One lens only
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:14 pmLets say your ordering a camera, and you could only have one lens attached to it.
What would you choose?
What would you choose?
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:14 pmPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:18 pm200mm f2
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:22 pmedit nikkor 35mm 1.4
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:22 pm18-200 VR. It's the choice I made.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:22 pm35mm F2 or an 18-200mm VR.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:22 pm35 F1.4
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:48 pmWhich camera?
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:59 pm18-300 1.4 VR AFS ED IF (may as well throw in PC).
OP didn't specify that the lens had to exist and be practical??
OP didn't specify that the lens had to exist and be practical??
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:07 pm18-200VR, not my sharpest lens, but easily the most versatile.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:24 pmI'd play it safe and go 18-200, especially if I was buying for a General or Generic purpose. Gotta have that focal length spread.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:25 pm28-70 f2.8 Nikkor - my standard walk around lens
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:28 pmstubbsy wrote:28-70 f2.8 Nikkor - my standard walk around lens
After the weekend that would be my second choice. Much faster and sharper then the 18-200, shame it isn't a 20-80 2.8
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:44 pmGlen, met a guy yesterday @ the motocross shooting with a d2x and a 200F2, what a little beast this thing is!! 
My one lens i'd want is the 300 2.8is.... and what a lens
My one lens i'd want is the 300 2.8is.... and what a lens
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:36 pmeither 17-55 or 18-200
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:54 pmOnly one lens allowed?
Without question, 18-200VR. Pretty decent quality, and means I am covered for just about any range.
Without question, 18-200VR. Pretty decent quality, and means I am covered for just about any range.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:07 pm17-35
and i'd buy andother camera so i can attach the 85 f1.4
and i'd buy andother camera so i can attach the 85 f1.4
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:09 pm24-70 2.8 right now
if i had the $$, it'd be the 85 1.2
if i had the $$, it'd be the 85 1.2
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:26 pmJudging by the responses, I guess Nikon asked this very question in coming up with the 18-200VR.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:27 pmHmm it would have to be my 28-70mm f2.8 lens, I love it!
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:58 amIf I really seriously was only allowed one lens I'd go for a compact camera and get all the benefits that come from that approach. Something like an S5IS would suit me just fine.
A big part of the point of carrying the DSLR to me is that I can have more than one lens. So instead of having to get a custom made 16-200/1.4 IS lens to cover the range I have now plus pay someone to carry it, I can just go with a smaller, cheaper collection of lenses - from the 50/1.4 to the 16-35/2.8 and 70-200/2.8.
A big part of the point of carrying the DSLR to me is that I can have more than one lens. So instead of having to get a custom made 16-200/1.4 IS lens to cover the range I have now plus pay someone to carry it, I can just go with a smaller, cheaper collection of lenses - from the 50/1.4 to the 16-35/2.8 and 70-200/2.8.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:25 pmmine would have to be the DA 12-24/4.
its a fantastic landscape lens and accounts for 99% of my landscape shots as well as a fair smattering of other types of shots as well.
its a fantastic landscape lens and accounts for 99% of my landscape shots as well as a fair smattering of other types of shots as well.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:52 pm... Obsolete ...
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:20 pmmoz wrote:If I really seriously was only allowed one lens I'd go for a compact camera and get all the benefits that come from that approach. Something like an S5IS would suit me just fine.
A big part of the point of carrying the DSLR to me is that I can have more than one lens. So instead of having to get a custom made 16-200/1.4 IS lens to cover the range I have now plus pay someone to carry it, I can just go with a smaller, cheaper collection of lenses - from the 50/1.4 to the 16-35/2.8 and 70-200/2.8.
Good point.