poll...favourite daily carry lens?

[triplefinger]

None Of The Above!

None Of The Above!

summicron-c 40

 

[terrafirmanada]

Yet another 40mm shooter. Not always as sharp as my 50, but way more convenient. I have been carrying the Pll alot lately too.

 

[Laurence]

Favorite is the Color Skopar 50 on my Vito B. Of course, it's a fixed lens....but the contrast and sharpness is extraordinary.

 

[Harry Lime]

2/50 Summicron DR. This is my all time favorite lens.

If I'm going out at night or it's really overcast I'll grab the pre-asph 1.4/50 Summilux-M, for the extra stop.


My 2nd choice is a 35mm. The 2/35 Summcron (vers.4) or 1.4/35 Summilux ASPH. I prefer the 35 for street shooting. Around here the sidewalks are a little too narrow for a 50.

 

[freeranger]

Industar 61. Sharp, contrasty, not too slow and cheap as chips so I'm not worried about lugging it round town.

 

[kshapero]

Where is my 40?

 

[rogue_designer]

I waffle a bit - but recently have been using the 35/1.7 ultron quite regularly so that gets my vote. I do love that perspective, especially for environmental portraits.

Although with a new Canon 50/1.2 in the bag, that might flop back around soon.

 

[mc_vancouver]

I see the 35 is approaching the 50, it's going to be a close finish (if the poll ever finishes). I like both, and alternate between them, but for street stuff, definitely wider is better for me. I do love the shallower dof of the 50, however, for more planned stuff.

 

[MikeL]

Monty Python scene of the old troll at the bridge.
Troll,"WHAT, is your favorite focal length?"
Me,"Why 35mm.... NO WAIT, 50mm. Arrrrrggggghhhh! (As I plunge into the ravine)"

 

[back alley]

the poll closes on the 24th. of this month.

i think this is as close as the 35 & 50 have been, so far.

joe

 

[sf]

I have only three lenses. 45mm, 65mm, and 100mm lenses for the Bronica RF645.

My favorite daily carry lens is the 45mm because I can crop the others from the wide field of view (with some DOF variation). When I owned the Bessa R3A, I had the Nokton 40 SC and that was a perfect lens as well. I guess I like wide lenses.

 

[payasam]

I rarely go out with just one lens, but when I do, it can be either the Summitar or the 35/3.5 Summaron. Only today an Industar 61 L/D arrived from Oleg K. That might become IT since, as with the Summitar, I can take off the VIOOH and travel really light.

 

[Marc-A.]

I mostly use my Summitar now. Fantastic lens, collapsible, awsome for portrait and great for street photography.

 

[Bas]

Hard...

Hard...

Well... I think I'd say 50 because my Zorki 4 has only a 50 VF and attaching an external VF would take out all the fun of the Zorki. But I'm about to get a Konica Hexar AF with the fixed 35mm and I hope it to become my main camera.

The main problem I think will be getting used to another focal length, since 98% of my pictures were taken with the Zorki 4+Jupiter 8 50/2 combination. And my brain has automatized the view of the 50mm focal length.

But... many times, specially at bars, pubs, public small places, subway, bus, I've regretted not having a wide angle. So... not voting the 50 would be a betray to my long time loyalty to the "normal" focal length, but voting for it could become some kind of future lie.

Let's see what happens when I get the Hexar... possibilities:

:bang: or 😀

Cheers everyone people,
Sebastian.