What's your dream lens?

[Bear Dale]

What's your dream lens?

Mine (and will remain a dream) is the Nikon AF-S 600mm f/4.0 FL ED VR Telephoto Lens at around $17,000 and someone to lug it around for me :)

[Mary Anne]

None really as I have everything I have ever wanted :nod:

[Gazza]

I have it now, my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Lens. Wonderful!

[Bear Dale]

None really as I have everything I have ever wanted :nod:


Me too MA, but unfortunately I'm still a wanter (yes that's wanter with a 't' not a 'k' :) )

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I have it now, my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Lens. Wonderful!

Great lens Gazza, but sometimes....just sometimes don't you hanker for just a little more reach?

[Gazza]

Great lens Gazza, but sometimes....just sometimes don't you hanker for just a little more reach?
I still have the 100-400mm for out-n-about birding stuff which gets used weekly.
The 70-200 is magic for the more creative stuff. (It's creative, I just click :grinning01:)

There's an o-n-g-o-i-n-g rumour that Canon are going to make a basic 200-600mm which would be nice. Not holding me breath for that though.

[Bear Dale]

I hope they do for you Gazza, the Nikon 200-500mm for the price that Nikon charge for it is a great lens and I've been using it with a 1.4x teleconverter for even a little further reach and getting some shots.

[John King]

Micro four thirds 12-100 f/4 (same angle of view as a 135 format 24-200). Really sharp at all FLs and apertures to f/11.

I saw it. I took half a dozen shots. I bought it ... Love it!

https://canopuscomputing.com.au/zen2/albums/Plants/E-M1_MkII_JAK_2017-_8281923_Ew.jpg

[GrumpyD369]

I'm happy with what I have, but if such a thing existed an 18-300 or 400mm for a Canon would be great, I'd only ever need one lens then.

[Floribunda]

Micro four thirds 12-100 f/4 (same angle of view as a 135 format 24-200). Really sharp at all FLs and apertures to f/11.

I saw it. I took half a dozen shots. I bought it ... Love it!

https://canopuscomputing.com.au/zen2/albums/Plants/E-M1_MkII_JAK_2017-_8281923_Ew.jpg

SO GLAD to hear this John - I ordered yesterday after months of deliberation. Looking for an all purpose lens for travel. Don’t want to get back to a weighty bag after loving the MFT system.
Can’t wait for it to arrive.

[John King]

I doubt that you will be disappointed, Lyn. I've owned mine for nearly 3 years.

Still use the minute 14-42 EZ and 12-50 macro though.

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I doubt that you will be disappointed, Lyn. I've owned mine for nearly 3 years.

Beautiful transitions from the plane of focus - very smooth.

Still use the minute 14-42 EZ and 12-50 macro though.

[Tannin]

600/4. The Canon one.

[Bear Dale]

I've changed my dream to Nikon AF-S 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR Lens, going to ask Jenny in the morning when she's just still half awake :)

https://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/nikon-af-s-800mm-fa56e-fl-ed-vr-lens

[phild]

Canon EF 11-24 F4L, although I doubt I’ll ever own one.

[arthurking83]

I'm happy with what I have, but if such a thing existed an 18-300 or 400mm for a Canon would be great, I'd only ever need one lens then.

Such things exist.

Tamron have both, and as long as your Canon is EF-S camera, no worries.

Can't guarantee that either will give you any decent IQ tho.
I've tested the 18-270mm lens, OK-ish to use, not ideally suited for fine detail stuff at the long end tho.

Dreamy lens: would love to check out Nikon's impending 50mm f/0.95S (for Z)
Couple of UV lenses that sell for stratopheric money too(Rayfact/Nikon 105mm f/4.5 and Coastal Optics 60mm f/4)

Two other lenses that immediately spring to mind as 'dream lenses' would have to be Nikon's 300 f/2 Ais, and their 6mm f/2.8.

Beardale .. if you want dream telephoto lenses .. the old bazooka ... 1200-1700 f/5.6-8 would have to be it.
Not only would have to find the lens(impossible) and someone to carry it, you also need to find someone to carry them too!(and someone to manually focus it too, if you don't like manual focus lenses)

[GrumpyD369]

I realised that a couple of hours after I posted in the thread I found one online, now just how to justify spending $750 on a camera lens with the Minister of Finance :D

[Bear Dale]

Beardale .. if you want dream telephoto lenses .. the old bazooka ... 1200-1700 f/5.6-8 would have to be it.
Not only would have to find the lens(impossible) and someone to carry it, you also need to find someone to carry them too!(and someone to manually focus it too, if you don't like manual focus lenses)


That's getting away from bazooka class into artillery class :)

[Nick Cliff]

In the man needs a long lens department am very impressed with the 300mm f/4 Olympus lens that a few guys have here.
The Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 dream lens,

cheers Nick

[arthurking83]

That's getting away from bazooka class into artillery class :)

LOL! yeah, not so much Bazooka ... more along the lines of 'Guns of Navarone' :D

[Bensch]

There are two on my list

Nikon 600 f/4
Olympus 300 f/4 (m4/3)


I'll get there one day, although the Olympus is more likely to happen than the Nikon one.... :o