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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikfoz" data-source="post: 1431979" data-attributes="member: 72221">At the moment I have 3 lenses I use regularly. <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A 70-210mm zoom makes a fine walkabout lens when you're not wanting extreme magnification. It's fab for shooting portraits of people or relatively close range wildlife stuff. The big advantage of this lens is that it's compact and light.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A 18-55mm zoom which covers general use for snapshots and scenery. It's very useful for either extreme closeups or as a general purpose walkabout lens as it's light and fast.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A 50-500mm zoom which I'm finding incredibly useful already. It's handy having the huge zoom range so a shot can be framed well without having to change lenses should something close turn up. The main downside to this lens is it's very heavy and large so discretion while carrying it is not an option. It can be used hand-held, regardless of what some people say, but it's not for the puny or faint-hearted. Carrying a tripod/monopod around is a sensible option, this notwithstanding, so you have to mean business to use this as a walkaround lens.</li> </ol>I also have several trusty old manual focus K-mount prime lenses I use for wide angle work that I can never bear to get rid of. They must be the best part of 25 years old but the pictures you get are magnificent. I sometimes use a 500mm mirror lens in good light for distance work or macro shots of plants.</blockquote>

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