If you had to pick just three lens

[l.babcock 2]

I am takiing a poll, if you could only buy three lens , what would they be

[rbailey 0]

I've got a 350D which has a APS-C or 22mm sensor so the 1.6 crop factor applies.

 

Sigma 10-20 DC :

This is APS-C sized so true 10mm, fantasticly wide at a sensible price.

 

Cannon 18-55 EF-S :

This is the kit lens but I find it gives me a good range underwater (suplimented with a + diopter for close up work). Also as it's a APS-C lens the 18mm is actually 18mm, can't think of anthing to replace it. The place of a macro lens is taken by the + diopter as it's not needed for dome I've got.

 

Sigma 150-500mm :

With the small sensor this equates to 240-800. Whilst this is very defiantely not an UW lens I love it. With wildlife it means you can actually get full face shots. For once the crop factor is on my side.

 

Cheers,

Richard B.

[Alex_Mustard 0]

I am a Nikon user and could live with two:

 

10.5mm fisheye and 105mm macro.

 

Alex

[t-bohn 0]

My list:

 

Nikon 60mm Macro

Nikon 10.5mm Fisheye

Nikon 12-24mm Zoom

 

Cheers

Torben

[dhaas 40]

Canon shooter (Rebel XT cropped sensor) here,

 

Sigma 15mm and either Sigma 50mm or Canon 60mm macro.....Throw in the cheapie Canon 18-55mm EF-S lens in a pinch since it works behind the same dome port as the Sigma 15mm. And at the right mid-range apertures, surprisingly sharp!

 

That's it for UW shooting for me......

 

Dave Haas

[bacripe 0]

I shoot with a 5D (although this list was still the same one my D60/20D becaues I avoided APS-C lenses anticipating a move to full-frame in the future).

 

Sigma 15mm/f2.8

Canon 17-40mm/f2.8L (with a diopter)

Canon 100mm/f2.8 (with a 500D dopiter for really little stuff).

 

On the surface I use the 17-40 quite a bit, along with the 70-200/f2.8L (which works with the 2x teleconvertor very nicely).

[craig nelson 4]

Hi

 

Nik shooter myself

 

105mm

12-24mm

10.5mm fisheye

 

regards

 

craig

[mtnman 0]

Nikon here

10.5mm

105mm

17-35zoom

[bmyates 5]

Talking only for uw...

 

For full-frame Canon:

Canon 17-40L

 

For cropped sensor (350D, 20D/30D) Canon:

Canon 10-22

 

And in either case, the other two lenses would be:

Sigma 50mm macro

Canon 100mm macro

[Kelpfish 15]

My list:

 

Nikon 60mm Macro

Nikon 10.5mm Fisheye

Nikon 12-24mm Zoom

 

Cheers

Torben

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This would also be my choice.

 

Joe

[Lionfish43 0]

Nikon here

  10.5mm

  105mm

  17-35zoom

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I'd go with the same line-up. Probably get the newer version 105.

[Rocha 0]

A slightly modified version of the above:

 

10.5mm for wide angle;

17-55mm for medium to large fish and other charismatic animals;

105mm for small fish and macro.

 

Luiz

[mrbubbles 0]

id agree with alex for nikon. The more i use the 10.5 the more i love it. but a 12 to 24zoom is great for large critter shots like sharks, manta, seals etc

[Guest cor]

I can easily live with 2 lenses on Nikon. A 10.5 and a 60mm + 2 x TC. (used to be 105).

 

Cor

[Viz'art 24]

10.5mm Nikkor

14mm Nikkor

60mm Nikkor (cold and murky water oblige)

 

But I sure am getting used to that 10-20 Sigma, fragile as hell (I'm up to my second one, Newton's law + 2 feet velocity factor) but pretty sharp over all. can'tr wait for Nikon to come up with something in this range.

[Viz'art 24]

Oh BTW, for dry shooting 14mm Nikkor. 105 Micro Nikkor (new one) and my crusty, trusty 500mm f:4.5.

[davephdv 0]

12-24

105 AF-S

10.5

 

But I'd sneak my 60 into my bag and I'd leave my 17-55 on the camera until I put it into the housing.

[scubag 0]

Hi everyone

 

Canon 20d shooter here...

 

Canon EF-S 10-22 USM Zoom

Canon EF-S 17-85 USM IS Zoom

Canon EF 75-300 USM IS Zoom (obviously not for u/w)

 

Doug

[jarhed 0]

My D200 is still on backorder, but I have settled on:

 

60mm

12-24mm

 

for my starter kit. later I plan on adding the 105 VR and 10.5

 

John

[MikeVeitch 0]

I agree with Luiz for this one

 

slightly modified version of the above:

 

10.5mm for wide angle;

17-55mm for medium to large fish and other charismatic animals;

105mm for small fish and macro.

 

Luiz

 

 

17-55 a great shark lens.. 10.5 and 12-24 too wide for that sort of stuff...

[LChan 0]

My main lenses are the Nikon 12-24 and the 60mm.

Just started playing with the 10.5

 

I'm going to have check out the 17-55.

I agree, the 12-24 and 10.5 is sometimes too wide.

[3@5 0]

for me as a canon shooter:

 

sigma 15mm

sigma 50mm

canon 100mm

 

/paul

[Arnon_Ayal 1]

I can easily live with 2 lenses on Nikon. A 10.5 and a 60mm + 2 x TC. (used to be 105).

 

Cor

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I'm with Cor, I still miss the 2 x TC in my bag, so this is probably my next buy.

[bacripe 0]

17-55 a great shark lens.. 10.5 and 12-24 too wide for that sort of stuff...

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You just need to find bigger sharks and get closer to them!!

[UWphotoNewbie 1]

Nikon shooter and this is a tough one.

 

It depends if you lean toward WA or macro. My best shots tend to be macro so I'll say:

 

 

60mm

12-24mm

105mm

 

in that order. If you let me pick 4 it'd be easy to add the 10.5mm.

 

I like the Sigma 15mm very much too. But maybe now that I have the 8" dome the 12-24mm can do the job of the Sigma and will simplify things. I'll have to try it and see.