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Most Used Lenses

24-70mm 2.8L
21 (18.6%)
70-200mm 2.8L
16 (14.2%)
50mm's (any variety)
24 (21.2%)
Other
52 (46%)

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birtembuk

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #45 on: April 06, 2012, 08:11:22 AM »
Simple Question, What is the Single Most Used lens inside you camera bag? And explain what you use it for.

My vote - 50mm 1.2L. Its Great does everything from studio work, to photojournalism, to outdoor portraits, to tight landscapes, for weddings, for fine art work, And tons of other stuff.

My 50mm is like an old friend to the frame lines in my brain.

50mil is king. Hey Canon !, could you kindly hurry a bit the release (following your patent on new coating for the 50/1.2) of this low-CA-mk-II baby ? Please.   

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #45 on: April 06, 2012, 08:11:22 AM »

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #46 on: April 06, 2012, 08:30:20 AM »
Most used?  24-105 f/4L IS
Most favorite?  50mm f/1.4

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #47 on: April 06, 2012, 08:48:33 AM »
Other. Don't even own any of the three other choices.

Probably the 100-400. It was my first DSLR lens. I shoot big Florida birds and if I go with other people it's the first thing out of the wagon when we start shooting. Unlike the 500 I can handhold it.
EOS: 7D (2, 1 gripped), 50D gripped, 580EX II + CP-E4
EF: 500 f/4L IS, 100-400 L IS, 70-200 f/4L IS, 28-135 IS, 1.4x TC II, EF-S: 15-85 IS, 10-22
5D3, 17-40 L, 24-105 L, 24mm TS-E II.  S100 p&s

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #48 on: April 06, 2012, 09:00:24 AM »
24-70 by far. Only flaw? Weight.

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #49 on: April 06, 2012, 09:44:51 AM »
My 50mm lens!

Previously the f1.4, but now the 50L.
It's sharp, fast, and perfect for daylight/night/everything!


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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #50 on: April 06, 2012, 10:21:51 AM »
24-105 f/4L
Happy owner of the 5D Mark III, 24-105 f/4L and other L lenses

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #51 on: April 06, 2012, 10:39:46 AM »
Horses for courses.  If I'm out on a hike with plenty of light, I use my 24-105mm L.  If I'm going to be inside in low light conditions, I use my 50mm f/1.4.  Before I had either, I only used my 50mm f/1.8. 
XS -> 60D -> 5d Mkiii : 18-55 -> 24-105L : 75-300mm -> 55-250mm -> 70-300mm -> 70-200mm f4L USM -> 70-200mm f/2.8L USM -> 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Mkii : 50mm f/1.8 -> 50mm f/1.4 & 100mm f/2.8L macro : 8mm fisheye for kicks.

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« Reply #51 on: April 06, 2012, 10:39:46 AM »

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #52 on: April 06, 2012, 11:01:25 AM »
Mu used lens is until now ef 24-70. But the more i use Samyang 14 mm f.2,8. The more i love this lens. But shame on Canon. Why cant they come up with a 14/12-24 f.4,0 L is

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #53 on: April 06, 2012, 01:08:31 PM »
Well... it was a 17-55 f/2.8... but just last week it "bound up" and won't zoom any longer (it's been headed down hill for a while... something came loose on the inside and the zoom mechanism has been "loose" for a while... time to send it in).

Luckily I just picked up a 70-200 f/4 IS L.  No better way to get to know a new lens than to _have_ to use it for everything ;-)

I'm currently sitting on a plane headed to my next photography destination... the amazing wilds of _Mississippi_... ;-)

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #54 on: April 06, 2012, 01:44:39 PM »
Canon 135mm f2 L

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #55 on: April 06, 2012, 02:02:50 PM »
35mm 1.4 is my walk around lens.  I do hope to get a 50mm 1.2 at some point though.

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #56 on: April 06, 2012, 02:15:34 PM »
Mine would be in following order:

24-105 f/4
100  f/2.8 non-L
70-200 f/4 IS

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #57 on: April 06, 2012, 02:32:57 PM »
EFS 17-85. It lives on my 60D and gets used for just about everything. I've multipel other lenses, but they are all specific purpose lenses (Macro, extreme telephoto, etc).

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #58 on: April 06, 2012, 02:47:18 PM »
tie 17-40mm L and 135mm f/2.0 L

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #59 on: April 06, 2012, 03:13:28 PM »
I would say the Canon 50/1.8 II lens with my trusty E-P2 (they fit surprisingly well together). It's very mobile and I almost always carry it with me. For serious shooting I mostly use the Canon 24-105L on a 5D though...
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Nikon D800, Nikkor 35 AF-S DX f1.8G, Sigma 85 f1.4 EX DG HSM, Sigma 150 f2.8 EX DG OS MACRO, Tokina 11-16 AT-X PRO f2.8 DX, Nikkor 28-300 f3.5-5.6G ED VR, Nikon SpeedLight SB-910
Formerly:
5D Mark 2, 550D, 12-24, 17-40L, 24-105L, 70-200 2.8L IS II, 50, 85, 550EX

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Re: Your Most Used Lens!
« Reply #59 on: April 06, 2012, 03:13:28 PM »