Lenses you've had an emotional attachment to

[acparsons61 1]

127mm f/4.7 Ysarex
150mm f/2.8 Xenotar
75mm f/3.5 Xenotar
100mm f/4.5 Apo Lanthar
58mm f/5.6 Grandagon
105mm f/5.6 Symmar
180mm f/5.6 Sironar
210mm f/5.6 Symmar S
95mm f/2.8 Heligon
50mm f/2.8 Heligon
50mm f/4 Distagon
28mm f/2.8 Distagon
180mm f/4.8 Sonnar
50mm f/1.8 Serenar
47mm f/5.6 Super Angulon
60mm f/4 Rodagon
14mm f/2.8 Fuji XF

And that ain't the half of them. How could I leave out my 135mm f/4 Rotelar or my 85mm f/4 Tele-Arton or my 28mm f/4 Curtagon?

Joe

Lensygamy at the extreme.

 

[gsgary]

Why would I have an emotional attachment with things I abuse

 

[Ysarex88 82]

127mm f/4.7 Ysarex
150mm f/2.8 Xenotar
75mm f/3.5 Xenotar
100mm f/4.5 Apo Lanthar
58mm f/5.6 Grandagon
105mm f/5.6 Symmar
180mm f/5.6 Sironar
210mm f/5.6 Symmar S
95mm f/2.8 Heligon
50mm f/2.8 Heligon
50mm f/4 Distagon
28mm f/2.8 Distagon
180mm f/4.8 Sonnar
50mm f/1.8 Serenar
47mm f/5.6 Super Angulon
60mm f/4 Rodagon
14mm f/2.8 Fuji XF

And that ain't the half of them. How could I leave out my 135mm f/4 Rotelar or my 85mm f/4 Tele-Arton or my 28mm f/4 Curtagon?

Joe

Ok Just out of curiosity, since you have had an emotional attachment ( ) to so may lenses, exactly how many wives have you had??? At least with the lenses you don't have to buy them a house.

One wife -- married more than 30 years now.

Joe

 

[Solarflare]

Well ... I could have basically just glued my AF-S 35mm f1.8 DX to my D5100 for quite a while.

However, I only used an APS-C DSLR for like a 3/4 year before switching to full frame. So it wasnt THAT long, really.

Ever since, I had no clear affection to any of my at first three, now four lenses.

 

[fjrabon]

Well ... I could have basically just glued my AF-S 35mm f1.8 DX to my D5100 for quite a while.

However, I only used an APS-C DSLR for like a 3/4 year before switching to full frame. So it wasnt THAT long, really.

Ever since, I had no clear affection to any of my at first three, now four lenses.

That 35mm f/1.8 DX is a great lens that for some reason I just never bonded with. Best guess is I don't like 50mm FF equivalent FOV. But it and the 55-200 f/3.5-5.6 nonVR plastic DX zoom are probably my two least favorite lenses of all time. Always wanted to like that 35, but just never did.

 

[tirediron]

Every one I've spent money on.

 

[IronMaskDuval]

I'm quite attached to the Nikkor 60mm 2.8 D. I've had multiple copies, and they've always turned out to be big performers, regardless of the camera body.

Here is one the macros I shot with it back last year when Derrel scolded me for not knowing what I was doing, which I'm sure everyone has seen... sigh.... tear

 

[table1349]

Every one I've spent money on.

Remind me to never let you buy my lunch. I like you and all but I'm not ready for an emotional attachment.

 

[Microbois]

Never had any emotional attachment to a... lens. There are lenses I liked more than others, but even those I like very much, I can hate them too occasionally when I deal with their weaknesses. Ô well.

That being said, I really like my actual sets of Nikkor lenses (4).

 

[sk66]

Emotional about?

I guess the 45mm PC-E... frustration counts as an emotion right?

My favorite lens *ever* is the 400/2.8 (+TC's)... but it's a heavy beast. Love always comes at a cost I guess...

 

[table1349]

127mm f/4.7 Ysarex
150mm f/2.8 Xenotar
75mm f/3.5 Xenotar
100mm f/4.5 Apo Lanthar
58mm f/5.6 Grandagon
105mm f/5.6 Symmar
180mm f/5.6 Sironar
210mm f/5.6 Symmar S
95mm f/2.8 Heligon
50mm f/2.8 Heligon
50mm f/4 Distagon
28mm f/2.8 Distagon
180mm f/4.8 Sonnar
50mm f/1.8 Serenar
47mm f/5.6 Super Angulon
60mm f/4 Rodagon
14mm f/2.8 Fuji XF

And that ain't the half of them. How could I leave out my 135mm f/4 Rotelar or my 85mm f/4 Tele-Arton or my 28mm f/4 Curtagon?

Joe

Ok Just out of curiosity, since you have had an emotional attachment ( ) to so may lenses, exactly how many wives have you had??? At least with the lenses you don't have to buy them a house.

One wife -- married more than 30 years now.

Joe

Glad to hear it. That many wives could be even more expensive than photography.

 

[nerwin]

When I was on DX, I adored my 35 1.8G DX, that lens was awesome to me..it hardly came off my camera. It was sad to see it go to a new home when I switched to full frame.

The Fuji X20's 28-112mm lens was fantastic, but it was TOO good for the tiny 2/3 sensor..it really needed a 1" sensor. It was really beautiful piece of glass for a point and shoot type camera.

 

[fjrabon]

When I was on DX, I adored my 35 1.8G DX, that lens was awesome to me..it hardly came off my camera. It was sad to see it go to a new home when I switched to full frame.

The Fuji X20's 28-112mm lens was fantastic, but it was TOO good for the tiny 2/3 sensor..it really needed a 1" sensor. It was really beautiful piece of glass for a point and shoot type camera.

I've owned the 35 1.8 g as long as I've had a dslr but over they years I just use it less and less. If it wasn't so cheap I would probably sell it, but I'd only get like ~100 for it and at that price I might as well keep it.

And it's not the 50mm equivalent that I don't like, I don't think. I really love the conversion lens on my x100t, which is 50mm f/2 equivalent. And I love the 55mm f/1.4 on my Ricoh singlex.

I can't even say what it is about that lens that I don't gel with it. Bokeh is fine, it's sharp. Barrel distortion is easily correctable on it.

I guess I think it lacks in color and contrast a bit. Though that is easily enough fixable in post. I don't know, just never clicked with me and I've never been able to figure out why.

 

[Maxim Photo Studio]

I love my Canon 200mm f/2.0 L IS. The sharpness and the background blur is AMAZING!!!

 

[fjrabon]

I love my Canon 200mm f/2.0 L IS. The sharpness and the background blur is AMAZING!!!View attachment 100544

That's a lens I always wanted to try but never got around to when I had Canon gear.