5 Favorite/"Best" Lenses

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wlewisiii

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Just a gearhead moment of fun. I was reading a thread about from a lucky sort who'd scored a Canon Serenar 50/1.8 cheap. I commented that I considered it to be in the top five lenses of all time.

A bit of hyperbola, perhaps, perhaps not. But it made me curious to hear from those of use who enjoy this game, what you'd consider the best all time lenses. Just for sanity, we'll keep it to miniature format (aka 35mm) but RF, SLR, etc is fair game.

Starting things off then, here's my list:

1) Sonnar 50/1.5 (though I do shoot a 50/2 collapsible much more often... :eek: )
2) Tessar 50/3.5
3) Serenar 50/1.8
4) Canon FD 35/2 "Chrome Nose"
5) Serenar 28/3.5

Your thoughts?

William
 
I don't know from "of all time" but I do know lenses I keep going back to because I like the results.

Limiting things to 5:

1) Leica Summilux 75/1.4
2) Konica M-Hexanon 28/2.8
3) Leica Elmar-M 50/2.8
4) Canon EF-S 17-55/2.8IS
5) Canon EF 100-400/4.5-5.6IS

Next week, though, it might be a different list.

...Mike
 
A toughie, but here goes:

The first three would be my current M-Hexanon trio (28mm f/2.8, 50mm f/2, 90mm f/2.8).

Following that would be the Minolta 28-70mm f/2.8 G zoom from my AF SLR days...amazing zoom, with low distortion, gorgeous rendering, killer bokeh(!), but huge, heavy, and expensive. The big reason I moved to RFs.

Canon FD 135mm f/2.5: This lens was incredibly good to my eyes, even if (heavens!) it was a single-coated lens, versus all (well, most) other Canon lenses at the time.


- Barrett
 
My favourites are, in order...

1) Olympus OM 50mm f1.2
2) CV Nokton 35mm f1.2 ASPH
3) Canon 85mm f1.2L
4) Canon 35mm f1.4L
5) Leica Summilux M 50mm f1.4 pre-asph
 
1. Nikon 50mm 1.8 Series E
2. Leica-M 50mm Summilux-ASPH
3. Leica-R 28mm 2.8 Elmarit (current version)
4. Contax G 45mm 2
5. Canon 35mm 1.4L or 85mm 1.2L
 
Here's my five not necessarily in order.
1. Zeiss 18 Distagon
2. Hex LTM 50 2.5 collapsible
3. Hex 35 2 UC
4. Hex M 28
and one from my SLR days
5. Nikon E 135
 
1-Contax Distagon 35mm f1.4
2-Contax Biogon 21mm f2.8
3-Contax Planar 45mm
4-Contax Planar 85mm f1.4
5-Contax Sonnar 90mm f2.8
 
Hello:

In no order, my preferred lens for Leica are

50mm f3.5 Elmar - M

50mm f2 DR Summicron

25mm f4 Snapshot Skopar

90mm f2.8 Tele-Elmarit

"Best" would be a different list.

yours
FPJ
 
Hello:

In no order, my preferred lenses for Leica are

50mm f3.5 Elmar - M

50mm f2 DR Summicron

25mm f4 Snapshot Skopar

90mm f2.8 Tele-Elmarit

"Best" would be a different list.

yours
FPJ
 
1) f/1.5 50mm Sonnar (for Zeiss Ikon Contax)
2) f/2.8 85mm Sonnar (for Rolleiflex SL 35 cameras)
3) f/2.8 40mm Sonnar (for Rollei 35 RF)
4) f/4.5 21mm Biogon (for Zeiss Ikon Contax)
5) f/2.5 105mm Nikkor (for Nikon AI)
 
ContaxG 45mm/f2
Summilux-M 50mm/f1,4 asph
Hexar 35mm/f2 (on Hexar AF)
Olympus Zuiko 28mm/f2
ContaxG 90mm/f2,8
 
LTM/M-mount
Canon 50/1.5 Sonnar LTM
Leica 35/2 Summicron v3

SLR
Nikkor 50/2.8 AF/D
Nikkor 105/2.5 AI/S
Nikkor 28/2.8 AIS (never should have sold it but FrankS has one in the mail to me)
 
Some lenses i haven't actually used before, only judged by internet postings..

1st - Schneider Xenon 50mm f0.95

2nd - Angenieux 50mm f0.95

3rd - M-Hexanon 50mm f2

4th - M-Hexanon 50mm f1.2

5th - Noctilux 50mm f1



YES I KNOW I'M A BOKEH AND LOWLIGHT JUNKIE.

One more thumbs up for a non-rf lens
6th - Contax 645 80mm f2 !!
 
M-Rokkor 40/2
Nikkor AI 50/2
AF-Nikkor 85/1.8
Planar 75/3.5 on my Rolleiflex
Ultron 50/2 on my Vitomatic IIa

and last, but not least: Olympus E.Zuiko 42/2.8 on my sweet little RC!
 
Carl Zeiss Jena SONNAR "T" 5cm F1.5 in LTM;
Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 5cm F1.5 (uncoated) modified for LTM;
1953 Jupiter-3 5cm F1.5 in LTM;
Nikkor-H 5cm F2 in S-Mount and LTM;
Leitz 5cm F2 Collapsible Summicron;

Aren't you glad I did not say Sonnar...
 
Zeiss ZM Biogon 2/35
Contax G series Planar 2/45
Contax Reflex Distagon 2.8/21
Contax Reflex Sonnar 3.5/100
Zeiss T Biotar 1.5/75

Some are favorites, Some are best, Some are both :)
None are my most expensive
 
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