Sandokan Posted December 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted December 17, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi What are your Top 5 Favourite lenses? Any and all lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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schattenundlicht Posted December 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted December 17, 2017 1) Elmarit M 28 ASPH f/2.8 2) Apo Summicron ASPH 90 f/2.0 3) Elmar 50 mm f/3.5 (LTM) 4) Nikkor PC E 24 ED T/S f/3.5* 5) AF-S Nikkor 24-70 G-ED f/2.8* *: Sorry, gotta be honest... (Most people in this forum will disagree, but then this kind of list will always be highly subjective and will depend on many idiosyncratic variables) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted December 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Getting this down to 5 is very difficult, as I have a lot of different lenses, so here goes: Leica 1. Summar 5cm f2 2. Elmar 50mm f 3.5 3. Summilux 50mm f1.4 Asph 4. Summicron 50mm DR/Rigid (both versions) 5. Summicron 35mm f2 Asph Strangely enough, 5 above is my most used lens. Non Leica 1. Nikkor 85mm f1.4 AFD 2. Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8 AFD 3. Zeiss Planar 75mm f3.5 for Rolleiflex 4. Fujifilm X 35mm f2 5. Fujifilm X 16mm f1.4 I would rank the 5 Leica lenses above all of the non Leica lenses. I use a lot of Leica lenses other than those listed, particularly the WATE, 24mm Elmar and the 28mm Summicron, but I feel that the standard lens is where Leica really shines for me. My choices are based on personal taste rather than technical perfection. The Summar would be a prime example of that. William Edited December 17, 2017 by willeica Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted December 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted December 17, 2017 1. Summicron 50mm v5 (by far) 2. 90mm Elmar (3 element) 3. 35mm Summaron f3.5 4. Hektor 125mm 5. Telyt 200mm f4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted December 17, 2017 Share #5 Posted December 17, 2017 The question made me realise that I've owned a lot of lenses! My current favourites: 35mm Summilux Aspheric Pre-FLE - solid, reliable workhorse, despite its shortcomings its been my 'goto' lens for a long time. 35mm Summilux pre-Aspheric - First owned one in 1981. Have one now. An absolute classic, eclipsed by the Aspheric but still a capable performer and so small and light and a state-of-the-art design in its day which could not have been bettered. 21mm f/3.4 Super-Elmar-M - simply a stunning lens. 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon-M - a classic. ????? Can't decide on number 5 I'm afraid, many contenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted December 17, 2017 Leica 75/1.4 - on SL if photographing a woman (not on an M camera due to narrow DoF at 1.4)(Leica R90/2 Apo - on SL if photographing a man) Nikon 58/1.4G - on SLLeica R 19/2.8 - on SL Nikon 50/1.4 SSC - on S2 2000 (this produces the sharpest film photos I have)Leica 50/1.4 (pre Aspherical) - on M3 Honorable mentions to:- the collabsible 50/2 Leica M39 mount (mine dates to 1933)Contax/Zeiss Planar RF 50/1.5 (mine dates to 1939)Voigtländer 15/4.5 in M mountVoigtländer 50/1.1 M mount Leica R 80-200/4 Zeiss Contax 28-85 SL 24-90 (but I have hardly used it yet) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted December 18, 2017 Share #7 Posted December 18, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) 1. Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R x3 2. Canon FD 500mm f/4.5 L 3. 55mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted December 18, 2017 Share #8 Posted December 18, 2017 In no particular order: 28-90/2.8-4.5 R (tremendous versatility in combination with excellent quality) 21-35/3.5-4 R (ditto) 180/2.8 Apo R (say no more) 28/2.8 PC SA R (for architecture, if you want to get it right in camera rather than in PS, there are so many times when only this one will do) 90/2 Apo Asph R (it's just so so sharp) I've got at least two others that I ought to put on the list, but five is the limit, and I use these less frequently, namely 280/4 R and 100/2.8 macro R 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 25, 2017 Share #9 Posted December 25, 2017 A tricky question to answer because to me lenses are like paintbrushes and have particular strengths for certain usages. Leica 50/1 Noctilux Leica 80/1.4 Summilux-R Leica 100/2.8 APO-Macro-Elmarit-R Leica 280/4 APO-Telyt-R 1947 Carl Zeiss Jena 50/2 Sonnar Very honourable mentions to: Leica 50/1.4 Summilux pre-asph Rollei 40/2.8 Sonnar (LTM) Kobalux 21/2.8 Leica 50/2 Rigid Summicron Nikkor Kogaku 50/1.4 Tokyo Leica 35/2 Summicron IV Leica 50/1.4 'Retro' Summilux asph 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko.Fe. Posted December 25, 2017 Share #10 Posted December 25, 2017 Summarit-M 35 2.5 as good for all lens. Jupiter-3 as good bw film lens. And I was and still using Industar-26M for decades... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted December 25, 2017 Share #11 Posted December 25, 2017 Canon EF 85 f/1.2 L Canon EF 200 f/1.8 L Contax Planar 100 f/2 Sony Zeiss 135 f/1.8 A mount Leica APO ASPH Summicron 75 f/2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted January 2, 2018 Share #12 Posted January 2, 2018 M 50 APO Summicron M 35 Summmilux FLE S 70 Summarit S 24Super Elmar SL 24-90 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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