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Parents, what's your favourite and 3-5 most used lenses, and why?

Started Mar 11, 2017 | Discussions thread
Macro guy
Macro guy Veteran Member • Posts: 6,069
Re: Parents, what's your favourite and 3-5 most used lenses, and why?
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I only have 3 lenses (in native EF mount) and I use all of them. I love my 50mm f1.8 II. It's a great people lens wide open. I use it for low light candids, I can blur out the background with it. It's fast, it's light and very versatile. I can get a "telephoto" look out of it or I can get a wide angle look.

My sister making fun of the faces my dad makes.  50mm f1.8 wide open

My niece with her chin on her knee.  50mm f1.8 wide open

The Tamron 20-40mm f2.7-3.5 is very versatile. I can go from ultra wide to wide-normal. It's great for interiors, candids, and to exaggerate perspective.

My friend at a park Tamron 20-40mm at 20mm f4.5

My Canon 70-210 f4 is used for longer candids and portraits. It's a bit soft wide open, which hides blemishes and reduces my retouching work and it's decently sharp at mid apertures when I need a bit more of a bite.

Blessing a construction site Canon 70-210 150mm f5.6

Monks blessing a construction site Canon 70-210 210mm f5.6

Every lens has its place and every lens gets used.

 Macro guy's gear list:Macro guy's gear list
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II Canon EF 70-200mm F4L IS USM +4 more
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