What lens for your DSLR/Mirrorless

[Mike@ShineStruck]

What lens doy ou guys typically use for your DSLR or Mirrorless cameras

fast Prime lens?
Zoom lens?
Portrait
Pancake
Macro?

 

[Mizzoutiger]

For my Canon 1DS Mark III (full-frame), I use Canon 70x200 2.8L...95% of the time. For portraits, I use Canon 85 1.2L II.

 

[umana2482]

For my Nikon D610, I have a 70-200 f4, Nikon 50 1.8 and tamron 24-70 2.8

 

[Texchappy]

A good medium range zoom is a good choice. Today the kit zooms (generally 18-55 for aps-c) are good enough for the majority of photographers. Primes used to offer the best optics but the gap to zooms is neglible today.

That said, it really depends on how you photograph and what you want to capture.

 

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Just paint correction stuff and or beading
And of course I'd use it for fam events and car shows

 

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Figured I'd skip getting the camera (A6300)with the kit lens and go with one or 2 of these
The First Sony E-Mount Lenses You Should Buy | The Wirecutter

 

[TTQ B4U]

What lens doy ou guys typically use for your DSLR or Mirrorless cameras

fast Prime lens?
Zoom lens?
Portrait
Pancake
Macro?

Just paint correction stuff and or beading

You can accomplish these shots with a multitude of lenses. Key to a DSLR or any camera is high quality glass.

I shoot a lot of mine with a 70-200 f/2.8 but you don't have to spend that much. Get a good portrait lens that results in a focal length of 70-120mm and shoot it wide open to create some nice bokeh. Make the shot interesting with the background blurred so as to draw your focus on point of interest.

Some of the newer kit lenses have really good optics and will work too. In the end as a photog, I'm biased. Just get something versatile and good quality.

 

[Texchappy]

Fuji shooter so I'd say either an XT10 or XE2 with the 18-55 would be a good bet

 

[Mike@ShineStruck]

This is what the kit would come with

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Alpha E-mount Retractable SELP1650

 

[pilotpip]

Also a good thing to remember: If you're shooting an APS-C formatted camera like the Canon digital rebel or a nikon DX the focal length is something like 1.2x the actual. Nikon makes a great 35mm f1.8 prime lens for about $200 that is my go-to for portraits in low light or when I want fine detail. Despite being a 35mm it looks closer to 50mm which is close to what "zoom" your eye sees.

 

[roguerobot]

At car shows, I find that a wider lens is the best, because you are typically limited to how far you can get from cars. A wide lens will allow you to get much of the car while being quite close. The downside is that there can be some minor distortion, but that is easy to control if you keep the lens on its longer end and you can fix it with software. My lens of choice on my APS-C Canon 40D is a Sigma EX 10-20, which I use most often on 20mm.

Examples:

 

[Scott@IncrediblyDetailed]

18-55/80mm, at the lowest f-stop range you can afford. Remember that with crop sensor cameras it's not true focal lengths but it's a factor of that higher. Here is a good article on it: DSLR Crop Factor conversion chart - Digicamhelp

 

[fotomatt1]

I'm an Olympus OM-D shooter (and PEN-F). I like a 17mm f1.8 prime lens, and also Olympus' 12-40mm f2.8 PRO. The 7-14mm f2.8 PRO is fantastic for car shows too because you can get really close but have a nice expanse of blue sky or whatever the environment is behind the car. Nice carrying around such a compact system!

 

[roguerobot]

Hmm not sure why the pics arent showing:

 

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Sweet
Any recommendations for the Sony A6300?
Trying to get away from camera phone
So new to changable lens cameras