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Quick Poll: What is your favorite lens?


toddklassy

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1) i) At the moment 50 / 1.4, Gotta love the bokeh and fast aperture, ii) 28 / 1.8 is a great street shooter , iii) 85 / 1.8 great portrait lens if a little long and heavy on a 20D.

 

2) EOS 5, lovely handling, quiet shutter. The first classic EOS body?

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Favourite lens - hard to choose between the Sigma 12-24 (can be difficult to compose with but when an image works it works) and Canon 50f2.5 Compact macro (stunning image quality for $200).

 

I use my EOS 300 (in addition to 350xt), mainly because I love to hear the sound of velvia winding through it in the morning.

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1) EF 28/2.8. Reasonably wide, reasonably fast, very light, very

small, very sharp. My only gripe is the autofocus motor; it sounds

like a wasp on a caffeine high.

 

2) A Yashica Minister III that's twice as old as I am. No batteries

needed for the (still accurate) selenium meter, a sharp 45/2.8 lens,

and full manual control. It does have a small light leak that I

really must fix one of these days.

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My favorite lens has to be the Canon 28-105. I've had for five years, and found it to be a convenient and very sharp lens for travel with an Elan II. I'm continuing to use it with my Rebel XT, supplemented with a Tokina 12-24 to get back the wide-angle coverage the APS-C sensor stole from the 28-105 (and then some-- it's a nice lens despite its quirks). It's much less convenient for digital use, since I have to change lenses more often that I'd like. But there doesn't seem to be a reliable alternative other than Canon's very-overpriced 17-85IS.
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Todd,<br>

I have said many times, if I were stuck on an island and only could have one lens it would be my Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro.<br>

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I don't like to use any other camera then my DSLR yet :+) <br>

(although I have a few)

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1. favourite lens my old 50mm 1.8 II, i still need to abuse new ones to put them in the list.

 

2. Other camera? well one of the favourite is my Sony Ericsson p910 phone camera.

horrible quality (makes webcam look like "L" class lens), but it is always in my pocket, but

then many will not concider this a camera.

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I've got a 24 f2.8, a 70-200 f4, a 50 f1.8 I, a 28-135 and a 75-300.

 

Thinking full frame my favourite is the 24

 

I use the 28-135 the most - perfect hiking and climbing lens small bag, clipped to pack

 

I love the 70-200

 

Having just got a 20D I want a 17-40 f4, though I'd really want a 15-40

 

My favourite other camera is my nokia 6630, so so quality, but it goes everywhere, mind

you I also love my Olypmus Mju ii (stylus epic) 35mm compact

 

cheers Gavin

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1. 17-40mm L f4

2. 28-105mm II f3.5-4.5

3. 70-200mm L f2.8 IS (The best lens I have ever used, ever...)

 

Digital Body- 1D Mark II (1st place) 20D (2nd Place)

Film Body- EOS 3 w/ PB-E2 (Amazing Eye Controlled Focus & 45 point Array)+ Much cheaper than 1V, go figure.

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1. 17-40mm L f4

2. 28-105mm II f3.5-4.5

3. 70-200mm L f2.8 IS (The best lens I have ever used, ever...)

 

Digital Body- 1D Mark II (1st place) 20D (2nd Place)

Film Body- EOS 3 w/ PB-E2 (Amazing Eye Controlled Focus & 45 point Array)+ Much cheaper than 1V, go figure.

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I have a love/hate relationship with my Canon 500/4 IS.

 

Love the wonderfully sharp and contrasty images, even with TCs, love the reach, and the soft

defocused backgrounds, love the IS and the amazingly good (not perfect, but really good)

autofocus.

 

HATE the weight and bulk, but am more than willing to live with it.

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