The ONLY 2 Lenses You Need as a Photographer

You only need 2 lenses as a photographer to take great photos and to stay creative. It is different for everyone depending on what you shoot. However, I will walk you through exactly how to find what lenses you should buy and why you should buy those lenses so you don't end up carrying around a giant bag of gear, everywhere you go.

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[jallen]

You know he has 4 more lenses coming in the mail.

[biishoyyy]

My setup is my A7IV and the 50mm f1.8 for automotive photography and portraits, and the 24-70mm f2.8 for an all-in-one lens! Alongside, I have a CPL for reflections and contrast and three spare batteries as well as a wrist strap and a tripod, a super simple setup and can handle anything and everything I need to shoot.

[mizo]

The Tamron G2 28-75mm and 85mm 1.8 suit me for now. In the future, I will consider buying a 35mm or wide-angle lens.

[dukecha]

I really love this minimalist mindset when it comes to camera gear. I used to think I needed a prime lens in every focal length, but in reality, I was only using 1 to 2 lenses for the majority of my work.

Most of my work requires a 16-35mm and then an 85mm 1.8 lens is thrown in there for fun.

[btsullycamposano]

You inspired me a lot about photography..shoutout from Philippines brother

[btecww]

Zac as a Canon shooter we will miss your incredible advice. I start shooting weddings with an R6 over 3years ago. Your insight and advice was timely and got me through as a new shooter. I understand you switching to Sony. You will alway be the R6 GOAT. Best wishes

[ClockBestEvent]

For me, said combo is the rf 28-70 f2 + 105mm f1.4. Expensive yes, but I'm at the point where I'm contemplating whether to sell my 15-35 and 70-200 or not since I'm only taking those 2 lenses when going out and only using only those 90% for all my shoots.

[Flburr]

I’ve been collecting 35mm film cameras for the last year. It seems as though the most popular lenses for every single vintage camera is 28mm, 50mm, and 135mm. I have those three for every camera body. It seems to cover almost everything. Vintage 85mm seems to be difficult to find but would be helpful to bridge the gap from 50-135. Thanks for the video.

[basementstudio]

I have a Sigma 14-24 F2.8 and the Sony 24-105 F4 for my A7RIII. Had those for a while now and haven't felt the need for anything else.

[humbleprogress]

Question guys, I have a Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 17mm F1.2 Pro prime lens. If you had to buy only one more lens to satisfy all needs, what would you buy? I have a GH6 and was thinking of the 12-35mm F2.8 Leica DG.

[christopherlance]

Sick! I ordered that lens last week! Can’t wait for it to arrive 🤗. I couldn’t agree more though. The 24-70 for me is absolutely perfect for just about everything but if I’m not being payed to use it, I’d rather not lol just because of the size. I have a 35 that usually lives on my camera body but I wanted something wider🤙

[sincosy]

So your system now is: Sony A7C II + 24-70GM II + 20mm F1.8? Or is there another camera body?

[dct]

The perfect lens is the 16-35mm f2.8. It's the single most useful lens you can buy. You're covered for 99% of all photography work of any genre.

FX - 16-35mm f/2.8
DX - 11-20mm f/2.8
Any variation of this lens.

If you must keep all those mp, a super zoom is the best choice. Modern day zoom glass is as sharp as primes. Modern day iso performance and ai denoise make fast lenses not as important as 20yrs ago. 18-300, 18-200, 28-300

I used to shoot a Nikon D3s, it can shoot at 102k iso with no problems today.

Today is the gold mine for new photographers.

People could literally go with an iPhone, Moment lens kit setup, and have a real pocket rocket kit.

[hanabi.]

im still using canon dslr apsc and still the lens im bringing now only two, which are 18-55 and 55-250 kit, made quite a lot of fun pic with 55-250. im primarily doing portrait and some landscape/animal. i used nikon apsc back then with 35mm and 50mm prime, personally i hate prime lens just because i had to zoom with feet.

now im not sure if to buy the 10-18 lens for ultrawide or a 2nd body because i dont like changing lens. note that i bought all my lenses and body used, dslr kit is cheap nowadays thanks to mirrorless

[powerfuljones]

hello my friend. this is great for the beginners getting into photography, but i am intermediate now lets say. i want some in depth: what 2 lenses do you have, start with that, how does it perform, how do you like it. i would love that as a second video. or i hope theres a indepth coming for every lense on their own :)

[leboned]

Just ordered the 20mm 1.8 to go with my 24-105 f4.

[TerraThink]

I'm aiming for a 24-70mm for all around shooting & a 50mm f1.4 for portraits/low light on a Canon full frame body.

Worst case, I use crop mode to get to 112mm on the 24-70 and that's far enough for most situations.

Only missing wider than 24mm but I don't really shoot wider than that most of the time due to the heavy distortion.

[Mathieu_Matheow_Benoit]

Ill try to guess before watching.
Either
24-105mm f4 and some prime like 35mm or 50mm

Or

24-105mm and a 70-200mm 2.8

[miggyloz]

My collection consist of the Zeiss 25mm F2 and the Tamron 35-150 F2-2.8 for my work/event lenses and a 40mm F2.5 g as my street/walk around lens. I do like smaller bodies so I'm using an A7cii as my camera and that Tamron feels a bit front heavy on it, , and it does look weird but its been an awesome set up. I'm set for years with this set up! may add a bigger body in the future.

[TheRowi]

Like your philosophy. Normally everyone tells you to have a wide range with the two lenses. For me, the combo is a 24-105/4 and a report lens between 35 to 50, in my case the Sigma 2.8/45. I add a 1.8/18 for landscape and a 1.8/85 for portraits.