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9 years 3 months ago #419094 by Duncan K
As I sit here with a crazy head ache, remnant of a wild New Years eve party.  Too lazy to do anything, I'll make some discussions here. 

I'm snooping around on B&H and Adorama, and thinking about some new goodies for 2015.  Might as well look at some glass. 

So post up your top 3 lenses that you use the most. 
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9 years 3 months ago #419101 by shelland
Depends what I'm doing, but 70-200 f/2.8 and 24-105 f/4.0 are the two that get the most use by far.
Scott

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9 years 3 months ago #419113 by Missy J
I'll throw a curve and say 3 favorite of mine are primes:  35mm, 50mm, and 85mm
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9 years 3 months ago #419227 by ThatNikonGuy
70-200mm, then 105mm and I would have to say 24-70mm
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9 years 3 months ago #419232 by stuartsbarbie
I am still fairly new to this crazy world of photography so I haven't tried out all the lenses yet, but I like my 300 telephoto and my 100 macro.  I don't know if I like the general wide angle lens but I will keep shooting and see what happens.
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9 years 3 months ago #419277 by effron
Always in my D800 bag are my 24-70 f/2.8,.... 16-35 f/4.... and the 105 f/2.8......
I have a D7100 that has my 300 f/4 on it 95% of the time.....;)
Why so serious?
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9 years 3 months ago #419284 by J Hemingway
1.  24-70mm f/2.8
2.  50mm f/1.4
3.  70-200mm f/2.8
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9 years 3 months ago #419402 by Vahrenkamp
:agree:  good picks Hemingway 
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9 years 3 months ago #419459 by Ottis

J Hemingway wrote: 1.  24-70mm f/2.8
2.  50mm f/1.4
3.  70-200mm f/2.8



Swap out the 50mm for 24 mm for me ;)
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9 years 3 months ago #419482 by Roblane
Let's say 14mm, 35mm and 70-200mm
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9 years 3 months ago #419600 by The Gardener
70-200mm is the best lens IMHO
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9 years 3 months ago #419631 by Joves
Well my 40mm Micro is on my camera a lot. Then I have my 18-55 as a backup, and then 10.5 as well. It really depends on my mood. Those are just my generic walk arounds. If I am doing any planned days then I have other lenses for those purposes. I need to start doing more planned shoots though so my other glass gets more use. That I guess will be one of my goals this year it to do more macro, and still life shooting. 
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9 years 3 months ago #419686 by Conner

Joves wrote: Well my 40mm Micro is on my camera a lot. Then I have my 18-55 as a backup, and then 10.5 as well. It really depends on my mood. Those are just my generic walk arounds. If I am doing any planned days then I have other lenses for those purposes. I need to start doing more planned shoots though so my other glass gets more use. That I guess will be one of my goals this year it to do more macro, and still life shooting. 



40mm pancake is an awesome lens!  I use this lens a lot myself! 
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9 years 3 months ago #419707 by JeremyS
In my bag, my most used items are a 70-300 f4.5-5.6, 14-24 f2.8 and a 50mm f1.8. If I could pick my most wanted lenses. Id go with the 14-24 (I use mine a hell of a lot more often than I thought I would) I would also pick a 70-200 and a 85mm 1.4 or 1.2
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9 years 3 months ago - 9 years 3 months ago #419708 by Joves

Conner wrote:

Joves wrote: Well my 40mm Micro is on my camera a lot. Then I have my 18-55 as a backup, and then 10.5 as well. It really depends on my mood. Those are just my generic walk arounds. If I am doing any planned days then I have other lenses for those purposes. I need to start doing more planned shoots though so my other glass gets more use. That I guess will be one of my goals this year it to do more macro, and still life shooting. 



40mm pancake is an awesome lens!  I use this lens a lot myself! 


 The Micro not the pancake. Though I would not mind having that lens as well even though I already have that FL. Either way when I am walking around I like light, and easy.
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