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  1. 7th May 2011, 09:40 AM #1
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    What's your most used lens?

    We all like to shoot different things and for each you can get lenses to suit but they all can be used for other shots as well.

    My most used lense is a Nikon 28 80 zoom that came with my F55, it's a gastly grey/silver colour and plastic but it is an excellent lense. focus is lightning fast the optics are excellent and as a grab and go it is always the lense I take.

    It probably looks a bit silly hanging off of a D300s but I dont care as it is an excellent lense.

    So when you grab your camera and go with just one lense which is the one you use the most and why?
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  2. 7th May 2011, 10:25 AM #2
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    Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8G There's not much beats this zoom lens apart from primes. Close focusing, fast and really good light transmission.
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  3. 7th May 2011, 12:02 PM #3
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    This week it's the AF 70-210 f3.8. Lots of vignette at 210 which I'm getting a kick out of.

    And a 20mm f2.8, which is just a bit confusing.
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  4. 7th May 2011, 02:27 PM #4
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    I use a tamron 17-55 f2.8 for almost all my shots now. I had a choice a while ago to get an ultra wide to allow me to take some shots that I can't now, or to spend an equivalent sum and make 90% of my shots slightly better by upgrading from the kit lens.

    I think I made the correct choice.

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  5. 7th May 2011, 03:05 PM #5
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    Canon 24-105 f4 L IS USM. Very versatile lens.
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  6. 8th May 2011, 07:37 AM #6
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    My Pentax 17-70 stays on the camera so I suppose that indicates my most used lens.
    (although unfortunately not used anywhere near enough at the moment )


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  7. 8th May 2011, 09:04 AM #7
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    Very interested in this thread. I am soon getting my first SLR and have chosen the Nikon D7000. Was going to be asking a similar question of you learned people as to what lens I should start with.
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  8. 8th May 2011, 10:36 AM #8
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    tamron 70-300 has been getting a workout lately
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  9. 8th May 2011, 10:49 AM #9
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    The 24-70 has been on the 1D3 for about the past year but has only been used for updates of my Landy rebuild. When I look at the stats on my drive, the 100-400 @400 is the most used on the 1D3 but that was mainly because of air show participation. In the studio the 85mm and the 70-200 f/2.8 on the 5D got the most use.
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  10. 8th May 2011, 02:24 PM #10
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    Hi,
    when I was working as a medical photographer, 90% of the time we would be using a 105 micro lens. 1:1 to infinity.
    One of them had a smaller f stop wide open, but compensated for that by opening up 2 stops at 1:1 - very handy when working with studio flash over a range of distances not having to calculate the lens extension factor.
    That of course was in the days of film, and when I left work, I no longer had access to my Nikons.
    I bought a 'toy' Nikon (Coolpix 5700) as a stop gap till I can get a DSLR, but I imagine a 105mm micro will be the first lens I buy for it when I do.
    cheers
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