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Lenses

Lensbaby Composer

The Composer is the "advanced" Lensbaby with better control. It's still a very odd lens with it's warped sharpness and exchangeable glasses.

Vivitar 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5

A nice windangle zoom that could satisfy my longing for some perspective. It was quite wide even on the crop factor Minolta 7D

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 fisheye

My first ever fisheye lens, and a great performer. Both the mechanics and the optical quality is good, and the lens produces a stunning 180 degree vista on a full frame body

Tokina 100-300mm f/4

A really excellent telezoom that I bought used in the US for only 330.- USD. Built like a tank, great mechanical construction and really, really fine optical quality.

Minolta 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5

An el cheapo AF kit lens from Minolta. Not that exciting in any way - narrow zoom range, bad brightness and a terrible mechanical construction. Really plasticky - including the mount.

Cosina 28-80 f/3.5-5.6

I forgot where I got this lens, but I think I found it in a box with mixed used gear outside a local photo dealer.

Minolta 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6

A kit lens of the heyday. An excellent lens when it comes to AF speed and image quality, but not that bright.

Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6

A really wide zoom (like REALLY!) even on a DX-body, which it's made for. Rectilinear in spite of its very wide angle of view and definitely a lens I'm going to love.

Minolta 70-210mm f/4

The so called beer can lens from Minolta, a really excellent midrange zoom with a stunning optical quality and a very good mechanical ditto

Nikon TC 17

A great extender for the telephoto lenses.

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8

My first pro grade walkaround zoom is from Sigma and a great lens on the Minolta AF bodies.

Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8

The workhorse! A bright, sharp, sturdy standard zoom that simply does the job and gets the picture.

Sigma 20mm f/1.8

A really great, bright medium wideangle lens on a DX body, very wide on FF.

Sigma 90mm f/2.8 macro

My first macro lens for the Nikon bodies, but I knew it from my Minolta time where I had the exact same model.

Nikon 85mm f/1.8D

A classic portrait lens and excellent value for the money, but a little longer than a conventional portrait lens when mounted on a DX body

Sigma 30mm f/1.4

A great normal lens for DX bodies. Bright, sharp and well built.

Photex 80mm f/2.8 T&S

A tilt&shift lens that you can pay. It's very well built, but fully manual - both focus and aperture.

Nikon 35mm f/1.8

One of the least expensive lenses in Nikon's selection, and one of the best - at least for the money. Any DX shooter should own one.

Nikon 45mm f/2.8 pancake

A cute little lens, which is extremely compact and has excellent build and image quality. A manual lens, but works like a charm on all my DX bodies.