Best lens ever made?

2 years 11 months ago #716184 by Randall McNabb
My photography meetup group, which BTW is still doing zoom meetings, had a discussion yesterday that had no conclusion.  "Best lens ever made".  

Do you have an opinion on this?  


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2 years 11 months ago #716192 by Nikon Shooter

Randall McNabb wrote: "Best lens ever made".  Do you have an opinion on this?  


This discussion is equivalent to 9yo kids about who stronger "Batman or Superman"?

Such questions started loosing relevancy with the industrialisation of productions and
are of no interest since 
  • the development of CAD to take all the guessing work out of the equation 
  • and the creativity of the engineers.
CAD or CAT — stands for "computer assisted design" or "computer assisted technologies" 

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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2 years 11 months ago - 2 years 11 months ago #716205 by peterock33
I thought,  "Best for what application?"

Nikon Shooter wrote:  who stronger "Batman or Superman"? 


By the way NS, haha, Superman is stronger.


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2 years 11 months ago #716208 by Nikon Shooter

peterock33 wrote: By the way NS, haha, Superman is stronger.


Wait until tomorrow — my Batman shirt and socks are in the
laundry for now — we will debate this between men!  :nunu:

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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2 years 11 months ago #716213 by peterock33

Nikon Shooter wrote:  — we will debate this between men!  :nunu:


Haha, oh NS, you are a funny boy.... by the way I'm wearing my Superman cape right now.:rofl:


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2 years 11 months ago #716346 by Rick Larin
Best lens?  No idea.  But if I were to guess which focal length had the most utility?  24-70mm.  


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2 years 11 months ago #716538 by TCav
Best lens ever? I vote for the Sigma 70mm 2.8 DG Macro (no longer in production.)


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2 years 11 months ago #716539 by TCav
According to DxOMark, the top lens they've tested is the Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG HSM A.

On their list of top 5 lenses , the next four are from Zeiss.


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2 years 11 months ago #716625 by Scuba Mike
OMG 85mm is such the most versatile focal length if you want my 2 cents


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2 years 11 months ago #716835 by fmw
I have no way to answer the OP but I will comment on some of my own lenses

Best Nikkor - 17mm f2.8, not a speck of barrel distortion
Worst Nikkor  - 43-86 zoom, never recommended by me.
Best overall lens for 35mm cameras - Leica 35mm f2.8, absolutely stunning perfomance
Worst overall lens for 35mm cameras - Sun Zoom for Pentax K, I don't even remember the zoom range
Best of the best - Schneider 135mm f5.6 for 4X5 view cameras.  If resolution is your thing, this is the gorilla in the room.


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2 years 11 months ago #716906 by Ben Vanderbilt
70-200mm f/2.8!  


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2 years 11 months ago #716912 by Nikon Shooter
At this point and since some 12 years, I got myself 16 lenses — from
14 mm to 600mm where many are zooms — that perform quite well,
thank you… of course, all Nikon's.

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