Selling the 70-300L the first time.



Dec 03, 2014 at 09:35 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best is Sigma's 35 ART even if the purchase ushered in a new Ice Age.
Worst is probably Nikon's 24-120. Even the latest is not very good and replaced by the Sigma 24-105.



Dec 03, 2014 at 09:39 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


1) Best: Otus 55mm f1.4, Nikon 400mm f2.8 E FL
2) Worst mistake: spending money on many average priced items I don't use very often instead of saving that cash to buy big tickets item that would have delivered better real world value.



Dec 03, 2014 at 09:42 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best: Zeiss Distagon 15/2.8
Worst Mistake: Selling the Voigtlander 35/1.2 version II.



Dec 03, 2014 at 09:42 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


1) Best: (1) Zeiss 21 2.8 (C/Y and ZE). (2) Canon 17 TS-E

2) Worst: (1) buying a Canon 1Ds one week before the 5D was announced; (2) buying tele lenses without AF like the Zeiss C/Y 100 2.0 or C/Y 100-300 before focussing with Live View made life easier



Dec 03, 2014 at 09:48 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best: Canon FD 35/2.8 T/S
Worst: Not bring the camera when I do go out and missing a great shot.



Dec 03, 2014 at 11:05 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best nikon 200mm f2, mistake: sold it


Dec 03, 2014 at 11:09 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best Lenses: (1) RX1's 35 Sonnar, (2) PL 25/1.4 for m4/3 (that and PL 42.5 make me forget tradeoffs vs FF)
Worst: Buying or neglecting to sell slow kit zooms, and especially superzooms



Dec 03, 2014 at 11:12 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best lens ever bought: Fujinon 55mm f/4.5. The output stuns me, even 1 year after purcahse.

Worse purchase: Fujifilm X10 camera. A dog from day 1.




Dec 03, 2014 at 11:20 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best lens - Sony TS17. The best lens I own that combines function (tilt, shift, edge to edge quality, stitching) for landscape. Canon 600v2. 1.4xiii.

Worst purchase - Sony fe 24-70. Too big to be small with a7r and not a great IQ lens. But I have a long list of mistakes including voigtlander 15 (massive non symmetric color shift), sony fe 16-70 (not great anywhere for zeiss). Canon 70-300 (dull at long)

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Dec 03, 2014 at 11:25 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best: Canon FL 55mm f/1.2 (One of the most underrated alt options. Often found around $150, performs as good as the FD version and I like the character more than the Rokkors. I use it primarily at f/2.2, very dreamy wide open but still usable)
Worst: Olympus Pen f 38mm f/1.8 (EXTREME field curvature, decent in center, haven't figured out how to shoot with it)



Dec 03, 2014 at 11:49 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best: Zeiss ZE 21 f/2.8 tied with ZE 100 f/2 MP
Worst mistake: Selling my Leica R 90 Summicron



Dec 03, 2014 at 11:55 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


1. Best: RX1-R (Zeiss Sonnar) and/or Canon 135mm f/2
2. Worst: 5D Mark III and/or Fuji 60mm f/2.4



Dec 04, 2014 at 03:43 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best - EF 24mm TS-EII
Worst - Lumix 12-35 2.8



Dec 04, 2014 at 03:47 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best - Zeiss Planar 50/2 ZM & Zeiss Distagon 28/2.8 MM CY
Worst - Nikon Series E 35/2.5



Dec 04, 2014 at 04:06 AM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best - What I consider the end-game lens for macro and ~100mm (if you can live with the huge size) is the Contax 645 120mm f4 Apo-Makro-Planar, even though I can only use it wide open on mirrorless for the time being.

Worst - Hmmm... Some old Tokina lens I bought for like $10.



Dec 04, 2014 at 04:48 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best: 35L. (Not the best lens I ever bought, but the best lens purchase I've ever made-- based on how much paid work I've submitted with it.)

Worst: 24-105L (not a terrible lens, really, but I hated it), and Fuji 16-50 (also not a terrible lens-- in fact, quite good and super cheap-- but I simply never used it).



Dec 04, 2014 at 04:49 AM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best is hard. So many ways to go. If I'm talking pure optical quality, probably Olympus 75/1.8 and then Canon 100L Macro. The Fuji 56/1.2 is honestly my favorite lens of all time, though.

Worst purchase. To be honest, my 1Ds Mark II, and not because it was a bad camera. It was a great camera, but I spent so much money changing my lens lineup for full frame following that purchase (and I loved those lenses) then quickly became disillusioned with size and weight and dumped it all two years later as I switched to m4/3. I'd wish is have toughed it out with my 30D until that switch just so I didn't lose that cash in the change. And even though I've done a similar switch from m4/3 to Fuji as my main kit, that was a much more natural progression.



Dec 04, 2014 at 06:01 AM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Best Lens You Ever Bought + Biggest Mistake


Best: Canon 500/4.5 L
Worst: Selling it



Dec 04, 2014 at 06:06 AM
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