If you only had one prime lens what would it be??

[Karlosfandango]

Just getting an idea of what the most common used size is.

[_dobbo_]

I have only got one prime lens.

It's a 50mm

edit to add

and I love it!



>> Edited by _dobbo_ on Wednesday 22 March 11:41

[rhubarb]

Likewise, I only have one, and it too is a 50mm f1.8. And it's great.

[406tm]

Another 50mm 1.8 here also.

[chris.mapey]

I have only one prime lens - 28mm f2.8

Just got it...

Chris

[Captain Beaky]

Stop me if you've heard this one: one prime, 50mm f/1.8...

[Mr Noble]

I have a 60mm 2.8 Micro Nikon and its great.

G

[V6GTO]

3 zooms and 1 prime here...Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro.

Martin.

[threeracers]

I have two primes; 50/1.4 and a 200/2.8 and they are my two favourite lenses.

If I had to choose just one it would have to be the 50 mm as I get more use out of it.

Mark

[Mad Dave]

chris.mapey said:

I have only one prime lens - 28mm f2.8 Just got it... Chris

What would you use that for? I don't mean the size, I mean the f-stop - surely most of the things you'd want to photograph with a wide-angle, you also want to retain more depth of field than that, thus negating the extra cost of going for such a big aperture?

[srider]

Canon 1200mm f5.6 L

[_dobbo_]

Mad Dave said:

chris.mapey said: I have only one prime lens - 28mm f2.8 Just got it... Chris What would you use that for? I don't mean the size, I mean the f-stop - surely most of the things you'd want to photograph with a wide-angle, you also want to retain more depth of field than that, thus negating the extra cost of going for such a big aperture?

Low light would seem to be the answer to this - that's the only real reason I got the 50mm 1.8 - saves you going to ISO 1600 all the time!

Plus on most digital bodies 28mm is 43mm and not really that wide.

[EmmaP]

It would have to be a 28mm with a lovely large maximum aperture.

That is only because of the work I do. Wouldn't be such a good choice for my portrait work

>> Edited by EmmaP on Wednesday 22 March 14:21

[Andy M]

35mm 1.4

[chris.mapey]

Mad Dave said:

chris.mapey said: I have only one prime lens - 28mm f2.8 Just got it... Chris What would you use that for? I don't mean the size, I mean the f-stop - surely most of the things you'd want to photograph with a wide-angle, you also want to retain more depth of field than that, thus negating the extra cost of going for such a big aperture?

I got it cos it was cheap on ebay...

I've only had it for a couple of days, and I'm still experimenting...

Chris

[matt gravy]

what is a "prime" lens?

Matt

[te51cle]

I like my 24mm lens best but it would be a bit limiting. 135mm is probably my second favourite length followed closely by 70mm.

[matt gravy]

te51cle said:

I like my 24mm but its a bit limiting. 135mm is probably my second favourite length.

[ehasler]

matt gravy said:

what is a "prime" lens? Matt

Don't you know?

It's a lens that can only be divided by 1 or itself!

[marctwo]

Mad Dave said:

What would you use that for? I don't mean the size, I mean the f-stop - surely most of the things you'd want to photograph with a wide-angle, you also want to retain more depth of field than that, thus negating the extra cost of going for such a big aperture?

Good indoors when space is tight and light is low. I have a 17-35mm f2.8 for this reason.

Oh, and another Canon 50mm f1.8 here too. Superb lens!