New Lenses and The Full Line Up.

I just took delivery of the some new lenses that have rounded off my lens line up for everything I will be shooting from now on. I may add a longer focal length at some point , maybe a 135mm or something but I never shoot far away and prefer to be closer to my subject so these lenses are exactly what I need. After years of using different focal length lenses and in different situations I found that I am not a long telephoto shooter and I also don't like going too wide either. All of my subjects are people and I prefer the focal lengths from 28mm, perfect for when you need a wider view without distorting anybody in the frame too much , I find a 24mm to distort a bit too much and my longest focal length is a 100mm macro. The macro is great for small fine detail shots and for tight portraits (head and shoulders).

My line up now consists of a Carl Zeiss 28mm f2 (brilliant lens), a Carl Zess 35 f2 (absolute gem of a lens),  a Canon 50mm f1.4 (a good workhorse that covers most situations, good bokeh too), a Sigma 85mm f1.4 (brilliant portrait lens and i personally prefer it to the expensive Canon 85 f1.2, brilliant bokeh and sharpness), a Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro (for them detailed shots and head and shoulder portraits). I also have some other lenses that I use just for fun, a canon 50mm f1.8 that I took apart and messed around with, put it back together and it now acts as a very weird, painterly, bizarre lens, an Olympus Zuiko 100mm f2.8 (very small and light with great image quality), a haminex 28mm (just fun to use) and a 24mm miranda macro that is also fun to use and creates some very interesting images. All of these sit on my Canon 5D Mark 2 and give me all I need, for now:)

After years of shooting I now have my ideal line up for the type of imagery I like to produce. What lenses you have isn't the most important part of photography as you can get great images from almost any lens and camera (some of my favourite images I have taken are with a lens I got on ebay for £8 and a £3 compact film camera) but knowing what images you want to make and knowing what equipment will get you the results needed is important, there is no point in buying the most expensive if you don't really need them, just try out as much as you can and see how they compliment your vision. I have tried a hell of a lot of lenses now and have arrived at this selection. Would I like the whole set of Zeiss primes and a Leica M9 thrown in with a few fast Leica primes? sure I would but I don't need them, doesn't mean to say I wouldn't buy them if I was rich and money was burning a hole in my pocket though.

Here are the images I took today of my new lenses arrival and the whole assembled line up.

Todays Arrivals. 28mm f2 Carl Zeiss and Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro

Posers.

Final Lens line up from now on for Portraits, Music photography, Weddings and anything else that comes my way.

28mm Zeiss f2 ZE, 35mm f2 Zeiss ZE, Canon 50mm f1.4, Sigma 85mm f1.4, Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro. 

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