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How many lenses do you own?

I have four lenses but my favs are the EF50mm 1.5 which cost less than £80 and the EFS60mm Macro. The macro is providing me with hours of fun and flickr action.

David
 
Just the two lenses which were bundled with my Sony a300:
18-70 and a 75-300.
Might buy a wide angle or macro sometime.
 
6 currently

Tamron 28-300 (rarely ever use)
Canon 50 1.4
Canon 15 fisheye
Canon 17-40 4.0
Canon 70-200 2.8 IS
Lensbaby

Interested in a lot more, including
Canon 600 4.0
Canon 24 TS-E
 
11 counting my Vivitar MC P/K-A R-P/K 2X Macro Focusing TC

Autofocus lenses:

P-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6
Tamron SP AF28-75mm F/2.8
P-FA 50mm f/1.4
P-DA 55-300/4-5.8 ED
DA* 50-135mm F2.8 ED

Manual focus lenses:

Rokinon 28mm f2.8
Pentax-M 28mm F2.8
K 50 F1.4
M 135mm F3.5
Vivitar S1 105mm F2.5 macro
 
35mm f/1.8 DX AF-S, 50mm f/1.8 AF and 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 DX AF-S to go with my D90.

Going to sell the D40 kit lens (with the D40) and the 35mm f/2 so those don't count.
 
More than 10 if you include teleconverters. There's a link to a gear list document in my sig.
 
It's interesting to see that most of the people on this forum have multiple lenses for their DSLR, contrary to the popular notion that most folks never move beyond the kit lens.
 
2 on my 6*6, 2 on my sinar and about 8 for the 35mm nikons (D200, D3 and older stuff)

and loving almost all of them 🙂
 
Phrasikleia said:
It's interesting to see that most of the people on this forum have multiple lenses for their DSLR, contrary to the popular notion that most folks never move beyond the kit lens.
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I've got more than one, but they were both kit lenses, so do I fall into both categories? 😀
 
Phrasikleia said:
It's interesting to see that most of the people on this forum have multiple lenses for their DSLR, contrary to the popular notion that most folks never move beyond the kit lens.
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I think it's a pretty safe bet that the DSLR enthusiasts here aren't representative of "most [DSLR-using] folks."
 
Phrasikleia said:
It's interesting to see that most of the people on this forum have multiple lenses for their DSLR, contrary to the popular notion that most folks never move beyond the kit lens.
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That "crowd" wouldn't go to the effort of posting on a photography forum in the first place.
 
Phrasikleia said:
It's interesting to see that most of the people on this forum have multiple lenses for their DSLR, contrary to the popular notion that most folks never move beyond the kit lens.
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That's true but for me at least my 17-55 is on camera most of the time with the 150 macro second. The other three are barely used, just because I don't have the time right now......
 
just ordered my 3rd off amazon yesterday (along with a new camera body - upgrading my xti to a t1i 🙂 )

adding a sigma 30mm 1.4
have a 50mm 1.8 and the 17-55 IS kit lens.

I pretty much only shoot in low light.
the 50mm came with the camera (bought it off a friend). the 50 can be a little tight on a cropped camera when trying to shoot party or bar pics. I think the 30mm will be a better fit and better focusing in low light, plus the 1.4 is a nice little bump over the 1.8.

i'll keep the 50mm because it's so light, and might be better in some instances.
 
Currently at 4, max was 5. Going to be down to 3 eventually.

Canon 28-135(going to be sold)
Canon 50mm 1.4
Canon 24-70
Canon 70-200 4L
Canon 10-22(Sold, cant use it on the upgraded full frame)
 
Canon EOS 1D Mk II N
Canon G9

Canon EF 24-70 F/2.8L
Canon EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM

I've had more in the past (85L, 50 f/1.4), but these are the ones I use. I don't have any real need to buy anything more.
 
My lenses

All Canon

18-55mm f1:3.5-5.6 Kit, non IS
17-85mm f4-5.6 IS
17-40mm f4 L
50mm f1.8
60mm f2.8Macro
85mm f1.8
24-70mm f2.8 L
24-105mm f4L
70-200mm f4 non IS
 
I checked the 7-9 option but I forgot two and plan to buy 2 more so I suspect it will be 12 before long.

Pentax:
DA 18-55
FA 50 f/1.4
FA 28-80 (powerzoom)
Old Sigma 28-200
Very old Vivitar 80-200

Nikon:
35 f/2.8 (manual)
Vivitar something-200 push/pull zoom (also manual)
24-70 AF-S f/2.8
85 f/1.8
70-200 AF-S f/2.8 VR
 
For the 40D and the 1N,

Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 (40D only)
EF-S 17-55 IS f/2.8 (40D only)
EF 50mm f/1.8
EF 28-135 IS f/3.5-5.6
EF 70-200L IS f/2.8
EF 100-400L IS f/4-5.6

And I have I don't know how many FD lenses for the F1N and the AE1-P. Maybe a dozen? Something like that.
 
For my D60 I have
18-55mm
55-200mm
50mm 1.8

All Nikon lenses.

For those with both the Nikon 35mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.8, how do you get on with the 35mm? I'm toying with the idea of getting one as I love my 50, just wondering if it's worth the extra.
 
Phrasikleia said:
It's interesting to see that most of the people on this forum have multiple lenses for their DSLR, contrary to the popular notion that most folks never move beyond the kit lens.
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Really. Better than 80 percent of respondents own more than two lenses.

I truly thought I would be done at two lenses, the Leica 14-50mm and an Olympus 70-300; with 2x mag. for the 4/3 sensor that's from 28mm to 600mm covered... who could need more? But out of 7 there is not a single lens of mine that gathers dust. I try not to let the missus see more than two lenses around at the same time.😛
 
Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Canon 70-200 IS f/2.8L

Also planning to get a Canon 16-35 f/2.8L (mark-I because it has 77mm filter threads)
 
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