Over the past year, I have purged my lens kit of lenses that I was either not completely happy with or rarely ever used. Manual-focus and all adapted lenses were sold. There was a time when I perused FM B&S daily and always had some sort of transaction in process. I am now very happy with my kit and only occasionally peruse the ad's. Still, it would be nice to shrink my kit a bit further to make lens selection for any shoot a simpler process.
I find that the state-of-the-art for lens image quality has taken a huge step forward in the last several years and I couldn't be happier with the technical performance of my lenses.
The numbers reflect a scale of one to ten, with ten reflecting what I consider to be the most desirable, performance wise, for my use (all my lower ranked lenses have been sold). The rating also roughly indicates usage.
Sony GM 50mm f1.2. (10) - My 'desert island' lens
Sony GM 500mm f2.8 (10)
Sony GM 50-150mm f2 (10)
Sony GM 28-70mm f2. (10)
Sony GM 70-200mm f2.8 II. (10)
Viltrox 35mm f1.2. (10)
Sony GM 16-35mm f2.8 II (9)
Sony GM 24mm f1.4. (9)
Sony GM 85mm f1.4 II. (9)
Viltrox 50mm f2 Air (9) - Travel
Sony 20-70mm f4. (9) - Travel
Sony GM 35mm f1.4. (9)
Tamron 35-150mm (8)
Tamron 50-400mm (8)
Sony 200-600mm (8)
Sony 85mm f1.8 (7) - Travel
I shoot these lenses on two A1 II's or an A7CR for travel.
Jul 30, 2025 at 07:31 AM
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