08-16-2016, 07:14 PM
Hi guys,
This is a lens site right! We love our glass right!
Most of us (especially us olders) have gone through a series of cameras (film and otherwise) with their associated lenses, finally we find ourselves where we are now, with digital camera bodies which are moderately short lived due to modern day advances, and their associated lenses which recently have upped their game.
Thus we find ourselves with our current glass, which are our favourites?
I have never had anything like what I have now in my continuously evolving collection!
My favorites in Pentax are;
An oldie... and now little used in the PK mount, the 'Tamron 17-50mm F2.8, this little low price lens has proved to produce unendingly tack sharp images at all focal lengths.
The Sigma 50-150mm F2.8, another workhorse of lens reliably very sharp!
However, those days have passed back to Nikon again, (I had the Nikon F years ago);
My latest favourites are,
It may be no surprise; the AFS 500mm ED IF F4D, really the only pro lens I've ever owned, an amazing lens, built like a tank, sharp sharp, with blistering AF. This is what I shoot the most these days!
Straight off the bat the; Samyang 14mm F2.8, I haven't had it a week! I know this lens is very special, frankly it's almost faultless!
The Tamron 150-600mm is the lens that has given me the most keepers, it's just so usable, not ubber sharp, but it opened up a new world, where I was struggling to find a new direction, nature!
I won't mention others because the quality of my collection is mediocre compared with what is available now and will be in the future, needless to say these are my featured lenses.
Please tell us what is your current beloved glass and what you love about it!
This is a lens site right! We love our glass right!
Most of us (especially us olders) have gone through a series of cameras (film and otherwise) with their associated lenses, finally we find ourselves where we are now, with digital camera bodies which are moderately short lived due to modern day advances, and their associated lenses which recently have upped their game.
Thus we find ourselves with our current glass, which are our favourites?
I have never had anything like what I have now in my continuously evolving collection!
My favorites in Pentax are;
An oldie... and now little used in the PK mount, the 'Tamron 17-50mm F2.8, this little low price lens has proved to produce unendingly tack sharp images at all focal lengths.
The Sigma 50-150mm F2.8, another workhorse of lens reliably very sharp!
However, those days have passed back to Nikon again, (I had the Nikon F years ago);
My latest favourites are,
It may be no surprise; the AFS 500mm ED IF F4D, really the only pro lens I've ever owned, an amazing lens, built like a tank, sharp sharp, with blistering AF. This is what I shoot the most these days!
Straight off the bat the; Samyang 14mm F2.8, I haven't had it a week! I know this lens is very special, frankly it's almost faultless!
The Tamron 150-600mm is the lens that has given me the most keepers, it's just so usable, not ubber sharp, but it opened up a new world, where I was struggling to find a new direction, nature!
I won't mention others because the quality of my collection is mediocre compared with what is available now and will be in the future, needless to say these are my featured lenses.
Please tell us what is your current beloved glass and what you love about it!