if you had to choose one lens

My vintage Leitz Summilux-R 50mm f/1.4.

I just finished shooting my biggest project yet, on a BMC. We had like 3 zooms and 5 primes at hand. And we shot basically everything with just two lenses: my summilux 50mm and a borrowed Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6.
 
I'm frequently surprised by how effective a combination my D7000 & Sigma 17-50 ƒ/2.8 make. The Sigma's no great shakes (if I was doing it all again I might buy the Tamron equivalent, though there are pros and cons in each direction), but for my work I often need the wide-angle end and 50mm is just about long enough for a nice interview shot. When there's no time to swap lenses, the 17-50 does most of what I need.

My biggest complaints with it are the focus breathing - it's rather pronounced - and that it's never truly good. It's merely 'good enough, most of the time.'
 
yeah those are all nice lenses. For me right now the 35mm is turning out to be quite versatile. I borrowed a 50mm and liked it also so thats prob on the list before long.
 
mail4joeg said:
I don't know, but this looks interesting...

Angenieux Optimo 17-80mm T2.2 Zoom
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Yeah, right... but that only serves to point out how silly the "just one lens" restriction is. Yes, that's only one lens, but it will cost you >$60K! http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...eux-Optimo-17-80mm-T2-2-Zoom-Lens-(Brand-New)

This would have worked better as "if you had only $1K to spend on glass for a FF DSLR..."
Then I could have shoveled in most of my vintage Leitz set: Elmarit-R 35mm f/2.8, Summilux-R 50mm f/1.4, Elmarit-R 90mm f/2.8 --> all of them awesome, total cost just under $1K, I could work with that for 95% of my shots.
 
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