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If you could only have 3, 6, or 9 lenses for your M system?

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Re: If you could only have 3, 6, or 9 lenses for your M system?

3 lenses:

  • 10-18 EFS (have) or 11-22 M
  • 18-150 M
  • 55-250 EFS. (Does 1.4x Teleconverter count?  Three and a half?)
  • for any situation save low light that amazes me vs. options at my SRT era start in this hobby   And iso 800-1000 Tri-X monochrome push development was about the limit for low light then, so really not giving up too much.  

6 lenses

  • macro 35 EFS (have) or 28 macro M. 
  • 90 adaptall macro probably the optically best lens in bag with nice rendering and bokeh too - manual focus. Sharp enough to use with 1.5x sometimes 2x. 
  • Pick favorite among manual focus 50-58mm tough choice Helios or MC/MD Rokkors

9 lenses

  • A 24mm 2.8 manual focus takes nice close ups and is like a film era 35mm wide normal on M. It makes me question redundancy of 22mm M
  • but the 22 M might be #8 for AF, affordable, much smaller size and light weight vs. 24mm  as horses for courses like others have said
  • still not sure between 35 IS macro and old fast film 35mm that can reverse for close macro ( or the idea of 30-32mm 1.4 M).  Same logic as 24 vs 22.  Keep both IS and old fast 35s for now.  

and beyond

  • sigma 16mm handled very nice in local store. That might be first new M lens purchased vs, used or refurbished    
  • Handling the 16mm makes me consider the sigma 1.4 trio as future set if I overcome thinking fast 30mm and 56mm AF in M mount are redundant to 35 IS or old fast film primes… I like an old manual 50mm macro and 135mm, too…

being able to adapt EF  lenses and old film lenses made the M system appealing

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