Alright! I'll admit it. I have EF lenses that don't get used often. Least used are 35/2 and 135/2L, but I'll never sell them - never I tell you !! Ha Ha Ha Haaa !
Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, Canon 17-55, EF-S 28-105, only because it won't fit on APS or APS-H bodies.
300mm f/4 only because I doubt I'll need it anymore. Maybe if I shoot a little more sports.
100-400 for the same reason. I'd probably get a 400mm next year just to take shots of a pair of peregrin falcons that nest downtown Rochester starting in March.
50 f/1.8 - I have an 85L I'd rather use.
70-200 f/4 - nice lens but not fast enough and lacks IS. Might make a nice backpacking lens some day.
24-105L - I have a 24-70L now that is twice as fast.
Lens I WILL get again in the future = 17-40L for landscapes. I miss my old one.
I love my 50 f1.4 so it gets quite a bid of use since I don't own a zoom. Just looking at the posts here no 35 f1.4 L came up but if anyone here has one for sale please send me a note.
135L by a country mile. Too long for portraits and not good enough in low light anyway. Only image threads on FM convince me to keep it. But the reality is that I just can't find a reason to use it.
rowan57 wrote:
Out of curiosity, why all the 50 1.4's?
The 50mm focal length has always been and always will be a 'lack-luster' focal length. Pick up any photo book from more than 10 years ago, and one of the first lines you'll read is about adding to the "standard" focal length with the typical issue 35mm body.
Photography evokes emotion through various means. One of the most direct is the distinctly "out of the norm" perspectives provided by wide and telephoto lenses. The 50mm, on a FF body usually doesn't do much for an image.
It gained a bit of favor with the advent of the crop body. As a 75 or 80mm it can be used as a short portrait lens. But, truth be told, the longer focal lengths give a better look to portraits.
Additionally, today's zooms can be very reasonably priced, very sharp and very convenient.
The primary reason many 50 1.4 are sold is that they represent many people's first "fast" lens after they realize the limits of their f4-5.6 zooms. Good 50's are still very cheap. After realizing the limits of the lens, most find a nice place in a camera bag and never come out.
About the biggest use can be found by wedding photographers looking for very shallow DOF. The documentary perspective suits many wedding photograph's needs.
Lord Fluff wrote:
135L by a country mile. Too long for portraits and not good enough in low light anyway. Only image threads on FM convince me to keep it. But the reality is that I just can't find a reason to use it.
This lens frequently comes up as the least used lens in a shooter's bag.
Surprising, I know, since the IQ is superb.
I guess a lot of you like to shoot a little closer to your subject than this lens
was designed for. I think it's great for headshots.
But,......., if it's too long and you want something _almost_ as good (very
close, in fact) get a 100/2 and put the extra $450 in the bank.
MSC wrote:
I don't use the 135 much anymore, but those times when it is handy makes me keep it...hmmm, anyone want to trade for a 180 macro? That is one I let go that I do regret.
Shane,
Consider a Sigma 150/2.8 macro. Assuming you don't get a dud copy,
I think you'd be super pleased with it, and at a great price.
Yakim Peled wrote:
Never. Lenses which I'm not using for more than a while (several months) are sold. No sentiments. These are tools, not objects of fetishism.
Happy shooting,
Yakim.
Yakim,
That's a good attitude to have. But, I have gone through some effort finding
very good copies of the lenses I have, so I'm reluctant to get rid of any of them
until I'm quite sure I'm not going to make sufficient use of them anymore.
I know some dispute the whole good copy / bad copy issue and say it is blown out
of proportion, but I've owned some lenses that had issues to one degree or
another, and once you have a copy you can rely on, you hate to let it go.
4 sigma primes. 50,70,105,150,... sigma24/70..canon 17/40. canon sits idle most of time. like to have them all. 70 and105 get alot of attention for portraits. i often say ill sell one or two... then again they are my KIDS... i cant part with any of them. the sig ff make my 5d crackin.
4 sigma primes. 50,70,105,150,... sigma24/70..canon 17/40. canon sits idle most of time. like to have them all. 70 and105 get alot of attention for portraits. i often say ill sell one or two... then again they are my KIDS... i cant part with any of them. the sig ff make my 5d crackin.
i've had the sig 150 macro now for 2 yrs. just a jewel of a lens. nice hood. colors are rich and contrasty. what you read on forums are true. a real stand out of a lens. sharp. a real standout. tripod collar second to none.. excellent balance on a 5d.
