OT: The Only Lens you will Keep.

[kenny_c.]

I will keep 50 'cron latest but I will be bored without the Canon ET

200/2.8L USM lens.

[michael_cockerham]

35/2 Summicron ASPH - my one and only, already.

[nesrani]

Lux - notch another one up to the 24/2.8 asph.

[paul_chefurka1]

The Tri-Elmar.

 

<p>

 

Thank goodness I don't have to make this decision in real life.

[lux]

Tally so far:

Leicas ONLY

 

<p>

 

21/3.4 (1) * 21/2.8(1)* 24/2.8 (2) * 35/2 (12) * 35/1.4 (9) * Tri- E

(4) * 50/1 (3) * 50/1.4 (3) * 50/DR (2) * 50/2 (12) * 50/2.8 (2) *

75/1.4 (1) * 400/6.8 (1) * 35-70 Vario-elmar (2) * 100/2.8 (1) *

[cing_dao_kan1]

Summilux 35-M ASPH!

[vic_.]

50mm Summicron-M.

[lux]

Leicas only: votes in brackets. Latest..

 

<p>

 

 

21/3.4 (1) * 21/2.8(1)* 24/2.8 (2) * 35/2 (14) * 35/1.4 (10) * Tri- E

(4) * 50/1 (3) * 50/1.4 (3) * 50/DR (3) * 50/2 (15) * 50/2.8 (2) *

75/1.4 (1) * 400/6.8 (1) * 35-70 Vario-elmar (2) * 100/2.8 (1) *

 

<p>

 

 

50/2 leading..

[stefano_ferrando1]

Summicron 50 f:2 on a Leica M6 (with a lot of Kodak Tri X).

Stefano.

[watts]

Can't say I'm very keen on these kind of questions (a bit

schoolboyish?) but if I was pushed to answer I would say the

Canon 28-70/2.8L zoom. It's a big heavy brute but optically it is

simply superb.

 

If it had to be a Leica lens I would probably keep the Tri-Elmar.

(The F4 maximum aperture would be a pain to live with but it's

general excellence across 3 useful focal lengths just cannot be

overlooked when you are limited to a single lens.)