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Your desert island lens...you can only have one!!!
For reasons that don't matter, you have been "banished" to an island for 2 years... It's actually quite a nice island (not a desert!)...lush forests, white sand beaches,a canyon,some snow covered peaks AND, it's populated my fabulous looking models who all need port updates!!! You are allowed ONLY 1 Lens for the entire 2 years! (This lens has to actually exsist!!!...so no 24-300mm 1.4's...!!!) I'd go with the Canon 24-105 "L"... Feb 11 13 08:03 pm Link Nikon 24-120 Nanocoat ED-VR!... razor sharp... great zoom range... decent close focusing... very effective Vibration Reduction... and you'll need that because on your deserted island... you have NO flash and NO tripod... AND... there's NO electricity... sooooooo... you MUST provide me with 500 charged camera batteries and 50 16gig SD cards for my D600...  Feb 11 13 08:06 pm Link billy badfinger wrote: "There can be only one!" Feb 11 13 08:06 pm Link joeyk wrote: +1 Feb 11 13 08:11 pm Link 28-300 f/4 on a D800 would work for me. Feb 11 13 08:13 pm Link I would think that a Canon 85mm f/1.2 would be a good choice for focusing the sun's rays for starting fires. Do we get to have a camera with that, or are we just using the lens? Feb 11 13 08:14 pm Link -The Dave- wrote: But you broke one of the OP's rules... that lens doesn't exist... Feb 11 13 08:17 pm Link OK... you can have a camera to go with your lens!!! Feb 11 13 08:19 pm Link Pentax D* 50-135 2.8 major weatherproofing, versatile range... Feb 11 13 08:19 pm Link AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Feb 11 13 08:29 pm Link Select Models wrote: My bad, 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G VR Feb 11 13 08:30 pm Link D800 & Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VRII Nikkor Feb 11 13 08:33 pm Link billy badfinger wrote: 5DMk3+24-70mmf2.8MkII Feb 11 13 08:38 pm Link Unless we also had electricity or unlimited batteries, that lens and camera are going to become pretty useless. With that said, Canon 24-105mm f.4L IS USM. Then again, I've never used the Canon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS and since I'd have a lot of time to kill, this might be a good time to test it out. Gregory Architectural Photographer App Feb 11 13 08:43 pm Link The Canon 70-200 USM IS II Feb 11 13 08:48 pm Link My D800 and 35mm. Feb 11 13 08:49 pm Link 50/1.4 Feb 11 13 09:04 pm Link SPierce Photography wrote: I second this. Bonus points if it's the 35mm 1.8 DX. Feb 11 13 09:30 pm Link Paramour Productions wrote: On a deserted island... you'll want to shoot something close to panoramic beach scenes and sunsets... zoomed in images of wildlife... possibly closeups of flowers and unique insects. In all of these cases, your recommended lens is a EPIC FAIL!... Feb 11 13 10:11 pm Link 24 1.4 on a 1.3 crop. Feb 11 13 10:27 pm Link Minolta 50mm 1.4 Feb 11 13 10:37 pm Link peleng 8mm !  Feb 12 13 12:07 am Link I will go with Sigma 50mm 1.4 on Nikon D4 body ... This is a natural light only or we could bring our 'lights' as well ?? Feb 12 13 01:29 am Link Select Models wrote: Hmmm ... not really Feb 12 13 01:37 am Link My D800 and my Nikkor 16-35 VR G. After all..on MY Island there would be no glamour or fashion allowed so no need for anything longer. LOL! Solar panels to recharge my batteries allowed? Feb 12 13 01:41 am Link Canon 100 macro IS. Feb 12 13 01:48 am Link 24-70 f/2.8 on full-frame. If I could 'wish' the camera too it'd be a D4 instead of the D3 and D3x bodies I currently use. Feb 12 13 02:09 am Link What do you want to photograph? There is a massive difference in requirements between shooting say the wildlife and landscapes. And a 3rd lens is needed for people. Its for this reason that this one lens approach doesn't work, and why photographers own lots of lenses. If you only want one lens, buy a compact camera. Feb 12 13 02:10 am Link The missing bit to this is which camera - is it full frame or crop? Shooting models on a canon full frame I'd go 70-200mm 2.8L IS MII if its a crop camera then 24-105mm L IS. I rarely shoot wide with models and those 2 combinations fit the average focal lengths I use for majority of my shoots. Feb 12 13 02:22 am Link Is present the electricity on that island? (1) If that is the case is possible at least carry more batteries? If is possible i think about a: Nikon D800 AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED If the electricity isn't present and isn't possible carry more batteries. Hasselblad 500 C/M Planar 80mm f/2.8 (normal prime len) with a good amount of 120mm films. (1) Not bad the idea of a Solar Battery Recharging above mentioned if used for normal hybrid batteries AA inside a battery grip. Feb 12 13 02:37 am Link Select Models wrote: Alien LiFe wrote: I could live with a Nikkor 18-300mm. You can't shoot models ALL the time and remember you need a long lens to look for white sails on the horizon! Feb 12 13 04:25 am Link Select Models wrote: The OT is asking about which lens we would want. I answered, how could that be a fail? I'm not supposed to want that lens? Feb 12 13 04:36 am Link Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VRII Feb 12 13 05:38 am Link Nikon 18-300mm and Brooklyn Decker as an "assistant". One small bikini too. Feb 12 13 06:18 am Link My 24-70, f 2.8, L series lens is on my full frame, 1DsMkII 99% of the time, it is very versatile, and focuses remarkably close. I would have to fudge once in a while, but I don't think that would be terribly often. It is probably getting about time for a body update, but I am not desperate yet. -Don EDIT: Of course, I have to take electricity a good computer and monitor, etc. for granted, or forget it all. Feb 12 13 06:34 am Link My 24-105 lives on my 5D2 now. Can't see any reason that wouldn't work on this Island paradise. Feb 12 13 06:38 am Link 85mm. just. like. jonvelle. Feb 12 13 06:42 am Link Paramour Productions wrote: Select Models wrote: We haven't lost the right to our own opinion.....yet! Feb 12 13 06:56 am Link Alien LiFe wrote: I'm curious as to why you went with a Sigma instead of a Nikkor? That's like asking you can own any car in the world and instead of choosing a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or a Bugatti or a Mercedes Benz or a BMW, you chose a Hyundai. Feb 12 13 07:08 am Link Paramour Productions wrote: Select Models wrote: Not on MY desert island...I'm surrounded by all the models from Select Model's portfolio...I could shoot ALL DAY (and night) with a 50mm/1.4! Feb 12 13 07:12 am Link |
