What lenses do you keep in your arsenal?

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RyanMKincaid

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Just seeing what the consenus/preferences are:

Sigma 14mm 3.5
Pentax 28mm 2.8
Pentax 50mm 1.4
Nikon 85mm 1.8
Pentax 135mm 2.5
Petri 80-205mm 3.5

Canon kit lens
 
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leitz elmarit-R 35mm f/2.8 (my most used lens)
carl zeiss jena pancolar 50mm f/1.8 (used quite often, for portraits)
leitz elmarit-R 90mm f/2.8 (used quite often, for portraits)

carl zeiss jena sonnar 135mm f/4.0 (hardly ever used)
carl zeiss jena sonnar 180mm f/2.8 (hardly ever used)
carl zeiss jena sonnar 300mm f/4.0 (hardly ever used)

canon 18-55 f/4-5.6 IS (hardly ever used)
tamron 17-50 f/2.8 (actually not mine: borrowed when I need wide angle)
tokina 11-16 f/2.8 (actually not mine: borrowed when I need ultra wide angle)
 
For my wildlife work it's either way out there or up close moving action.

Tokina ATX Pro 11-16mm F2.8 (I want this one as I'm always looking for more field of view)
Nikkor 20mm F2.8 (very light weight for steadicam work) *
Canon EF 17-35mm L F2.8 *
Canon EF 70-200mm L IS II F2.8 (I think this is the one I really NEED )
Nikkor AIs 600mm ED F5.6 *

I may sell the EF 17-35L to buy an EF24-105 L for the IS. Anyone want to trade?

Cheers,
Pete
 
Nikon 50mm 1.4 Nikkor (my personal favorite in my bag)
Nikon E-Series 75-150mm 3.5
Tamron 17-55 2.8 non-vc EOS (good to have for wide angle and fast moving photography)
Vivitar 28mm 2.0 F-mount (originally purchased for wide-angle with low light, but not really used much lately since purchasing the Tamron. stays on my desk most of the time to leave room in the bag. Might put up on ebay soon)
Kit lens (also doesn't stay in my bag, but I'm sure I'll want IS for something at some point!)

I honestly wasn't as impressed with the Vivitar as I expected to be. I was spoiled by the Nikkor f/1.4, honestly, and I bought this right after that. Oh well.
 
Nikon E Series 28mm f/2.8
Nikon AI 50mm f/1.4
Nikon AF 85mm f/1.8
Nikon Non-AI 105mm f/2.5

Would love to upgrade my 28mm, but other than that I love these lenses. I never ever use the stock 28-135mm for video.
 
Kit lens and Nifty Fifty, though I don't use them often.

Tokina 11-16 f/2.8

Yashica ML 28 2.8
Yashica ML 35 2.8
Yashica ML 50 2.0
Yashica ML 135 2.8
 
Sigma 20mm f/1.8
Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Canon 50mm f/1.8 (if I need to do photos and video)

Eh I guess I'm pretty simple.
 
20mm f/2.8 Zeiss Flektogon
21mm f/4.0 Leitz Super-Angulon (For FF stills)
28mm f/2.8 Soligor
35mm f/2.0 SMC Takumar
50mm f/1.7 Contax
85mm f/2.0 Jupiter
180mm f/3.4 Apo-Telyte-R (Mainly for stills)

135mm f/2.0 Canon L
24-105 f/4.0 Canon L

Dave
 
Karl Zeiss Flektogon (medium format) 4,0/50
Karl Zeiss Biometar (medium format) 2,8/80
Karl Zeiss Biometar (medium format) 2,8/120
Karl Zeiss Sonar (medium format) 2,8/180
Nikon 50/1,4 (of course)
Leitz Elmarit-R 2,8/35
Leitz Elmarit-R 2,8/90
Voigtländer Nokton 0,95/25

Frank
 
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Tokina 11-16mm f2.8
Yashica 28mm f2.8
Yashica 50mm f2.8
Canon 50mm f1.4
Yashica 135mm f2.8

Canon 7D
 
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Karl Zeiss Flektogon (medium format) 4,0/50
Karl Zeiss Biometar (medium format) 2,8/80
Karl Zeiss Biometar (medium format) 2,8/120
Karl Zeiss Sonar (medium format) 2,8/180
Nikon 50/1,4 (of course)
Leitz Elmarit-R 2,8/35
Leitz Elmarit-R 2,8/90
Voigtländer Nokton 0,95/25

Frank
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Can you use Voigtländer Nokton 0,95/25 on a APS-C camera?!? Is there a good way to put it to use on a 7D? That would be great! :)

I use:
Tamron 17-50 f:2,8 VC
LOMO (with EOS adapter) 18, 22, 28, 35, 50, 75 and 150 mm (all approx T:2,5)
 
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Can you use Voigtländer Nokton 0,95/25 on a APS-C camera?!? Is there a good way to put it to use on a 7D? That would be great! :)
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no way

not only is the focal flange distance of the m43 mount much shorter than the EF one (so, no infinite focus, and in fact more than probably just macro range), but the image circle of this particular voigtlander is smaller than the APS-C sensor, so it won't work either on something like a NEX or an FS100 (which have an APS-C sensor and don't have the focal flange distance problem of the canon DSLRs)
http://suwenchee.blogspot.com/2011/03/voigtlander-25mm-f095-for-sony-nex-e.html
on video it's not that bad, thanks to the 16:9 crop, but it's still pretty problematic:
http://suwenchee.blogspot.com/2011/03/auctioning-my-modified-voigtlander-25mm.html
 
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