After years of carrying the weight of many lenses to the detriment of my shoulder, I now have one lens.  I just worked out where most of my photography lay and found it to be within 24mm to 100mm focal range.  The rest was often carried just in case I needed it and never did most of the time.  I get edgy sometimes for more pulling power, but genuinely don't look for that kind of image anymore and 24mm is perfect for landscapes.

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filter99:

OMG you all have too many lenses!!!

Heh.

Well, you never know when you might need an extra 2mm, thus justifying £200 worth of camera lens.

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Well i have the 400d Kit lense and the Canon 17-85mm IS USM and right now that one lense seems to do me fine!

Im thinking of the Canon 50mm Prime and maybe a 70-200 but in no rush, still trying to figure out the 17-85 or maybe actually still trying to figure out photogrpahy in general using filters and ploarizers!

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Hi Steve

I also have the 17-70 sigma lens and have the feeling it is vignetting quite a lot,   I brought it back to the shop where I bought it, a good reliable shop, and they say it's normal it does on longer focal lengths. Would appreciate feedback.

 Thanks - Anne

PS: I share the feeling about the lottery..

Just sold my 18-200mm VR which was my only lens on the D300 to move to faster lenses, so now have

Nikon 17-55mm F2.8

Nikon 105mm F2.8 VR  Macro

Looking at getting a Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 and a Nikon 80-200mm to finish off the kit, but no rush after the expense of these first two lenses.

Wild Acorn:

Just sold my 18-200mm VR which was my only lens on the D300 to move to faster lenses, so now have

Nikon 17-55mm F2.8

Nikon 105mm F2.8 VR  Macro

Looking at getting a Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 and a Nikon 80-200mm to finish off the kit, but no rush after the expense of these first two lenses.

Well my list is smaller than it was earlier in this thread having sold all of my Olympus gear. 

Wild Acorn, You have the same gear as I do   I also would like the Tokina 11-16mm (although I don't actually need it).  The 80-200 is a great lens (as they all are) and you will love it I'm sure, well worth treating yourself when you can afford it, and second hand they are a bargain.

Oh, forgot, I've justr posted a cheque for the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 so that's another to add to my list

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Lets get this thread back under a head of steam again!

OK my collection is a meagre 5 lenses!

Sigma 10-20mm (takes ages to get your head around this lens!)
Nikon 17-55mm f2.8
Nikon 50mm f1.4
Nikon 70-300 f4-5.6 or something
Nikon 105mm Macro f2.8

The lens I tend to use the least is the macro lens although it is beautifully sharp.  I find this tends to cover all the lengths I need as I am not really into wildlife as my kids are more than wild enough for me!

Julian

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For me:

• Nikon 28-70 D series (from the 35mm)
• Nikon 70-210 D f4. (from the 35 mm)
• Sigma 105 f2.8 macro
• Sigma 10-20 f4.5
  

Which do I use most? hmmmm....all of them, but it depends on what I'm shooting. The 105 gets used for macro shots (obviously) but also portraits (little distortion and very crisp). The 28-70 and 70-210 are the usual grunts (although I might upgrade to a 18-200 VR sometime to replace them both). And the 10-20 sigma is just so much fun, I just love it.

I've been looking around to upgrade (have a bit of pocket money saved up) and don't really know what to go for. The older lenses could do with replacing (esp. the 28-70 where the filter element rotates with focus - irritating with ND grad filters). But the 70-210 is still nice and sharp. These two, though, are quite heavy, being made with glass and quite sturdy.

I'm tempted by the Sigma 50-500, but with no real need for wildlife photography, don't really know if I want to break my back carrying it around (similarly for the pro f2.8 zooms).

I think I'll just spend the money on some really good filters.

H.

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I have only been into photography for just over 18 months and started my collection in the hope of retiring in 2 years time at 50 (some hope of that now thanks to the latest legislation )

Nik 17-55

Nik 50mm 1.4

Nik 50mm macro

Nik 70-300 vr

Tokina 10-17mm fishy

Sigma 10-20mm

All used on a regular basis with my D50 but thats it now no more. I just hope they will be all compatable when/if I decide to upgrade the cam.

OH - and I hope wifey does not see this post

RR

Alf

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nosmo_king:

I have only been into photography for just over 18 months and started my collection in the hope of retiring in 2 years time at 50 (some hope of that now thanks to the latest legislation )

Nik 17-55

Nik 50mm 1.4

Nik 50mm macro

Nik 70-300 vr

Tokina 10-17mm fishy

Sigma 10-20mm

All used on a regular basis with my D50 but thats it now no more. I just hope they will be all compatable when/if I decide to upgrade the cam.

OH - and I hope wifey does not see this post

RR

Alf

Nosmo....

I've been having a look at the Tokina fishy zoom recently.  What do you think of it?  Is it any good?

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I have only had mine a couple of weeks so still getting to grips with it.

So far its been ok but found I have had to use small apatures to get the shots I wanted on bright days

Got it  mainly for industrial and structure shots but not tried it yet in those situations.

I have 1 pic in my gallery here at this failing site and a couple over at flkr.

Got mine from onestop digital as it worked out 140 quid cheaper than anywhere else I could find.

http://www.onestop-digital.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=26&products_id=404

Build quality seems good. Its quite chunky and heavy for its size.

Hope this helps

RR

Alf

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I'm just starting out again in photography so only have 3 lenses at this time:

Nikon 18-55 VR
Nikon 55-200 VR
Nikon 70-300 VR

I'm sure that over the next year or two I'll acquire at least 2 or 3 more lenses.  When I was doing 35mm film, I had 8 lenses and 2 to 3 bodies.  I love hardware!!!!!!!!

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A steady hand works great for cameras and guns!!

I think I am jealous, all I have is:

Nikon 18-55mm (kit lens)

Nikon 18-200mm VR (Great lens)

Sigma 17-70mm

Would like a Nikon 50mm f1.8

Also have Pentax SMC-A

50mm, 35-70mm & 70-210mm

Unfortunately these are all manual glass but still excellent lenes.

Andy

17-85mm Canon IS USM - main lens
70-300mm Tamron LD
1.8 50mm Canon prime
105mm 2.8 Sigma Macro
10-20mm Sigma Wide

I use Hoya Pro1 D protector filters.

I think that's all I need! Maybe a 2x extender just to give me that once in awhile option of going really long at the odd airshow/zoo etc.

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Life is just too damn short to forget about the fun stuff!

There's not been a lot of A Mount users posting so I thought I'd mention my collection

Lots of use
Sigma 24-70 2.8 EX DG
Sigma 10-20mm
Sony 70-200mm 2.8 G with 1.4x teleconverter

Rarely used
Minolta 50mm 1.7
Tamron 90mm Macro

Lenses I've had and passed on

Sigma 24-105mm 2.8-4.0
Sigma 70-300 APO
Minolta 70-210 4.0 (The beer can)
Minolta Kit lens (can't remember the range)
Minolta 17-35 2.8-4

The only one I wish I had kept is the beer can, it is 85% of the lens that the 70-200 2.8 G is at 10% of the price.

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