The answer is simple and fairly non-technical: The one that suits you best! Let me explain this statement before you label it as an example of circular logic .

I have a fairly large selection of lenses ranging from a prime of about age 40 to an up-to-date one costing more than a good DSLR body. Among these, I have a lowly 28-70mm f/4 zoom which cost almost nothing because it came on a film SLR I bought. Now, after some months, it almost never leaves the DSLR body it is on. There were instances when I thought that I should mount one of the others for a specific date or event. This jealous piece of glass did not let the others move in! Some of the rivals were primes; I needed a zoom! One of the rivals was a zoom but it was “heavy”. Another zoom failed to win because it was just too big and “exuberant”.

My best lens is small, light, has a constant aperture, sufficiently sharp and respectful to the colors… In short, it is versatile… I am not so foolish as to label my other lenses as crap; all I am saying is that I find myself using this one the most. It is my best lens.

Now that you know what was MY best lens, you may as well try labelling one of yours as such. This must be very easy; you do not have to shoot brick walls or inclined targets. You just have to listen to the voice coming from your, well, heart… The method is guaranteed to succeed. Apparently, the only limitation is that you will never know for sure whether another one sitting on the shelf of a camera house might become your best, if you buy it… (”The grass is greener on the other side of the fence”). Trying by shooting within the market may not be enough and you have to spend some time with the candidate to evaluate it fully. Good luck!

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En iyi objektif, sizin için en kullanışlı olanıdır. Objektifin fiyatı, keskinliği ile ilgili okuduklarınız, o objektif ile çekilmiş fotoğraflara hayranlığınız pek önemli değildir. En iyi objektif, diğerlerinin arasından sıyrılan, fotoğraf çekmeye giderken çantanızda değil, makinenizin üstünde olandır… Pahalı da olabilir ucuz da; “prime” da olabilir “zoom” da… Ne yazık ki, bir süre kullanmadan, bir objektifin “sizin” objektifiniz olup olmadığına karar vermeniz mümkün değildir. Belki ödünç almayı düşünebilirsiniz

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