How many lenses do you have?

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Jim G said:
Hi all.

These are my Nikon lenses:

AFS 12-24 f/4 DX
AFS 14-24 f/2.8 G ED
AFS 17-35 f/2.8
AFS 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 VR GII DX
AFS 18-70 f/3.5-4.5 G DX ED
AFS 24-120 VR f/3.5-5.6 G
AFS 24-120 VR f/4 G ED
AFS 28-70 f/2.8
AFS 70-200 f/2.8 VR (version 1)
AFS 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 G VR IF-ED
AFS 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 G VR ED
AFS 200-400 VR f/4
AFS 200-500 f/5.6E ED VR
AFS 500 f/5.6 PF
AFS 400 f/2.8 D II
AFS 500 f/4
AFS 600 f/4

AF 18-35 f/3.5-4.5 D ED
AF 28-80 f/3.3-5.6
AF 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 D
AF 35-70 f/2.8 D
AF 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 G
AF 75-300 f/4.5-5.6
AF 80-200 f/4.5-5.6 D

AF 10.5 f/2.8 DX fisheye
AF 20 f/2.8
AF 24 f/2.8
AF 28 f/2.8
AF 35 F/2
AF 50 f/1.4 D
AF 50 f/1.8 D
AF 60 f/2.8 micro
AF 85 f/1.4 D
AF 105 f/2.8 micro
AF 105 f/2 D DC
AF 180 f/2.8 D
AF 200 f/4 micro
AF 300 f/4 ED

MF 16 f/3.5 Ai-'D fisheye
MF 28 f/2 Ai-S
MF 35-70 f/3.5 Ai-S
MF 50 f/1.2 Ai-S
MF 50 f/2 Ai
MF 55 f/2.8 micro Ai-S
MF 55 f/3.5 micro factory Ai'd
MF 105 f/2.5 Ai
MF 135 f/2.8 Ai-s
MF 180 f/2.8 ED AiS
MF 180 f/2.8 Ai

AFS TC-20E III
AFS TC-17E II
AFS TC-14E II
MF TC-14B
AF TC-16A

So around 50.


JIM
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Blue tit photo said:
May I ask what MFT lenses do you use
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Sure :)

I use the Samyang 7.5 f3.5 fisheye, Olympus 12mm f2.0, Panasonic 25mm f1.7, Olympus 45mm f1.8 and Olympus 75mm f1.8 with the Panasonic GX-7.

I use the Panasonic-Leica 8-18mm f2.8-f4 and the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 mostly with Panasonic G9. I also have an Olympus 30mm f3.5 macro that I use with the G9 now and then as the camera has a fully articulated screen and can do bug detection (animal AF but it works on may insects as well :D) and a Lensbaby Composer - Tilt Transformer that I haven't used in ages :).


joe43 said:
We need to make sure that our wives are not allowed to see this thread ! All it will lead to is more trouble for some of us.
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A photographer dies and he gets to the Heavenly Gates.
Saint Peter: "How did you die?"
Photographer: "Heart attack!"
Saint Peter: "How did that happened? You weren't supposed to have a heart attack!"
Photographer: "I came home from work one day and my wife told me: Honey, we needed some extras cash for repairs around the house so I sold all your photo gear at the same prices you told me it cost!" :p
 
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Between my wife and I, 20 lenses. 12 Z mount, 8 F mount; 16 Nikon/Nikkor, 1 each of Lensbaby, Meike, Irix and Tamron. Focal lengths from 14 to 500. 11 zooms, 9 primes. Most common filter size: 52mm (4). Smallest: 46mm, largest 95mm (ignoring the 14-24/2.8 Z). Two teleconverters. 25 circular filters (should have invested in a system!). Three tripods and more bags than I care to count…
 
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Jim G said:
Hi all.

These are my Nikon lenses:

AFS 12-24 f/4 DX
AFS 14-24 f/2.8 G ED
AFS 17-35 f/2.8
AFS 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 VR GII DX
AFS 18-70 f/3.5-4.5 G DX ED
AFS 24-120 VR f/3.5-5.6 G
AFS 24-120 VR f/4 G ED
AFS 28-70 f/2.8
AFS 70-200 f/2.8 VR (version 1)
AFS 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 G VR IF-ED
AFS 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 G VR ED
AFS 200-400 VR f/4
AFS 200-500 f/5.6E ED VR
AFS 500 f/5.6 PF
AFS 400 f/2.8 D II
AFS 500 f/4
AFS 600 f/4

AF 18-35 f/3.5-4.5 D ED
AF 28-80 f/3.3-5.6
AF 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 D
AF 35-70 f/2.8 D
AF 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 G
AF 75-300 f/4.5-5.6
AF 80-200 f/4.5-5.6 D

AF 10.5 f/2.8 DX fisheye
AF 20 f/2.8
AF 24 f/2.8
AF 28 f/2.8
AF 35 F/2
AF 50 f/1.4 D
AF 50 f/1.8 D
AF 60 f/2.8 micro
AF 85 f/1.4 D
AF 105 f/2.8 micro
AF 105 f/2 D DC
AF 180 f/2.8 D
AF 200 f/4 micro
AF 300 f/4 ED

MF 16 f/3.5 Ai-'D fisheye
MF 28 f/2 Ai-S
MF 35-70 f/3.5 Ai-S
MF 50 f/1.2 Ai-S
MF 50 f/2 Ai
MF 55 f/2.8 micro Ai-S
MF 55 f/3.5 micro factory Ai'd
MF 105 f/2.5 Ai
MF 135 f/2.8 Ai-s
MF 180 f/2.8 ED AiS
MF 180 f/2.8 Ai

AFS TC-20E III
AFS TC-17E II
AFS TC-14E II
MF TC-14B
AF TC-16A

So around 50.


JIM
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How did you manage that?
 
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Jim G said:
:)

JIM
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Here is a picture of just the Nikon lenses:

JIM


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Over the past few years I have been shedding lenses and the only one I have purchased in that time is the Sigma 150-600C. Add that to the Nikon 24-120/f4 and I have a total of two lenses ... and don't forsee any situation that would make me want or need any more :)
 
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I have a 105mm Macro, 28-300mm and a 200-500mm lens for my D850; for a Z50 there is a 16-50mm and a 50-250mm lens plus an adapter for the three full-size lenses.
Finding I wasn't using them any more, I sold a 24-7i0mm and a 70-200mm lens. If a lens isn't used for a year or more; it isn't needed. (Obviously, I'm not a professional photographer.)
 
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I spent years with 1 lens that was hard yet at same time inventive.
Then I bought a fix 50 to check a problem with camera. I so dislike that lens. It is fully automatically, I don't like not having control. It will replace one day.
Now have 200-500, 70-200, 24-70 & fixed 85.
I wish to add 16-35 & 2 more fixed lenses. A 500pf would be nice.
With everyone going mirrorless I could end up with a very nice collection.
 
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TOO many. I am in the process of migrating from dSLRs to Zs. So I have 14-24 FX and Z. Ditto for the 24-70 and 70-200. Will house clean soon. On the longer side, 80-400, 180-400, 600 and 500 PF. Plus Sigma 150 macro and a canon MP-E (1-5x zoom macro). Plus a few extra lens for my wife to use. Her stuff is "separate" from mine for the most part.
 
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DX. - 10-20; ,18-105 16-80/, 18-140 . 35 1.8
FX 16-35 f4 , 70-200 f4 ,70-300 50 1.8
Z 24-70 f4. 24-200 f4 ftz adapter
i didn’t realize i had so many .
maybe time to sell some to feed my. Z collection. Some gear. Is hard to find these days
 
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Jim G said:
Hi all.

These are my Nikon lenses:

AFS 12-24 f/4 DX
AFS 14-24 f/2.8 G ED
AFS 17-35 f/2.8
AFS 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 VR GII DX
AFS 18-70 f/3.5-4.5 G DX ED
AFS 24-120 VR f/3.5-5.6 G
AFS 24-120 VR f/4 G ED
AFS 28-70 f/2.8
AFS 70-200 f/2.8 VR (version 1)
AFS 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 G VR IF-ED
AFS 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 G VR ED
AFS 200-400 VR f/4
AFS 200-500 f/5.6E ED VR
AFS 500 f/5.6 PF
AFS 400 f/2.8 D II
AFS 500 f/4
AFS 600 f/4

AF 18-35 f/3.5-4.5 D ED
AF 28-80 f/3.3-5.6
AF 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 D
AF 35-70 f/2.8 D
AF 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 G
AF 75-300 f/4.5-5.6
AF 80-200 f/4.5-5.6 D

AF 10.5 f/2.8 DX fisheye
AF 20 f/2.8
AF 24 f/2.8
AF 28 f/2.8
AF 35 F/2
AF 50 f/1.4 D
AF 50 f/1.8 D
AF 60 f/2.8 micro
AF 85 f/1.4 D
AF 105 f/2.8 micro
AF 105 f/2 D DC
AF 180 f/2.8 D
AF 200 f/4 micro
AF 300 f/4 ED

MF 16 f/3.5 Ai-'D fisheye
MF 28 f/2 Ai-S
MF 35-70 f/3.5 Ai-S
MF 50 f/1.2 Ai-S
MF 50 f/2 Ai
MF 55 f/2.8 micro Ai-S
MF 55 f/3.5 micro factory Ai'd
MF 105 f/2.5 Ai
MF 135 f/2.8 Ai-s
MF 180 f/2.8 ED AiS
MF 180 f/2.8 Ai

AFS TC-20E III
AFS TC-17E II
AFS TC-14E II
MF TC-14B
AF TC-16A

So around 50.


JIM
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how many of these do you routinely use. Or are some collector items, like the MF lens.
 
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joe43 said:
We need to make sure that our wives are not allowed to see this thread ! All it will lead to is more trouble for some of us.

All I wiil admit to is that I have two lenses that I cannot use or sell because of sticky aperture blades or fungus. I recently sold my two DX lenses in an attempt to reduce my lens inventory to just FX lenses.

Everytime I think about selling some of my FX lenses I do not use very often I think back to the memories associated with some of them.

Everyone needs a macro lens, even a short one like 50 or 60mm. They make excellent portrait lenses and landscape lenses. Maybe I will sell my standard 50mm lensand just keep my macro?
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No worries there - I fixed that problem by dumping her 10 years ago (for reasons unspecified), and now am free to buy whatever I like, although I don't recommend divorce as a way to acquire more photo gear! 🥴
 
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Abinoone said:
No worries there - I fixed that problem by dumping her 10 years ago (for reasons unspecified), and now am free to buy whatever I like, although I don't recommend divorce as a way to acquire more photo gear! 🥴
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DIvorce can get more expensive than marriage (at least in the long run counting cost of living alone, dating if you decided do so, ...)
 
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joe43 said:
We need to make sure that our wives are not allowed to see this thread ! All it will lead to is more trouble for some of us.

All I wiil admit to is that I have two lenses that I cannot use or sell because of sticky aperture blades or fungus. I recently sold my two DX lenses in an attempt to reduce my lens inventory to just FX lenses.

Everytime I think about selling some of my FX lenses I do not use very often I think back to the memories associated with some of them.

Everyone needs a macro lens, even a short one like 50 or 60mm. They make excellent portrait lenses and landscape lenses. Maybe I will sell my standard 50mm lensand just keep my macro?
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see if you sticky lenses can be cleaned or sell them for parts, Nature abhors a vacuum and soon the space on the shelf or in the camera back will be filled again.
 
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