Dear All,
Many thanks indeed for the responses to this question. I've learnt a
lot from your comments. I've compiled a table of results, below,
although I'll update it if there are more replies. I've given my own
vote to the most popular lens (35-80/2.8) which I don't own but would
like to. In a couple of cases, I've had to guess at the aperture the
person meant, in order to add up the votes. I apologise if I've omitted
or misrepresented anyone.
Votes Lens Person
7 35-80mm/2.8 Gary Reese
7 35-80mm/2.8 Giles
7 35-80mm/2.8 Ray Moth
7 35-80mm/2.8 Roger Key
7 35-80mm/2.8 Wayne Shumaker
7 35-80mm/2.8 Frank van Lindert
7 35-80mm/2.8 Hans van Veluwen
5 35-70mm/3.5-4.5 Chris O'Neill
5 35-70mm/3.5-4.5 Jim Couch
5 35-70mm/3.5-4.5 Jim Timpe
5 35-70mm/3.5-4.5 Martin Benson
5 35-70mm/3.5-4.5 Tom Scales
3 50mm/1.2 Dirk Wright
3 50mm/1.2 John Lind
3 50mm/1.2 Mark Dapoz
3 50mm/1.8 Barry B. Bean (*)
3 50mm/1.8 Acer V
3 50mm/1.8 Lex Jenkins
2 28mm/2.8 Joey Richards (*)
2 28mm/2.8 Sean Chan
2 50mm/3.5 macro Franklin Berryman
2 50mm/3.5 macro Robert Burn
1 24mm/2.0 Tim Hughes
1 24mm/2.8 Susan Steele
1 28mm/2.0 Garth Wood
1 35mm/2.0 Wayne Harridge
1 50mm/1.4 John Gettis
1 85-250mm/5.0 Mike Veglia
1 85mm Thomas Clausen
(*) = guessed the aperture.
It seems zooms are the most popular (surprise!). I personally expected
35mm prime to be more popular than it turned out to be. I must admit
the question's not original . . . I got the idea from lurking on the
Leica Users Group (though I don't own a Leica M or R). My thinking was
probably influenced by seeing what the LUG members had to say - 35mm is
very popular with RF camera users but they're rather more limited in
their choice of lenses!
Regards,
=====
Ray
"The trouble with resisting temptation is
you never know when you'll get another chance!"
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