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Lenses
Bits of glass maybe, but the most important part of your equipment.
 Lighthouse [Dynax 7D, Tokina 100-300mm f4]
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Get great lenses! It can be said as simple as that. Even the best camera can do little with poor optics, while good lenses can perform miracles even with the cheapest body. The lenses below are the ones I used during all the years. They are autofocus unless otherwise described.
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The feeling of pro glass
Oh, yes! These huge 17-55mm and 70-200mm f2.8 lenses do feel great in the hands, and the do take some awful nice pictures
Oh, yes! These huge 17-55mm and 70-200mm f2.8 lenses do feel great in the hands, and the do take some awful nice pictures
A cure for lens lust
Can you really control the urge to browse shop windows, surf KEH time and time again and read the same pro lens test in a magazine for the umpteenth time? Is there such a cure? There just may be...
Can you really control the urge to browse shop windows, surf KEH time and time again and read the same pro lens test in a magazine for the umpteenth time? Is there such a cure? There just may be...
Nikon 85mm f1.8 D
A great and affordable short telephoto potrait lens with excellent image quality for the price. I bought one used, and I love it.
A great and affordable short telephoto potrait lens with excellent image quality for the price. I bought one used, and I love it.
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An amazing set of specifications for a small lens. Wide zoom range, inner focussing and vibration reduction. But the trees do not grow into the sky...
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The full name of this neat little lens is really AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED. Phew! It's the kit lens to most of us.
Minolta 75-300mm f4.5-5.6
This is a standard medium zoom lens in the not-too-bright end
This is a standard medium zoom lens in the not-too-bright end
Minolta 28-80mm f3.5-5.6 D
A standard zoom that came with my 7D. Nice little piece of glass, which I hardly ever use.
A standard zoom that came with my 7D. Nice little piece of glass, which I hardly ever use.
Minolta 50mm f1.7
As normal as they come, but still a very capable lens with premium image quality
As normal as they come, but still a very capable lens with premium image quality
Minolta MD 24mm f2.8
A real eyeopener (litterally) and the start of my still ongoing wideangle craze
A real eyeopener (litterally) and the start of my still ongoing wideangle craze
Sigma 90mm f2.8 macro
As sharp as any macro I've worked with
As sharp as any macro I've worked with
Minolta 50mm f2.8 macro
An impressing macro with superb sharpness and very good enlargement
An impressing macro with superb sharpness and very good enlargement
Minolta 100mm f2
The best telephoto lens I have ever owned.
The best telephoto lens I have ever owned.
Minolta 70-210 f4
A great telezoom. Known as the "beercan"
A great telezoom. Known as the "beercan"
Vivitar 19-35mm f3.5-4.5
A lot of lens for the money. Not great, but good.
A lot of lens for the money. Not great, but good.
Sigma EX D 15mm f2.8 fisheye
I love fisheye images, and this lens gives me the option at a very fair price
I love fisheye images, and this lens gives me the option at a very fair price
Sigma EX D 24-70mm f2.8
A great allround lens — particularly for film
A great allround lens — particularly for film
Tokina AT-X 100-300mm f4
Built like a tank and with a very superior image quality
Built like a tank and with a very superior image quality
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