poll...favourite daily carry lens?

[back alley]

assuming that you have one consistant favourite...what is your favourite everyday carry lens?

i have included only the focal lengths that i might use, so if you're fav is not on the list, sorry.

i have carried the 28 at times (current favourite), the 35 and the 50, and i guess the 40 for a short time too. for my purposes here if you use a 40 then click on the 35 choice.

 

[wlewisiii]

I've been learning to use the 28 but by far my favorite is still the 50.

William

 

[eli griggs]

Right now, it's the collapsable Industar 3.5 on my FED 3a, but thats with the understanding that I don't yet have a 35mm ltm FED compatible to compare it against.

Cheers

 

[peterc]

For me it's 35 or 50. Depends what I think I'll come across.

Peter

 

[peter_n]

35 ASPH. Every day on the subway. Need the f1.4 and NP1600 to get a decent exposure, plus the lens focuses up to 0.7M which is great for a wide lens.

 

[kshapero]

40mm?

40mm?

assuming that you have one consistant favourite...what is your favourite everyday carry lens?

i have included only the focal lengths that i might use, so if you're fav is not on the list, sorry.

i have carried the 28 at times (current favourite), the 35 and the 50, and i guess the 40 for a short time too. for my purposes here if you use a 40 then click on the 35 choice.

40mm is my favorite

 

[rbiemer]

50 for me, joe. The 50 comes closest to how I see.
And it(the "normal" lens for 35mm) is my last, tenuous link to normality...
Rob

 

[mfunnell]

For me its a 50, as that's the only lens I have! (Brand new 2nd-hand Hexar RF with Hexanon 50/2. Still getting used to it, haven't got any photos back yet.)

...Mike

 

[FrankS]

50mm of course, but I'm trying to get used to the Summicron 40 on my Bessa R2 as my daily carry combo.

 

[harmsr]

50 Lux ASPH. I see in 50 and have to think in order to use the 35 or 75.

Best,

Ray

 

[back alley]

i wonder who the other 28 user is?

 

[BillBingham2]

I wish I could vote, but my favorite carry lens is CV 25/4.

After that I would have to say my 40/1.4, followed by my 35/2.

B2 (;->

 

[richard_l]

-----40mm-----

 

[Gid]

It would normally be 50, but as I have just picked up a tri-elmar, can I vote for all 3 🙂

 

[physiognomy]

There should be a 'haven't worked it out yet' category (imho)... I like the 35mm focal length, but I am still not used to attaching a finder + CV meter... Maybe a Bessa or M-something would sort that out, but I really like the small Barnack clones... For now I'm trying to work with my 50's... Just bought a chrome Canon ltm 50/1.8 to play with :bang:

Now, I'm no FrankS - he prob. has more 50's than I have lenses 🙂 🙂 🙂 but for a focal length that I'm not sure fits me why do I have so many different 50mm lenses? Don't try to answer that... it's a disease... you'd better stay away.

Peter

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Interestingly enough...for this one I have to go with a 35. The J-12 stays on my camera quite a bit now. The J-3 is there now (and the shots in the Around the House thread were taken with it), but tomorrow the J-12 is going back on for some quick landscape shots before I go to work.

 

[gweldoncone]

I use the Zeiss Planar 45f2 on my G1 most of the time. It is sharp. But I must say that the 35f2 is very high on my wish list🙄

 

[back alley]

35 & 50 are neck & neck which surprises me. i thought one or the other would be in the lead.

and two 28mm users, we must be freaks...😉

 

[leica M2 fan]

My favorite

My favorite

While I really like a 35mm " view " my go to lens is usually a 50 !

 

[planetjoe]

Fifty.

Fifty.

I cast my vote for the big five-oh, if only to justify my current collection - I have something like seven 50s. The only 35 I own is a J-12 in LTM (see avatar), but I'm looking forward to using it more. Gotta learn to see in 35 someday.

Currently, my favorite 50 is a Summitar (hex iris), which is fairly welded to my M4 these days. I'm considering a fire sale to get some money together for a coll. Summicron, though. I'd say, "someone stop me", but I know you guys better than that.


Cheers,
--joe.