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01/04/2007 04:56:54 PM · #151 |
Nobody likes this one then?
Well that's just as well, 'cos you can't have mine.
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01/04/2007 05:04:57 PM · #152 |
I have watched this thread for a few days and I can't decide which lens in my bag is my favorite. As the original poster stated, the Canon 17-40L is definitely a great piece of glass and I love it for sure. It's not my most used lens simply because of the nature of my photography. I don't do a lot of landscape stuff. As far as overall quality is concerned, I doubt that I have a lens that is any better than this one. I prefer to use the 17-40 over the 24-70 when the opportunity is right though. In the end, I believe it produces the best images out of anything I have.
I think my Canon 70-200L f/2.8 is probably the most used lens in my bag, so it would have to be my favorite. It allows me to shoot the things I like without being uncomfortably close to my subject. I like photographing people, but I'm not trying to do it in a stealth mode. The 70-200 gives me a working distance that keeps my subject comfortable as well. All of my impromptu portraits (or most of them) in my 1000 Faces collection were shot with the 70-200.
A favorite lens should definitely be the one that enables you to get what you want out of your camera :)
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01/04/2007 05:11:11 PM · #153 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
For the record I don't like a lot of street work. Some of it's amazing and at times....maybe too often, I think people are just assigning importance to otherwise boring stuff. Just an opinion, of course but I find people the most interesting thing to look at of all photographic subject matter. They are what I love to look at. They are what I love to shoot. |
I find street photography of people fascinating, when the subject is engaged with the viewer/ camera/ photographer, or at least there is some sort of tacit acknowledgment. That doesn't mean someone grinning or mugging for the camera, but I still like the intimacy, over the candid, remote capture.
Mind you, this is going off topic, so I'd better report myself.
Message edited by author 2007-01-04 17:11:32.
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01/04/2007 05:41:21 PM · #154 |
Nikon 17-55 AF-S f/2.8. Very sharp especially at f/2.8, close focus, nice bokeh, good for landscapes and portraits (at the telephoto end). I've had trouble with it for group shots though at wideangle. If I'm not careful and get anyone on the outer area of the frame they get distorted a bit.
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01/04/2007 06:27:05 PM · #155 |
| My Nikon 300mm f4. i love that lens, gorgeously sharp, and just overall a great telephoto lens. |
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01/04/2007 07:00:14 PM · #156 |
Without a doubt its the Canon 16-35 f2.8 L. This babe lives on my 5D as I'm mostly a landscape sort of guy (or at least thats what I tell myself).
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01/04/2007 07:07:18 PM · #157 |
| The one I currently have mounted ;). I really like my Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 EX DG Macrobut also my Canon 70-200 F/2.8L IS. With both of these I can'r use them at the end of 24 or 70 due to viginette in the corner. With the full size sensor have to crank them up a little. No issues when I mount them on my 20D. |
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01/04/2007 07:23:15 PM · #158 |
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
Ultra-fast prime lens. Awesome in low light. Discrete, compact and light (compared to any zoom).
If you want a "normal" walk-around prime lens for your 1.5x or 1.6x crop camera, a 50mm prime won't cut it, 'cuz it's way too long for these cameras. A 50mm prime is only a normal lens if you put it on a 35mm film camera, or a full frame digital camera.
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01/04/2007 07:30:23 PM · #159 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
remote capture.
Mind you, this is going off topic, so I'd better report myself. |
I already reported you, three posts back but it's all about the love...
Regarding candid remote capture...Sometimes cool looking things happen remotely. It's hard to slice that bit of time the way you best like.
Let's not put the carriage before the horse. Different chunks of glass suits each individual eye it's best with to so many varying factors.
In fact, I'm gonna go out with the 50mm tomorrow or the next day...Nothing else (not even clothing). I could use the exercise. My cat-like reflexes will need to be sharp. Now, I call that a Challenge.
Wish me luck...
Message edited by author 2007-01-06 12:11:25. |
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01/04/2007 07:38:07 PM · #160 |
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS and close 2nd is the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L
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01/04/2007 07:51:47 PM · #161 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
It did strike me reading this though that most of the great or considered great street photographers all shot with 50mm primes or wider. |
Last night on PBS there was a special on Annie Liebowitz (sp?). Of all of her shots, I like her candid, spontaneous shots best. And judging by the perspective in those shots, I'd say she was using a pretty wide lens. I'm guessing around 35mm or thereabouts. Maybe even wider on some of them. |
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01/05/2007 12:33:07 AM · #162 |
At weddings (like today), I keep the 70-200 on the 20D and the 24-70 on the 5D. And only rarely does that ever change. Sometimes I'll move the 70-200 over to the 5D in order to get really shallow DOF. But the rest of the time, if I change lenses at all, it's usually to throw on a fisheye or a super wide lens.
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