ABOUT MY CAMERA LENSES
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| Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L USM lens |
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| Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM |
My favorite lens is a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L USM lens. The versatility for the art I create is perfect. I’m on my second one now. The first one’s telescoping lock broke after 10 years. My Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Is the second most used lens for closeup and portrait work because it doesn’t distort.
Hiding in storage are:
-Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM Lens that I used maybe twice. Wonderful for street photography, landscape, photojournalism, and documentary. I don’t shoot any of these. I bought it for low light because I do dark art. I ended up using flash so I don’t need a lens for low light.
-Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Medium Telephoto Lens that I used once. It’s an awesome lens that I purchased for headshots. It would be perfect except I stopped doing headshots.
Anyone want to buy them? Seriously? I don’t do the type of photography that requires these lenses, plus I intensely dislike interrupting the flow of the session to switch.
When you are first starting out, it’s easy to be convinced that you need this or that lens to do the job properly. In most cases, I’m going to say that’s not true. Technical photographers will disagree.
I just sold my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L. I used it twice. I lost $1,500 on that transaction.
Depending on the type of photography you create, you likely need two lenses. Figure out what you are doing and what you eventually want to specialize in before investing in lenses. They are flipping expensive. Learn from my costly mistakes. More lenses do not make you a better photographer. Practice makes you a better photographer.
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