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If you were to start from scratch…

Anonymous Tue 28 May 2024 23:17:21 No.4318398 View View Reply Original Report

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What three lenses would you buy first for your preferred platform? For me and Nikon’s Zs…

>24-120/4 S
Do everything lens, landscapes.
>MC 105/2.8 S
Macro and portraits.
> 180-600/5.6-6.3 VR
Affordable good telephoto for nature.

I don’t think you could spend under $4k and get three better lenses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 May 2024 23:25:19 No.4318402 Report

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>>4318398
The ones I have with me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 28 May 2024 23:51:33 No.4318410 Report

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>>4318398
>regular zoom kit lens
>telephoto zoom kit lens
>50mm prime

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 00:00:30 No.4318414 Report

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>>4318398
I certainly wouldn't make the mistake of buying sony again

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 00:03:39 No.4318416 Report

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>Prime 50 1.2
>24-105 4
>10 wide angle
Fits all my needs. Would enjoy a long telephoto but those are 4k+

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 00:32:29 No.4318421 Report

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>>4318398
I started from scratch recently actually so my list is what I've bought. Went with Nikon and the Zf because of the lens offerings I was interested in.

I bought:
>50mm 1.8 S
>180-600/5.6-6.3 VR
I'm still in backorders for the zoom, but 90% of my desires are done at this point unless I get GAS and I'm satisfied.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 00:36:19 No.4318422 Report

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>>4318421
Why 50mm/1.8 over the 40mm/2? I can’t believe how cheap and small that thing is for how sharp it is.

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 00:39:37 No.4318423 Report

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>>4318422
My thought was that the 40mm/2 isn't weather sealed up to the same quality as other lenses. I walk often around with my camera and rain can fall on me where I like the peace of mind of a lens that says weather sealed.

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 00:52:55 No.4318427 Report

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>>4318398
15-35 f/2.8 or f/4 lens
50 f/1.2 lens
70-200 f/2.8 lens

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 02:09:12 No.4318445 Report

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>>4318398
Olympus 12-40 2.8 for everything I can touch
Olympus 40-150 2.8 for everything I can't touch
Olympus 75-300 for the things a restraining order prevents me from touching

Sugar !egyYvoBZV2

Sugar !egyYvoBZV2 Wed 29 May 2024 02:43:59 No.4318452 Report

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I actually did start from scratch and went from a Canon EOS to a Nikon F system. My main setup is 5 lenses because fuck it, we ball.

>Tamron 15-30/2.8 VC
Wide, indoors and walkaround

>24-70 2.8 ED
Medium walkaround

>Sugma 50 ART
Low light

>135/2 DC
Legendary portrait lens, can do headshots and bust shots

>70-200/2.8 ED VR1
Tele zoom with stabilization

Everything else I have are 1-trick ponies or specialized shit for my underwater dive setup like 14/2.8 and various wide angle lenses

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 02:47:02 No.4318453 Report

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>>4318416
10mm is quite wide and I respect that. What do you use it for?

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 02:55:10 No.4318456 Report

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I mostly do macro and am happy just walking around with my Olympus macro 60mm f/2.8, my all time favorite lens. I'm very used to the focal length at this point and the results always surprise me for sharpness and IQ with how small and light it is. I like the 12-45mm f/4 as it focus to 0.5x at the wide end which can lead to some fun shots, and I carry a 40-150mm f/2.8 with the 1.4x TC attached for other things, so those are my three. If it's raining (and I'm not focused on macro) the 40-150mm goes without the TC for a walkaround lens but all are weather sealed.
I'm considering swapping my 12-45 f/4 out for one of the pro Oly wide angles, probably the 8-25mm f/4. If I decide I can spare space for a fourth lens I might do the 8mm f/1.8 instead, the speed would be nice. The 7-14mm f/2.8 is kind of a conpromise; doesn't focus as close and is largest so I'm less interested. I find on the OM-1 I get a little more latitude for ISO than my smaller MFT cameras and I don't mind being stuck at f/4.

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 03:00:13 No.4318460 Report

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voigt 28 f1.5
voigt 35 f1.2 III
voigt 50 f1.5 II

the later two have been some of my favorite lenses I've ever used, crazy iq for the size
hoping to swap some stuff for the 28 f1.5 soon, haven't had a 24/28 that hit the right spot yet, but this looks as good as it gets for me
hate that I'd be more interested in adapting the 35 f1.4 GM and 50 f1.2 GM for z-mount over the native options

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Sugar !egyYvoBZV2 Wed 29 May 2024 03:00:36 No.4318461 Report

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>>4318453

Not him but I have a superwide I use for underwater photography, a Sigma 14/2.8 EX.

Underwater, light behaves differently. Because of this, a 35mm lens views like a 50 in the water. My 14 looks more like a 20 in the water. This is a great example of this phenomenon. The top half is 28mm but the bottom half views like a 40.

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 03:01:01 No.4318462 Report

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>>4318456
OP
>what are your three favorite lenses?

full frame users
>a list of lenses with their usecase

mft shooter
>a wall of buzzword cope where everything is contingent and qualified upon some other factor and extensive rationalizations
pottery.

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 03:10:46 No.4318467 Report

Quoted By: >>4318493 >>4318496

>>4318423
Ah. Fair enough.

Is there any reason to pick up the 40/2 when I have the 24-120/4? Seems like even with the faster prime lens, the image quality at the same focal length with the 24-120/4 is just phenomenal. I'm intrigued about having a small lightweight "fun" lens that still does some stuff well, and it's so cheap why not?

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 04:41:20 No.4318493 Report

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>>4318467
>I'm intrigued about having a small lightweight "fun" lens that still does some stuff well, and it's so cheap why not?

Yup that's the reason to get it. 40mm f/2 on FF ain't nothing to sneeze at either.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 04:51:54 No.4318496 Report

Quoted By: >>4318505

>>4318398
24-120
ETZ21+50mm f1.4 GM
400mm f4.5
Hobbychads rise up

>>4318467
This lens sucks shit. Buy the 28 or 26, never this POS. And still buy new and keep a finger on the return button. Copy variation on the 28 is also shit. It’s a bottom of the barrel lens with a weak nonsealed mount intended for the z5.

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 05:38:13 No.4318505 Report

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>>4318496
It's a $225 first party lens (on sale now). They cut corners with the extremely plastic build but it's small, fast-ish, light, and fits the bill for a "fun" lens. It tends toward the pancake side of optical quality but the samples look fine. At least one discussion of a guy who used it in the rain with no issues. But I can definitely see it selling for less than $100 used in a couple years.

https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/1725737800/nikon-z-40mm-f2-sample-gallery/

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 05:46:06 No.4318507 Report

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>>4318402
based

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Anonymous Wed 29 May 2024 06:28:19 No.4318510 Report

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>>4318462
Retard can't handle more than 6 words in a post lmao none of that was cope or even rationalizations

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