If You Could Have One 1 Lens...

[farhanajahan]

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

 

[AE-1Burnham]

50 1.2L
FF / crop

8)

 

[JM Photography]

FF

ef 50 1.2

Agreed, followed by Canon 14 F2.8L II close behind

 

[jdramirez]

I said this earlier, but I got along with only a 50mm f1.8 for quite a while... with my present mkiii I could probably be satisfied with only an 85mm f1.2. I wouldn't be able to do sports photography because of the slow af motor... but I could do quite a bit with it.

 

[Bolt]

24-70L F4 IS or 16-35L F2.8 II

Both are sharp, well built and offer versatility that is appropriate in both photography and videography. The IS in the new 24-70 is brilliant and the 16 - 35 makes your photos look so much more intimate than a tele-photo.

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” - Robert Capa

 

[crasher8]

Changed my mind.

Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS

 

[dickgrafixstop]

35mm asph summilux - and the camera to go with it.

 

[BRNexus6]

APS-C 28mm 1.8 IS

FF 40mm 1.8 IS

 

[luciolepri]

Maybe the recent Canon 35mm f2 IS -- for FF and standard sensors.

+1

And probably the 17-55/2,8 in the APS-C case.

 

[CaneteCo.]

70-200 2.8 II

 

[crasher8]

Boy after getting my latest new lens I have to rethink this one! (Tamron 24-70 VC)

 

[verysimplejason]

APS-C 28mm 1.8 IS

FF 40mm 1.8 IS

+1 but I'd welcome a 22mm instead of a 28mm and a 35mm instead of a 40mm. A zoom like the new Sigma 16-35mm F1.8 is also good for APS-C though it's bigger than what I desire.

 

[steven kessel]

Canon 100-400 F4-5.6 IS L. It's not the sharpest lens in the inventory but for what I do, nature and wildlife photography, it is the most versatile. Nothing else comes close.

 

[wsmith96]

Crop - 17-55 2.8 IS
FF - dunno, never owned one. Probably the 24-105L for being a good walk around lens.

 

[ragmanjin]

If I could have one lens, it would be the 17mm f/4 tilt-shift beast. Full-frame sensor or crop, that sh¡t drips with potential.

 

[yablonsky]

24-70 ii

 

[Viggo]

Boy after getting my latest new lens I have to rethink this one! (Tamron 24-70 VC)

+1 After getting the 2470 L II it instantly became my main lens and the one I can't do without.

 

[Canon1]

Canon 100-400 F4-5.6 IS L. It's not the sharpest lens in the inventory but for what I do, nature and wildlife photography, it is the most versatile. Nothing else comes close.

I think this is key. The right tool for what you do as a photographer. I am into wildlife as well.... and have to agree that the 100-400 is the lens I would choose.

 

[Menace]

My EF70-200 f2.8 IS II - ;D it's my goto lens.

 

[gferdinandsen]

24-70 ii

+1