Daily Archives: March 24, 2016

 

 

Carl Turner’s questions led to a few emails from folks asking, “really, the 18-135 is your go to lens???!!!” Yep, Really!  I decided to go through my recent trip images an pull a few that haven’t been published that show the versatility of this great little lens!  Enjoy!

 

 

 

I know a few of these were previously published but I think they provide  good cross section of the lenses capability!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

Old truck 18-135

 

Ideas for blog – since you have just come from a major shooting experience…

Carl Turner

 

What lenses did you use most?  

 

18-135 80% of the time.   10-24  15% of the time, the other 5% split between the 16mm f 1.4 and the 90mm f 2, sorry use the 100-400 a couple of times, 1%    I know that’s 101%

 

What lenses did students use most?

 

I would say 24-70 equiv. 75%   70-200 equiv. 10%   Super wide zooms 10%

 

What lenses were most “fun”?

 

I love the 16mm f 1.4 and the 90mm f 2 shot wide open, and the 18-135 is just so handy and so sharp and the OIS works great.  The 10-24 is the bomb when  you need to go that wide and the 14mm f 2.8 is tack tack sharp, but then all of them are!!!!  Can you all tell I’m having fun!

 

I personally love:

 

The 90mm f 2, just so great a lens, and feels wonderful in your hands!!!  The images are just something special, it is my favorite lens, but a 135mm f 2 does not fit every situation!!!

 

 

Any lenses surprised you? If any?

 

I’m pretty familiar with all these lenses, but the 100-400 continue to amaze me, when you consider that at 600mm it is only one stop slower than Nikon’s 600mm f 4 and is pretty close to just as sharp wide open and the cost difference is nearly ten grand, it is an amazing piece of glass at a bargain price.

 

What lens would you never leave home without?

 

The 18-135, without a doubt.  I use it so much I’m considering buying another just as a back-up, just in case, can’t imagine being out there without it!!!!!  I wasn’t even going to buy one until Mike Roberts loaned me his, in 15 minutes I was hooked, had one ordered that night!!!!  Thanks Mike!!!!

 

 

What did you shoot the top 5 photos with?

 

I haven’t decided what my top five are yet, I know one was the old Hudson the two tepees in Monochrome that was the 10-24, I loved the Watson Bar B Q sign as an American flag that was the 18-135, several images in the motorcycle museum were favorites they were with the 16mm f 1.4 both at 1.4 and stopped down to f 16, that lens is sharp through the whole range of apertures.  One image of folding hills is one instance I made great use of the long end of the 100-400.  I will come back to this question after I do more looking at the 17 day take!

 

There you go!!!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

…..and thanks Carl, for asking!!!!