Two lenses

[lee mcclinton]

<p>Okay, if you were only aloud two lenses, what would they be?</p>

[andylynn]

<p>58/1.4 MC and 28-90/2.8 Vivitar S1 Macro for MD.</p>

[rickeselgroth]

<p>Carl Zeiss 16-80 / Sony G 70-300ssm</p>

[ricardovaste]

<p>Minolta 85/1.4, Samyang 8/3.5. (on APS-C)</p>

<p>I would have answered differently a year ago and no doubt I'll answer differently a year from now!</p>

[wayne_naughton]

<p>35mm 1.4 G and 70-210 2.8 ssm G...... but it's really a case of horses for courses, I could choose differently for different applications</p>

[jeroen_b1]

<p>Manual focus: MD rokkor 50mm f/1.4, MD rokkor 100mm f/2.5<br>

Auto Focus (film): Minolta 28-135 zoom, Minolta 135mm f/2.8</p>

<p>I admit this is is not 2 but 4 lenses, for two systems......</p>

<p> </p>

[parv]

From present collection, lenses would be Minolta 35mm f/2 & Tamron 90mm f/2.8.

 

I am interested in using Minolta|Sony 85mm f/1.4, Minolta 24mm f/2.8, 100mm f/2, 200mm f/2.8 HS -- which may change the above.

[bill_caulfeild_browne]

<p>ZA 24-70 and 70-400 G.<br>

Bill</p>

[paul_de_ley]

<p>From what I have at the moment in my budget-constrained kit I would absolutely need at least three (a wide angle, a short tele macro and a long tele prime); which exact ones I'd bring in each category would depend a lot on the circumstances.</p>

<p>If money were no object then a strictly 2-lens kit would probably be the 70-400 G and the yet-to-be-reviewed 30 f2.8 macro (unless the latter turns out a bit underwhelming of course)</p>

[User_502260]

<p>If we are talking about Minolta manual focus fixed focal length lenses I would pick my 35/1.8 MC Rokkor and one of my 105/2.5 MC Rokkors. If I could choose zooms I would pick the 35-70/3.5 MD and the 70-210/4 MD. With those two you can cover a lot of ground.</p>

[lee mcclinton]

<p>I am suprised at the amount of you that would still use manual focus...</p>

[paul_de_ley]

<p>Surprised? Optical quality will never go out of style :)</p>

[ablyth]

<p>50mm 1.4 and 70-300mm G... (if I could upgrade to 70-200mm, I would).</p>

[frank_major]

<p>OK again depending on format and medium:<br>

For 35mm color film:</p>

<ol>

<li>MD W Rokkor-X 35mm f2.8</li>

<li>MC Rokkor-X PG 50mm f1.4</li>

</ol>

<p>For 35mm b&w film:</p>

<ol>

<li>MD W Rokkor-X 35mm f2.8</li>

<li>MC Rokkor PF 58mm f1.4</li>

</ol>

<p>For digital:</p>

<ol>

<li>Minolta Maxxum 28-135mm f4-4.5</li>

<li>Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f2.8</li>

</ol>

<p>That's it and i thankfully own all of them except the CZ 16-35mm.</p>

[ricardovaste]

<p>parv.<br>

> I'm selling my 200/2.8 HS G - it's listed on dyxum.com.</p>