Howdy everyone about three and a half Years ago now I made a special video Which ended up going kind of viral about My 10 favorite camera lenses of all time In order to celebrate having tested 277 of them up to that point a nice Round number I know well now it's 2023 And somehow I've tested twice as many Lenses as that again 554 and I'm still not sick of reviewing Them I'm still as in love with Photography and Optics as I ever was Before so here are 10 more camera lenses I have fallen in love with since making That original video those last 10 will Always have a place in my heart so I'm Not going to be tweaking that old list Here are 10 new lovable lenses for all Of you as before the lenses I'm about to Show you are not necessarily perfect They're not always the sharpest lenses Available a lot of them aren't in most People's price range a reasonable Affordable Unity especially not my own They're not lenses that are necessarily Right for you they are just lenses that I tried out and simply couldn't put down And felt particularly sad about sending Them back to wherever I found them so Another very simple video really I'm Presenting them in order of their Release dates and a link to the original Video is down in the description below As well as all kinds of other links to
Full reviews affiliate links and so on First up the Canon EF 200 millimeter F2 L is USM although I only reviewed it a Couple of years ago this is the oldest Lens on the list and in a travesty of Justice it's even been discontinued by Canon no because the kind of pictures This lens can get you jump out Astonishingly from the crowd not only in Sharpness not only in narrow depth of Field but also in fast Charter speeds This is an excellent lens for Sports Photography especially indoors where That's maximum capture of F2 really can Get you some nice Snappy images as well As autofocus backgrounds this is one of The best lenses ever made for long Portrait photography though as well as Event and wedding photography what a Beast pure and simple just look at those Gorgeous out of focus backgrounds with Lovely strong compression from that 200 Millimeter focal length fun fun fun But if you once turning out of focus Backgrounds which are a bit more Involved in your images a bit wider Angle not quite so confessed then those People desperate for Quality need look No further than the incredible yet Cripplingly expensive Nikon said 58 Millimeter f 0.95 s knocked I couldn't Quite believe Nikon trusted me enough to Let me borrow this eight thousand dollar Lens from them for testing I must be
Doing something right here on YouTube I Guess due to its extremely bright Aperture of f 0.95 combined with Unbelievably High image resolution this Lens truly is draconic denache the king Of the night and if you use it on a Camera with in-body stabilization then It becomes the best low-light lens Available in the world today if you Haven't seen my review of this lens Already then he simply must watch it the Only thing as incredible as its low Light ability is its jaw-dropping Sharpness as well as its incredibly high Price and the only thing imitating about This lens is that it is manual focus Only a huge shame although any Photographer who's used to manual Figures will really have no problems Here I found it surprisingly easy to Handle Next the Canon RF 85 millimeter F 1.2 Lusm DS what could be better than a Portrait lens with a maximum matches Byte as F 1.2 what could possibly make Your backgrounds look even more Beautiful a special edition version with An appetization filter of course or more Correctly as Canon call it Vapor Deposited Edge graduated neutral density Filter Coatings to further soften blur Circle edges at F 1.2 this special Feature of the DS version of this Incredible portrait lens causes your
Out-of-focus backgrounds to look Perfectly wonderfully smooth that's why The DS stands for defocus smoothing There's nothing else quite like it just Look at those gorgeous images this would Probably be one of the best wedding Photography lenses money could buy if I Could ever afford it out of all the Lenses in this new list this is the one I'd truly love to have the most I think The defocus smoothing effect is only Effect that the lenses brightest Apertures and also it reduces the amount Of light reaching your camera's sensor By a little over a stop when you're Shooting at bright apertures so it's not Quite as good as its non-disp brother For shooting in a dark but am I bothered Absolutely not just pick a higher ISO Setting on your camera and shoot away to Your heart's content because this is the Smoothest looking bucket available on Any camera lens today Let's take a look at something a bit More affordable now although still Admittedly on the pricey side of things I've always been a big fan of sigma's I Series of lenses because they have the Best build quality of any autofocus lens Available today just feeling this thing In your hand is addictively good and it Looks so sophisticated and feels so Solid and as for its Optics this is Probably the sharpest and most
Creatively capable of the whole series 65 millimeter is an interesting little Focal length nice for portraits but not Too tight and I do like trying something New once in a while the utterly Ridiculous sharpness of its full frame Images trade from F2 make this one of The most satisfying camera lenses to use That you could possibly imagine just Gorgeous Next up the voigtlander 35 millimeter F2 APO lantha not only is this lens Unbelievably sharp with images full of Character and especially High sharpness And low color fringing but it's one of The most lovely handling manual focus Lenses I've ever even touched sometimes The lens just takes your breath away by Its beautiful build quality and this is Certainly one of those and that quality Makes it fun to use as well as being an Outright resolution monster I was so Pleased with the quality in the sample Pictures I got from this wide angle lens It's just a huge pleasure to use while Wielding some serious Optical results This is a compact little manual focus Lens you could really come to cherish if You want to slow down and shoot manually Although its very high price is not easy To swallow next it has to be the Fabulous filtrox AF 13 millimeter F 1.4 It's an abs-c autofocus camera lens Available for various systems which just
So happens to have my favorite Combination of parameters and Ultra wide Angle and an extremely bright maximum Aperture for a bit of astrophotography And some creative use of narrow depth of Field lenses like these are just Ridiculously useful both for Stills and Video work while I was pleasantly Surprised to see when I tested it was That it's sharp too I actually ended up Testing it on three different camera Mounts as I was having so much fun with It and Phil trox seemed to keep tweaking It the Nikon Z version I particularly Like to put its neat blue weather Ceiling gasket combined with nice build Quality and a very reasonable price this Lens is an absolute winner and it makes Me happy just to note that these things Are in our world today at affordable Prices Up next the first of two super telephoto Lenses on this list I am absolutely Crazy about Wildlife photography Particularly catching pictures of birds And the longer your telephoto lens the Better for that well nothing else Commercially available today gets you Longer than this incredible Canon lens And few lenses are as astonishingly Expensive either but the reason I gave It a glowing review wasn't just because I was trying to get people to buy one Using my affiliate links although that
Would have been quite nice I genuinely Loved every second of working with this Thing chiefly because it's weight of a Little over three kilograms and it's Excellent image stabilization and Autofocus made capturing pictures of Birds and other wildlife and experience Like no other this is simply the best And most enjoyable camera lens in the World for bird photography and it's Quite a privilege that I was able just To try it for a couple of weeks you'll Need to kiss your college fund goodbye If you want to buy one though so this Really is only for those who'll get some Serious use out of it Talking about super telephoto lenses Here's one that's quite a bit more Affordable if still Beyond My Own Credit Card limit Nikon did something wonderful With this 800 millimeter lens which Helps to explain why it's been back Ordered for months and months now by Using fresnel Optics in one of the Internal glass elements they've actually Made it smaller than usual for an 800 Millimeter lens and a much much lighter This thing weighs 2.4 kilograms which is Half the weight of its F 5.6 predecessor For digital SLR cameras and about 750 Grams lighter than Canon's equivalent RF 800 millimeter F 5.6 lens that makes This lens quite hand holdable although Your arms may still get a little tired
After a while not only that but at 6500 US Dollars it's actually quite a bargain Nikon's old AFS 800 millimeter lens for Digital SLR cameras costs over 16 Grand I know this new Z mount lens has a very Slightly darker active of f 6.3 but the Price difference is just unbelievable I Don't just love this camera lens on Printable though actually using it on my Nikon z7 was a wonderful experience Although on that older camera the Autofocus wasn't quite perfect but the Combination of getting wonderful Far-reaching images out of lens that Only weighs two and a half kilos is Seriously addictive I love this new Pattern of Manufacturers reducing the Size and weight of their super telephoto Lenses Now onto a lens that's probably my Favorite focal length of all 20 Millimeter on a full frame camera Perfect for an image that happily fits Into dramatic Ultra wide angle Telemetry While not being so wide that it's Difficult to compose your image or your Subject is just pushed too far away from You sigma's original 20 millimeter F 1.4 Art lens for digital SLR cameras was a Wonderful lens but it was big and heavy And couldn't accept front filters which Was a massive No-No for me well this new Version for minimalist cameras fixes all Of that while also being even sharper
Than before and the fact it retains its Wonderfully bright maximum aperture of f 1.4 makes it a genius lens for any kind Of wide angle photography especially Astro work the nice build quality of Sigma's art lenses is in there too I Seriously wish Canon would just let Third-party manufacturers onto the RMF System already I am desperate for Something like this to use on my EOS R5 All right finally the newest lens on This list if you want to know why I Loved it so much just take one look at My full review everything is simply Perfect here with the newest version of Fuji's famous 56 millimeter F 1.2 Jaw-dropping unbelievable sharpness even On a ridiculously demanding 14 megapixel Aps-c sensors of Fuji's latest cameras Gorgeous colors and contrast beautiful Autofocus backgrounds a sexy design and Lovely build quality this is a dream Lens for Fuji X Mount camera owners I'll Never forget my experience of using it On the lovely Fiji xh2 camera they Learned to me for a couple of weeks Every single picture I took just looked So beautiful and the level of detail it Was capturing Chester took my breath Away So what about you have you ever handled Or even owned a camera lens that made You fall in love with photography again One that you just wanted to shoot with
All day long and never put down do you Have any pipe dream lenses that are so Expensive you'll never be able to touch Them like I do but still you know it Would be great fun to use well let me Know in the comments below I'd love to Hear all about it but do remember Photography is not the most important Thing in the world and there are plenty Of more exciting things to fall in love With out there check out my patreon page In the link in the description below for Extra bonus content for supporters ciao And God bless
