5 Favorite/"Best" Lenses

Pentax-FA 31mm Limited
Zeiss ZM 28mm Biogon
Canon 50mm f/1.2
Contax-G 45mm Planar
Pentax 15mm f/3.5 aspherical

I think I'm the guy you're referring to who just got a nice Serenar--after a couple of days I'm beginning to think it may muscle its way onto the list. The Contax-G 45 is tragic, I've owned it twice but just don't like using the G system. Someday maybe I will get an M conversion, if my ship comes in...
 
My favorite five:

Industrar 58 75mm f/3.5 (from the Iskra 2)
Leica 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 (from the Panasonic DMC-L1k)
CV Heliar 15mm f/4.5
CV Ultron 28mm f/1.9
Canon EOS IS USM 70-200mm f/2.8
 
Carl Zeiss Opton Sonnar 50/1.5. I'm just listing my #1. 🙂

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So interesting to see others' choices.

Mine really do shift around. For the last week I've been shooting with Nikkors
35/2, 50/1.4, 20/2.8 180/2.8 -- but these were an an evil SLR.

P.S. Also curious about the adapter.
 
The adapter in the photo is actually two adapters. The black adapter is a Novoflex Leica M to Micro 4/3. The chrome adapter is custom made by Amedeo Muscelli (amedeo.m on ebay) with a focusing helical from a Nikon S2.
 
I could use a bit of folly right now, so in no particular order:

DR summicron 50/2 (leica M)
Nikkor - S.C. 50/1.4 (nikon S/Leica SM/M, depending on my mood)
Serenar 85/2 (leica SM/M)
VC 15/4.5 (leica SM/M)
W-Nikkor C 35/2.5 (leica SM/M)

I know that there are many more modern well corrected fantastic lenses out there, but these are the ones I use and like.
 
And for my favorite lens per dollar spent:

Mir 38 65mm f/3.5 Pentacon Six mount

I did a test of several lenses on a Panasonic DMC-L1k recently and found this one to be surprisingly sharp.
 
Canon FD 50mm f/1.2 L
Canon FD 85mm f/1.2 L
Leitz Summaron 35mm f/2.8
Konica UC Hexanon 35mm f/2
Voigtlander 28mm f/3.5 Skopar

If I stick to RF lenses, I'd add:
Canon RF 50mm f/1.5
Leitz Summicron 50mm f/2 Rigid

::Ari
 
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Olympus 50mm f1.4 (the last version with serial number higher than 1,100,000)
Olympus 40mm f2 pancake (nice bokeh, great focal length for street photography)
Olympus 100 f2.8 (great bokeh, VERY sharp. Better than the 85/2 Zuiko and much cheaper)
Zeiss 50mm f4 CF-FLE Distagon for Hasselblad (used for many of my interiors of abandoned houses. VERY sharp).
Zeiss 80mm f2.8 CF for Hasselblad (everyone says this lens isn't that great for a Zeiss lens, but it beats my Mamiya 645 80mm f1.9N lens for sharpness and has better bokeh. I use it for 75% of my medium format work)
 
wlewisiii said:
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.


William
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I think its pretty clear - posted by OP - list 5 lenses in 35mm format. Why some people list more than 5, why some list Medium Format lenses - is beyond me. 😕 :bang:

Anyway, while I find it hard to list just 5, but based ONLY on the lenses I used here are my five:

1. CV Nokton 35/1.2
2. Nikkor 5cm 1.4 LTM
3. M-Hexanon 50/2
4. Nikkor 10.5cm/2.5 LTM
5. ZM Biogon 21/2.8
 
My faves:

35mm Summicron-M, 4th version
24mm Elmarit-M
28mm Elmarit-M
58mm 1:1.4 Rokkor MD
58mm Helios 44
58mm 1:1.9 Hexanon
60mm Micro-Nikkor
 
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In no particular order
50mm 1.5 Zeiss Opton Sonnar
The G's: 45 planar, 28 Biogon, 90 Sonnar
50mm 1.4 Nikkor

Left out of the top 5 but also loved: J12, Nikkor 35 2.5, and Zeiss Jena 135 f4
 
Krosya said:
I think its pretty clear - posted by OP - list 5 lenses in 35mm format. Why some people list more than 5, why some list Medium Format lenses - is beyond me. 😕 :bang:

Anyway, while I find it hard to list just 5, but based ONLY on the lenses I used here are my five:

1. CV Nokton 35/1.2
2. Nikkor 5cm 1.4 LTM
3. M-Hexanon 50/2
4. Nikkor 10.5cm/2.5 LTM
5. ZM Biogon 21/2.8
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I don't know about everyone else, but I did it to piss you off. It worked! YAY! 😛
 
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