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One lens to rule them all
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one:

Dead Stand by unoh7, on Flickr


L1000529-2 by unoh7, on Flickr


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zuiko penF 42/1,2


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

calvin83 wrote:
The lens installed in our eye. Single element but works well after software correction. Wink

Laughing Laughing Laughing and we have two of them in better cases!


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only one lens.... That's a tough one for someone with LBA....
Well I'll try to narrow it down some, my top 3:
Rokkor MC PG 58/1.2 (fast, love the rendering, and suitable for landscapes)
Canon FD SSC 35/2.8 Tilt/Shift (beautiful rendering, resolution of a macro, and movements other lenses only dream of)
Leica R 60 (sharp wide open from 2:1 to infinity, it can do Macros, Portraits, and landscapes)

Now to pick one...
This is tougher then I expected.
The Rokkor I think.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

An interesting thought experiment. When asked for a favorite lens, invariably I also think of a favorite camera that I would use it with. And if I were limited to just a single lens, I would want one that has proven itself to me to be a winner in a variety of settings. And what I keep coming up with is not just a lens. It is a camera. Simply because the lens in this camera is not interchangeable.

So, it would be a Zeiss Super Ikonta B with the coated 80mm f/2.8 Opton Tessar in a Synchro Compur shutter. My favorite Pocket Hasselblad.







I prefer the square format of the "B" because I don't have to worry about recomposing for verticals and I don't have to think about cropping unless I really want to -- I like square photos.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On Pentax DSLR - Pentax (K) 24/2.8 or more likely the AF Pentax kit 18-55
Yeah, theres a reason its the kit lens, and to tell the truth for 95% of anything I would want to use it for its perfectly fine. It would be more about taking pictures than gear.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would have to say my Canon 20-35L f3.5 fd, wide enough for landscape at 20mm and street photography at 35mm end ff, and if I put it on a crop sensor I can get away with portraits.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would go with my Vario-Sonnar 35-70/3.4. I get surprised everytime by what this thing can do.


PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

An interesting read which appears to be relative to this discussion... http://petapixel.com/2015/01/22/gear-avoidance-syndrome-might-healthy-photography/


PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

50/0.75 or other, close related both in mm and F number Smile


PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cooltouch wrote:
An interesting thought experiment. When asked for a favorite lens, invariably I also think of a favorite camera that I would use it with. And if I were limited to just a single lens, I would want one that has proven itself to me to be a winner in a variety of settings. And what I keep coming up with is not just a lens. It is a camera. Simply because the lens in this camera is not interchangeable.

So, it would be a Zeiss Super Ikonta B with the coated 80mm f/2.8 Opton Tessar in a Synchro Compur shutter. My favorite Pocket Hasselblad.


I prefer the square format of the "B" because I don't have to worry about recomposing for verticals and I don't have to think about cropping unless I really want to -- I like square photos.


I have this camera and lens in very good condition. I've been too time limited to try it out though. Your pics are very encouraging I must say.
Are they hard to learn to use well? What film do you use?


PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Industar 50-2

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sigma 50-500 "Bigma". At my body size it is not too heavy or bulky to carry all day. Macros are a trial but it does everything else you could want.







Last edited by Big Dawg on Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:05 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lens that i don't have but would give all my lenses for:
Canon 50mm F/0.95


PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

+1 for the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 35-70/3.4 C/Y


PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zeiss Master zoom 16,5-110mm T2.6


PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

luisalegria wrote:
On Pentax DSLR - Pentax (K) 24/2.8 or more likely the AF Pentax kit 18-55
Yeah, theres a reason its the kit lens, and to tell the truth for 95% of anything I would want to use it for its perfectly fine. It would be more about taking pictures than gear.


One taken with the Pentax 18-55 kit lens. My Granddaughter Reagan.



I do not think you can get better than this. I know I can't. I use this lens and the 50-500 Bigma to cover from 18mm to 500 mm and everything in between.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful image, Mr Dawg.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Gary!

So many turn their noses up at the mention of a Kit lens but I have found these lens can perform very well indeed.

And they do not cost a lot!


PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh my goodness, Big Dawg! Those eyes! What a beauty. She is probably breaking hearts already. The luminosity of this image is just stunning.


PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is the best it gets Bigdawg, what an enchanting little face Smile

Great shot of a little angel that all grandads like me will absolutly love Smile

Steve. Smile


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I shot this a few years back and haven't done better since. But I keep trying.


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well done Big Dawg.
It just goes to show how good modern lens design is when a kit lens like this can produce such outstanding results.
It is not just the sharpness but the beautiful creamy bokeh that impresses.
Five stars from me
OH


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The image is striking, but unless I'm mistaken, there is some post-processing going on there as well, so some of the technical qualities might not be attributable to the lens?


PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

perhaps Distagon 35mm 1.4 Smile