6 lenses. Which would you choose?

[tilak]

<p>I will Thank Father Christmas for his Kind Gesture. I am very happy with my Canon 50mm 1.8, 18 - 55 IS and 55 - 250 IS.</p>

[kemalriza]

<p>If Father Christmas knocks on the door of a Nikon user, the choice is as follows:<br /> 1) 24 - 70 / 2.8<br /> 2) 70 - 200 / 2.8 VR<br /> 3) 200 - 400 / 4 VR<br /> 4) 105 2.8 VR Micro<br /> 5) 400 / 2.8 VR<br /> 6) 600 / 4 VR<br /> Thanks Father Christmas (I have 14 - 24 / 2.8 and D300)</p>

[quintino1]

<p>50mm 1.2<br>

24mm 3.5 TSE<br>

24-70mm 2.8<br>

85mm 1.2<br>

800mm 5.6<br>

70-200mm 2.8 IS<br>

and would live happilly ever after :-)</p>

[rayabel]

<p>My 28-300mm IS L is 6 lenses and weighs as much, but I love it!</p>

[edgars_kalnins]

<p>my list would be:<br>

zeiss 21/2.8 new version<br>

35L or Leica ASPH<br>

50L<br>

85L<br>

135L<br>

300/2.8L<br>

or I would just ask for the 1200L, sell it afterwards and buy more than 6:)</p>

[david_john_appleton]

<p> 1 sigma 200-500 F2.8 or a canon 400 f2.8 with a x1.4 the 1 with the best IQ ( i dont think santer will notice the x1.4 so 1 lens<br>

2 sigma 12-24mm @12mm! ! ! that will be sooooo wide on my 5D<br>

3 135mm F2<br>

3 70-200 f4IS<br>

4 50 f1.2L<br>

5 TS-E 24 f/3.5L tilt-shift<br>

6 28-70f2.8L<br>

will not give up my 17-55f2.8IS. or my 17-35f2.8L this was my first L glass...... <br>

Dave</p>

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[r_rubinstein]

<p>For my 40D:<br>

50mm f1.2L, 135mm f2L, 300 f2.8IS<br>

10-22, 24-105IS, 70-200 f4IS</p>

[digimage]

<p>just pick the ez the treasure 1200mm5.6 in case you doesn't like it later you can exchange the other 3 lens . good luck</p>

[derek_stanton2]

<p>24L MkII<br>

35L <br>

Sigma 50/1.4<br>

85L<br>

135L<br>

100 macro</p>

<p>Why does anyone need to cover 16 to 500mm? </p>

[steve.elliott]

<p>Canon<br>

16-35 f2.8L II<br>

24 f1.4 L II<br>

35 f1.4 L<br>

50 f1.2 L<br>

85 f1.2 L II<br>

135 f2 L</p>

[alan_myers]

<p>Well, let's see, the lenses currently on my shopping list are:</p>

<p>1. Tokina 12-24<br>

2. Canon EF 24/2.8<br>

3. Canon 35/1.4<br>

4. Canon 65mm MP-E<br>

5. Canon 90/2.8 TS-E<br>

6. Canon 135/2<br>

7. Canon 200/2 IS<br>

8. Canon 800/5.6 IS</p>

<p>I know, I know. That's eight lenses, not six.</p>

<p>I'll be waiting until there's a huge rebate on the 200/2 and 800/5.6 anyway. Canon's list prices on those two are pretty ridiculous. There's no reason the 200/2 is worth nearly 50% more than the comparable Nikkor. Heck, I can buy a D700 *and* the 200/2 VR for less than the Canon lens! There are few direct comparisons with the 800/5.6, but it's also massively overpriced, IMHO. Very long teles like that are usually pretty simple, optically, and the Sigma 800/5.6 is 40-45% less than the Canon... Granted it doesn't have IS and isn't an 'L'.</p>

<p>Most of my choices (all but the Tokina) are specifically for the planned addition of full frame DSLRs to my kit this coming year.(I really don't want 21MP or video, but a lot of the other upgrades made to the 5D Mk II are pretty attractive.)</p>

<p>And, sorry, but I'm only giving up one of my current 13 lenses. All the rest have to stay in the kit, or this entire exercise really isn't worth doing.</p>

[chris_mills1]

<p>For use with a 1v and or a 5d (so, full frame):<br>

- 15mm/f2.8 fisheye<br>

- 35mm/f1.4<br>

- 85mm/f1.2 II<br>

- 100mm/f2.8 USM macro<br>

- 70-200mm/f2.8 IS<br>

- 500mm/f4 IS<br>

I might be tempted to swap the 135mm/f2 or a 400mm/f2.8 IS for the fisheye, but I'd want more time with each before making that choice. I might also be tempted to shoehorn the Zeiss 21mm in there somehow. But anyway, the six above would be fine -- so all Father Christmas needs to do is get me the 500 (used is fine with me) and he can haul off everything else not listed above.</p>

[marknagel]

<p>16-35/2.8*<br>

24-70/2.8*<br>

70-200/2.8*<br>

35/1.4*<br>

400/2.8<br>

800/5.6</p>

<p>*Already have, sell my truck and I could complete the set!</p>

<p>m</p>

[mvw photo]

<p>My selection:</p>

<ul>

<li>16-35/2.8</li>

<li>24-70/2.8</li>

<li>70-200/2.8IS</li>

<li>100mm f/2.8 macro </li>

<li>50/1.2</li>

<li>300/2.8</li>

<br />

</ul>

<p>I actually have the first four and the 50/1.8... so I guess Santa has been good to me in previous years. (In theis case, Santa = me).</p>

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[KenPapai]

<p>Has, or will anyone now tally up the results?</p>

<p>Glancing at these #1 seems to be the 16-35/2.8 L. #2 the 70-200 2.8L IS.</p>

[denny_wells]

<p>Being a nerd when it comes to numbers, I counted. To this point in the thread, the most mentioned lenses were:</p>

<ul>

<li>50 1.2 L (20) </li>

<li>16-35 2.8 L (16) </li>

<li>70-200 2.8 L IS (15) </li>

<li>135 2 L (15) </li>

<li>85 1.2 L (14) </li>

<li>300 2.8 L IS (13) </li>

<li>24-70 2.8 L (12) </li>

<li>70-200 4 L IS (11) </li>

<li>500 4 L IS (11) </li>

<li>24 1.4 L (10) </li>

<li>35 1.4 L (10) </li>

</ul>

<p>If I were picking my own half dozen - assuming Santa also brought a 5D - they would be:</p>

<ul>

<li>14 2.8 L </li>

<li>24-105 L </li>

<li>70-200 4 L IS</li>

<li>50 1.2 L</li>

<li>100 2.8 Macro</li>

<li>400 4 L IS</li>

</ul>

[chris_chung]

<p>I'm a Leica fan but since I want to take more photos of my baby girl, I'm planning to buy a Canon 5D...since it is such a good camera (good image quality).<br>

I realised that nowadays loads of point and shoot cameras are already quite capable of producing very good quality pictures (Canon G9, G10, Panasonic LX3,...etc), so I thought if one decided to use a full frame DSLR, one should use the best lenses to realise the advantages over using point and shoot ones. Otherwise, there is no point to invest so much.<br>

My achievable list is:<br>

Sigma 50mm f1.4 (new design)<br />Tamron 70 - 180 f2.8 (new design)<br />Carl Zeiss 21mm f2.8 (Canon mount) (to be released)<br />Nikon 500mm f8 mirror reflex (adapter)<br />Leica 35mm f2 (adapter)<br />Pentax 28mm f3.5 SHIFT (adapter)<br>

My dream list is:<br>

Canon 300mm f2.8 IS<br />Leica 28mm f2.8 PC<br />Leica 60mm f2.8 Macro<br />Leica 90mm f2 APO ASPH<br />Leica 100mm f2.8 APO Macro<br />Leica 180mm f2.8 APO<br />Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 (Canon - to be released)<br />Carl Zeiss 21mm f2.8 (Canon - to be released)<br />Olympus OM 24mm f3.5 SHIFT<br />Pentax 15mm f3.5 Aspherical<br />Nikon 28mm f1.4D Aspherical</p>

<p>Cheers</p>