Favorite lens

[dnk512]

105mm f2.5 AIS Nikkor. My favorite length and this model handles great, is very sharp, has smooth out of focus backgrounds, and is very cheap and easy to find! In the rangefinder world I will go with my konica S3. Great lens, but, I wish it had aperture control instead of the flash automation. One of those days I think I will open it and see if I can convert the flash control to aperture manual control 🙂

 

[vha]

28mm Biogon and hopefully 28mm Elmarit (3 gen) when I get my camera . . )
Been using 28mm as my standard lens for the last years, and for me its perfect for everyday
photography, and as a nice bonus the camera gets more pocketable, fits perfectly in the pockets of my schott parka. . . but most things fits in these pockets . . 😀

And yesterday i place a bid on a Nikon 28TI, because of the 28mm and the lightmeter.
Wonder when I´ll have enough cameras ? 🙂

VH

 

[sf]

favorite lenses

favorite lenses

I am only starting 35mm (in earnest) this year, and I only have the 40 Nokton so far. It looks nice, but I have not taken any shots with it so far. Before that, I played with a Nikon N65 with its kit lens (some zoom), and it was alright. Of course that was when i was in high school and photography was a point and shoot experience.

Medium format : Mamiya 80mm F1.9 in the 645 format. Hands down. I saw better
images with that thing than with Zeiss even. VERY sharp and
perfect with colors.

6x7 - on the Mamiya 7 series - 80mm F4 and the 50mm F4.5

Large format: Fujinon outdoors - SWD 75mm - seen pics from it, and it is
just. . .better. I like it better than the Schneiders and
certainly better than Rodenstock glass, Caltars etc.

In vintage 4x5, I like Kodak 127mm Ektar. It is surprisingly sharp and contrasty.

All round favorite lens ever - Mamiya 50mm 4.5 for the 7 series. Wow. And it's a rangefinder too. So I can say that.

Ultimate lust object - Leica Summilux 50 F1.4. Have never used one, but it has to be good.

 

[Little Prince]

Focal length wise it's got to be 35mm. Only lens I have at that length is a 35/1.4 Nikkor that I like. If I had one for an RF I'm sure I would like it too. Recently got a 40mm for an RF. Shot only one roll so far so can't say if I like it but all indications are that it will be my most natural lens (which is why I thought I should go for it in the first place). Just realized that the 60/4 on the Fuji also equates to a 35mm. Hmm... maybe I should get rid of the 35/1.4 and get a 50/3.5 for the 6x6.

 

[furcafe]

I love 50mm lenses in all their variations (fortunately, they're relatively cheap), but my favorite is the Sonnar.

 

[Designer]

I love the 90mm fat Tele-Elmarit . But the most used lens should be my 35 cron (7 element).

 

[markinlondon]

Three months ago I'd have said 50 Summicron, but now it's a CV 35 Ultron, if only I could remember where I left it. So actually a CV 35 PII is about the only lens I'm using at present.

Mark

 

[zpuskas]

Without a doubt my 35 Summicron, followed by the 50.

Zoltan

 

[Honu-Hugger]

100mm f/2 Kinoptik APO and 21mm f/4.5 Zeiss Biogon are clear favorites, 58mm F1.2 NOCT Nikkor and 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar are also strong contenders. I'm just glad we don't really have to make these sort of "Sophie Choices" -- there are many other lenses I prefer not to do without.

 

[GeneW]

My current fav is 35mm Ultron, followed closely by J8.

Gene

 

[MCTuomey]

... methinks it's time to renew efforts to score a 50mm Elmar. I'm a sick guy - my fav lens is the next one I don't have.

 

[Natron]

I'm going to agree with an earlier poster:

I'd have to say my favorite lens is my Konica M-Hexanon 50mm f/2. There is just no way to fault that lens. I love its smooth, natural rendition of out-of-focus areas as well.

 

[Honu-Hugger]

I'm changing my answer: it's whichever lens I'm using at the time -- no kidding. I don't own a lens that I don't think very highly of so I have no favorite. I shoot a lot with 35mm and 90~100's, but also use 50's quite often. They're all favorites though.

 

[egpj]

28 Summicron is my all time favorite but the 35 Summilux has been living on the camera body for the last month.

 

[Doug]

Favorite recently has been the 28mm Biogon-G; I really like the look of its images.

 

[JNewell]

Any 90mm f/2.8, such as Elmarit-M, fat Tele-Elmarit or Elmarit (old version)

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

My favorite lens is:

For making me the most money----- Bronica 150mm f4 on ETR/ETRS followed by
Nikkor 55mm Micro f2.8 and Nikkor 85mm f2.0 AIS on Nikon F3HP and FA bodies.

For macro photography---- Nikkor 55mm Micro f2.8 and Tamron 90mm macro.

For walk-about all around handy camera & lens---- Contax IIA with 50mm f1.5 Sonnar followed by Canon QL-17 GIII with 40mm f1.7 lens.

For "WOW" factor black & white images----- Kodak Ektar 190mm f4.5 on Graphic View II 4x5 camera.

For "I wanna be Wegee"----- 162mm f4.5 Optar on Crown Graphic 4x5.

For my "Magic Bullet" lens--- the next one I buy 🙂

Wayne

 

[jorisbens]

Since a few days/weeks my favourite lens is the jupiter 9, I really love the thin DOF! On second place is the 50mm 3.5 collapsible fed.

But then again I did not yet have the change to "play" with some leica glass, but for now I'm still happy with my russian gear. But then again i would probably really enjoy an old collapsible 50mm Leica 😱

 

[clarkmac]

historically my favorite has been my black Nikkor 85mm on a Leica M3, but I,m getting wider in old age. Now a 75mm Summicron, if it's smaller than the Nikkor, would be very appealing.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Hard to decide. For people in B&W, the 50mm Summitar, for most anything else, my tabbed 50mm Summicron-M