What are the 2 lenses you would choose to use from now on?

[atpaula]

If I had to get rid of my collection and stay only with 2 lenses, they would be the 70-200mm f/4G and the 16-35mm f/4G.
I always take them on my trips.

[Ilkka Nissilä]

VR 24-70/2.8E and VR 200/2G II

[Bern]

It would be the 20mm 1.8G & 105 f2DC for me.

[bjornthun]

Sony Zeiss 16-35/4 FE
Sony Zeiss 55/1.8 FE
If allowed a third lens, I'd also keep the Sony Zeiss 135/1.8.

[Akira]

A 20mm and a 50mm (in full-frame terms) in any brand.

[Andrea B.]

The awesome 70-200/4G VR and a 24-70/2.8 (not sure which version). But also I could not live without a 60/2.8 Micro-Nikkor.

[John G]

The Lens that caused the addiction are 50mm f1.8D and the 300mm f2.8 ais.
I always go back for more of their performance.
Would love to hear some of the reasons that make the 70-200mm f4 a popular choice.
A PM would be good, to not detract from this topic.

[Erik Lund]

Nikkor 24-70mm AFS 2.8 VR E and 300mm AFS 4 VR PF

[John Geerts]

Angenieux 35-70/2.5  and Nikkor 200/2 AI

[Frank Fremerey]

Given the fact that I own a DX and a FX body the lenses that make most sense to me professionally are the 1.4/24G and the 1.8/85G.




But I would terribly miss the 4/300PF and the 1.4/35 Ai-S.

These are the four lenses that I really use all the time.

My most used lenses earlier were the 50 and the 60 Micro. Both have only seen a camera every other month since I bought the 300PF and the D500. Strange how things go. Unpredictable at times.

[ArendV]

At least easier than the one lens challenge we had earlier.
My 2 lenses were already brought up by others before:  300/4E VR and 20/1.8G.

[Jakov Minić]

Similar to Bern - 20/1.8G and 135/2.0 DC.

[frankv]

For me, shooting DX, that would be my 28/1.8 and a 85/1.8.

-frank-

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I don't accept the conditions set forth for the question at all. Why would one give oneself such a severe handicap in the first place? This is fundamentally different from the challenge to use only one or two lenses for a period of time, a challenge with which I'm very familiar and oblige to ever so often.

What I could do instead is to list lenses that are so precious and necessary for my way of working that I have, or  would need to have, them in duplicate (in no particular order);

• 105 mm f/2.5 Nikkor (all versions)
• UV-Nikkor 105 mm f/4.5
• Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 125 mm f/2.5
• Zoom-Nikkor 35-135 mm f/3.5-4.5 (either AIS or AF, currently I have both)
• Noct-Nikkor 58 mm f/1.2
• AFS 200 mm f/2 Nikkor
• Coastal Optics 60 mm f/4 APO
• Noflexar 35 mm f/3.5
• 50 mm f/1.2 Nikkor
• 24 mm (f/1.8,f/2,f/2.8, f/3.5 PC-E)
• 35 mm f/1.4 (AI, AIS, or AFS)
• 28 mm (f/2 AI and f/2.8 AIS)

[Andy]

Imho, the restriction is too "loose". Why 2 and not 1?

If I have to ent-emotionalize photography to such a degree, I'd go for a single lens solution.
if FX: AFS 24-120mm/4 VR
if DX: AFS 16-80mm/2.8-4 VR


Andy

PS: In such a case, expect a few lens offers in the "sell" section at NG ....