As I’ve become more experienced and comfortable in my style of photography, I’ve come to realise there are certain lenses and focal lengths that suit my style and that inspire me to take photos. There are some lenses I love using but don’t quite connect with the resulting images (such as the Zeiss 100mm f2 Makro-Planar), others that I love using and love the resulting images but rarely find myself wanting to use that focal length (such as the Zeiss 21mm f2.8 Distagon), others that I don’t particularly enjoy using and don’t quite like the resulting images but have unique capabilities (such as the Venus Laowa 15mm f4 macro), others that I love but are rather heavy (such as the Canon EF 300mm f2.8L IS USM), and yet others that don’t really excite me but perform well as workhorses to get the job done (such as the Canon EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM macro, the Canon EF 16-35mm f4 IS USM and Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM II).
But there’s one lens that more or less combines all the right attributes - I love using, I love the resulting images, and I love the focal length. And that lens is the Zeiss 35mm f2 Distagon Classic.
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