What should be my next lens?
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My lens collection is now at 2.
Right now you have coverage from 17mm to 300mm, which is all anyone really needs untill you start getting into specialisations. There isnt a photographic requirement out there you can do with that range.
Let that develop over the next 6 to 12 months and by then you’ll know where you photograhpic interest primarily lie. Then go out and by a lens for that task.If you find landscapes are your thing. Go get a good WA. If you find portraits and people are your thing get a good 50mm or 85mm 1.4 or 1.8. Ditto Macro and/or long lenses (400mm+). Good specialised lenses even prosumer ) are expensive so you want to know what your interest lie.
What about a macro ?
They’re grerat for shooting pictures of fish in the hand and all the details in fly fishing.
I don’t know what camera you have but I use Canon and they have a couple awesome macros.
The 50 2.5 and the 100 2.8, both are razor sharp.The 50 is very light and somtimes if I want to travel light up a creek it’s the only lens I bring, it’s also a great lens for photographing still lifes and flat copy.
The 100 macro is one of the best and sharpest lenses that Canon make and will shoot life size ( great for small bugs and flys ) it’s also a very good portrait lens.
I think Nikon have a 60 that’s very good.
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