If you could have any lens, what would it be?

[Neil S.]

I would reaaaaally like a Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 ZE Distagon or a ZE 50mm f/2 Makro Planar

Ya some of the Zeiss lenses look super sweet.

Too bad they are so expensive though.

Actually they are similarly priced to Canon's L lenses. Heck your 70-200 2.8L II IS is more expensive than the 21 Distagon.

Ya I guess they arent really that expensive all things considered.

I think the 100mm f/2 would be nice too...

 

[ghache]

i would be really happy to own the nikons trinity.

someday

 

[Neil S.]

i would be really happy to own the nikons trinity.

someday

I know this is probably a noob question, but what lenses are those lol.

 

[Neil S.]

Would certainly love a new 400mm f/2.8L IS II.

I just cant wait for the reviews to come out, so we can see just how sharp this baby is.

I suspect it will be out of this world image quality. :mrgreen:

 

[MrLogic]

i would be really happy to own the nikons trinity.

someday

I know this is probably a noob question, but what lenses are those lol.

Nikon's "Holy Trinity" of f/2.8 zoom lenses.

14-24
24-70
70-200


Not sure where the term originated. I guess it's message board speak with little to no real world significance. But I could be mistaken... of course.

 

[Overread]

I think the holy trinity originated on the Photography On the Net boards (canon home base ) so in theory there isn't a Nikon Holy Trinity - a cursed brotherhood maybe...

 

[ghache]

i would be really happy to own the nikons trinity.

someday

I know this is probably a noob question, but what lenses are those lol.

Nikon's "Holy Trinity" of f/2.8 zoom lenses.

14-24
24-70
70-200


Not sure where the term originated. I guess it's message board speak with little to no real world significance. But I could be mistaken... of course.

+1

with a 85mm 1.4

 

[kundalini]

I know this is probably a noob question, but what lenses are those lol.

Nikon's "Holy Trinity" of f/2.8 zoom lenses.

14-24
24-70
70-200

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[davisphotos]

I'm pretty happy with my Canon 24-70 f2.8, and 70-200 f2.8, I rarely need more reach than the 200mm on a full frame, so I'm going to go with a Horseman LD View Camera for Canon EOS, I shoot mostly commercial, and tilt-shift movements would be very handy for silver, mirrors, interiors and a lot of other things.

 

[usayit]

I was going to say Leica 50mm f/0.95 noctilux but I keep looking at the samples online and I can't get over the fact that it seems to have lost a little bit of the character from the previous generations. I guess its too corrected and the "imperfections" gave it a different "look." It looks so much like the latest 50mm Summilux f/1.4 Asph. I also already have the 50mm f/1 previous version.

With that... I think I would go with a 35mm Summilux f/1.4 Asph in chrome finish. Its a lot more compact, a lot less money than the Noctilux Asph, shorter focus throw, I tend to use the 35mm focal length a lot more, and weights a fraction of the Noctilux. My local camera shop has one used in exec condition... that keeps calling out to me. IT is new for $3700 its more than I paid for my noctilux... (and out of my price range) go figure..

The new Noctilux at $10.5k seems obscenely expensive even by Leica's standards.

 

[panchro-press]

I'll take a Canon 50mm (LTM) f.95

 

[usayit]

I'll take a Canon 50mm (LTM) f.95

Nice one... used to have a member here with one. Some like it.. some don't

It was actually with a mount specific to Canon Rangefinder 7. You'll have to have it converted (which isn't cheap either). Usually people converted it to the M-mount.

 

[Mike_E]

I'd like to have the lens (and filter) Ansel Adams used to shoot MONOLITH with.

If you're just talking about one lens why not one with some historical significance?

 

[Derrel]

How about some of the Apollo mission lenses??? Like "first lens to shoot a photo of a man on the lunar surface." That'd be cool.

There are so,so many cool lenses available these days. If I had an unlimited budget I'd probably own a whole slew of oddball lenses, like the 125mm APO-Lanthar, 58mm f/1.2 Noct~NIKKOR, the 35/1.4 Asph Summilux AND a shiny new M9 to pop it on...a Nikon 200-400 AF-S VR-G, and on and on and on...I wish the prices on Leica gear would take a huge dump, and drop to Bronica-like levels, but that'll never happen...

 

[usayit]

I would consider the 35/1.4 Summilux an oddball.. after all it is widely available, new and nothing oddball about 35mm nor the f/1.4 aperture.

Yeh... prices are too high.. but the USD isn't strong these days. I'm happy with my "cheapy" Leica lenses...