Which lenses do you most regularly use?

dsmlogger · Joined: 14 Apr 2010 Posts: 178 Location: Athens, Greece

Zuiko 50mm f1.4 and Zuiko 135mm f2.8 have become parts of my basic kit, one as my standard portrait lens and the other as a fast telephoto.

Of course I always use other lenses for dedicated purposes.

Macro work is done by my Zuiko 50mm f3.5 and Industar-61L/Z as well as my Pentacon 30mm f3.5 (with Olympus close-ups)
For super-telephoto work, Telear-N 200mm f/3.5, Zuiko MC 200mm f/4 and Tair-3S are my favourites.
For street work, Zuiko MC 28mm f2.8 and Industar-69 28mm f2.8.

eggboy · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:54 am Post subject:

Well, I can't pick one, like many others:

As of the last month or so (things change: my mood, zeitgeist of the world, whether my neck hurts...)

In order of use:

On the Canon 40D:

Minolta Rokkor PG 58/1.2: just love the look, plus stopped down to 2.8 or so, it pretty much gives me all the optical quality if needed. But on a crop body, it's equiv. to a 93mm short tele...

Canon EF 35/2 AF tiny, light, excellent optical quality, able to capture my fast moving child, and very handy at some paid gigs for available light shooting

Nikkor N 35/1.4 for when I don't need the AF of the Canon EF 35/2. Just has the classic Nikon feel. This is a great restaurant/bar lens!

Prewar 58/2 Meyer Primoplan. Love the look, plus it is not threatening when used, and is a conversation-starter. But, again, on a crop body, longish focal length, plus, being uncoated, just plain doesn't work in conditions were there's lotsa light coming at you...

Sigma 10-20 AF I don't do ...telephotos...my copy seems to be quite sharp too.

On the Canon F-1 old:
Canon FD 50/1.4 What can I say? This is just a great lens...I can wait for the bright wonderful future where I can put this on a full frame digicamera...of course, after a while I would just keep using the 1.2 Rokkor above. Which reminds me: I need to finish the roll of Kodachrome in it as it won't be able to be processed after December 30 of this year.

I've found I'm not using my C/Y Zeiss stuff lately...too sharp. I like the pictorial quality of the Rokkor, Primoplan and Nikkor better. This month...

pulatom · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 109 Location: Wroclaw, Poland

My favourite soviet tanks:

1. Jupiter 85/2 - almost like a standard prime to me Very Happy

. I always use it when I don't want a swirly BG (e.g. when I want to use a bokeh filter).

2. Cyclop 85/1.5 - when I want an extremely shallow DOF with lots of swirl.

3. Tair 135/2.8 - when I need a flatter perspective and light swirl (also for bokeh attachments sometimes) Razz

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4. Helios 58/2 - when I'm doing closeup portraits and need clearly visible pearls and swirls in BG.

Boomer Depp · Expire: 2011-12-04

When leaving the house daily,usually have Canon L lenses in a couple of bags and lens cases...when I have a day or two off on the weekend,I bring various manual focus lenses depending on what I'm shooting and trying to accomplish.

poilu · Expire: 2019-08-29

I am in a kindergarden with my daughter
I switched to the big bag for the laptop
but the CF stay in the reader Embarassed

first time it happen in 3 year Rolling Eyes

so I used my new Nokia
hopefully it is a Zeiss, I will not cry Crying or Very sad

most used lens are 25,35,50,85 and zoom 35-70, 80-200, all T*

ZoneV · Expire: 2011-12-02

Mostly the Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 is on my EOS 5D. Pretty often the Samyang 14mm f/2.8 is in the bag, and at the moment the Meyer Trioplan 100mm f/2.8.
Other equipment vary: Sometimes Canon FD 100mm f/4 macro, Olympus 28mm f/2.8, Porst 135mm f/1.8

And too much lenses that need to be tested...

spleenone · Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 1130 Location: Slovakia

In my small bag I mostly carry Nikon FA with some covered range with Nikkor 24/2.8 Ais or 28/2 Ais then Nikkor 50/2 Ai and either Nikkor 105/2.5 Ais or 135/2.8 q.c.
But I love when I can get only some "ever ready" case with body and attached prime like my Fujica ST801 with Pancolar mc 50/1.8 or Fujinon 55/1.8 ebc (faster metering) ... Pentacon 6TL with Biometar mc 80/2.8 ... or lastly Canon AE-1 with Canon ssc 50/1.4.