Favorite lenses

[chrisinhouston]

Originally Posted by nowhereman

Lots of Nikon gear, but my favorite lens is the 15mm f/5.6 retilinear lens. If you keep it level and square the verticals don't distort (except way out at the edges). It's a great lens for tight spaces - I do a lot of photographing installations in art galleries.

I had that one back in my Nikon F3 days. Unfortunately while shooting aerials on a helicopter over the Houston ship channel many years ago the front element somehow came loose and fell a few hundred feet into the channel! My insurance did replace it though! I now have a Canon 15mm fish-eye which is fun for the occasional wide angle distortion picture and also the Canon 16-36mm which is my standby for wide angles with hardly any noticeable distortion.