Comments on: Use The Wrong Lens

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:27:40 +0000

David – I certainly appreciate the comments and today experienced the exact same frustration. And adding to my lens indecision was a 30mph wind that prevented anything sharp in the tulip fields I was shooting. I did get some decent blurry “seas of color” from the wind blown event. In particular I appreciate your comments about appreciating the shots we get rather than perseverating on the shots we missed.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:27:14 +0000

David – I certainly appreciate the comments and today experienced the exact same frustration. And adding to my lens indecision was a 30mph wind that prevented anything sharp in the tulip fields I was shooting. I did get some decent blurry “seas of color” from the wind blown event.
In particular I appreciate your comments about appreciating the shots we get rather than perseverating on the shots we missed.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:14:10 +0000

i have the 85mm 1.8 and i love the sharpness of the photos i get with it. If I do move up to an L lens, I’d probably get the 135mm f2 and not the 85mm 1.2L. Again, that’s also based on the reviews and a conversation with a fellow photographer that I had who used that lens too. Plus, it’s also way out of my budget.

David – I agree with your sub-thoughts. I have been using 85mm f1.8 and 17-40 f4 and I’m perfectly happy with my shots. I tried the 24-105 before but it took me some time to get used to it. I couldn’t figure out which focal length to use it. Maybe I just have to be more familiar with it. I guess the lesser the number of choices, the better, because you will be forced to just make the most of what you have.

My next lens though, I’m still thinking if it’s the 135f2, 24-70 f2.8 or the 70-200 f2.8! What do you suggest?

By: david

david — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:19:10 +0000

You let me know if you decide to sell the 85/1.2, Gary. I’m sure I’ll decide the same thing as you, but I prefer to learn my lessons the hard way and I think my WV work would be a good fit for this lens. On the other hand, maybe it’s just so tempting because of all that glass.

I would love a tilt-shift lens to play with – have often thought a portrait series with a perspective lens would be really cool. Lucky guy.

By: gary S. Chapman

gary S. Chapman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:02:27 +0000

Funny you should have an 85mm 1.2 as the photo for the lead of this “Wrong Lens” post. This lens is such a great piece of glass. But, it is so heavy and slow that I have only taken it overseas once. I bought an 85mm 1.8 to replace it and I’m just about as happy. I may even sell the 1.2! On my trips I try to take my standard lenses to cover 24-200mm, 1-2 fast lenses and a wild-card lens like a tilt-shift or super-wide to make me think creatively.