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Post your L-Mount "3 lens kit"

Does adapted glass to l-mount count also haha?

-lumix 20-60
-Nikon 14-24 2.8G ED
-Nikon AF micro Nikkor 60mm 2.8

Recently started trying a Tokina at-x 100-300 f4 for moonrise timelapses. I just don't have the money for native l-mount, and vintage glass is so cheap. And I make timelapses, so no AF needed.
 
I am a big fan of a 3 lens limitation for my camera bag. Always FFL. But I always end up with using 1 lens only in 90% of the time and the two others stay in the bag until specific situations occur, which I can not handle with that one lens.

With MFT it was always the Leica 15/1.7 (=30mm) in 90% of the time, the Lumix 42,5/1.7 (=85mm) in around 8% of the time and the Leica 25/1.4 (=50mm) for the 2% left. I used other lenses only in special situations when needed and when I knew this in advance.

Plus always Ricoh GR and later also GR3x.

This distribution was always different with fullframe. I can not explain why. With Nikon F & Z, and Sony A mount, I used more 50mm and 85mm. With Nikon APS-C and Fuji the equivalent of 50mm fullframe. Really weired...

But when I started with L-Mount, due to the lack of my preferred focal ranges as small FFL, I experimented more with zooms. Without success. As soon as Sigma introduced the small i-series with aperture rings, I was hooked again and my zooms collected dust (except for sports photography).

As soon as the Sigma 50/2.0 DG DN came out, this was my most used lens with around 90% of the time outside of sports photography (due to the lack of a 28mm FFL) and the Sigma 90/2.8 DG DN was used around 10% of the cases.

With the introduction of the Leica Q3 43 this changed again. It replaced all my MFT use cases and most of my use cases for the Sigma 50mm DG DN.

In 2025 I used L-Mount only for sports photography (70-200/2.8) & special use cases, i.e. family events, birthdays etc. with lenses like Sigma 35/1.4, 85/1.4, 135/1.8 etc. But these events are rare nowadays and do not really count for the statistics anymore.

Therefore for 2025 I have to admit that I used in my "3 lens kit" :

1. Leica Q3 43 (around 80%, for travel)
2. Ricoh GR3 (28mm) & GR3x (40mm) (around 10%, for travel)
3. Sigma 70-200/2.8 Sports DG DN (around 8%, sports only)

Sport photography will be even less in 2026 & 2027. Kids are almost too old now. Sad... Z04 Troest

I would love to see a Sigma 28mm, so that I am more motivated to take my S1R2 with the 28mm and 50mm for travel with me. Or a new Sigma 40/2.0 with image quality like the 50/2.0. I really love the 40mm focal length a lot and I want to have an alternative with EVF to the Leica Q3 43 Z04 Menno
 
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dirk said:
Or a new Sigma 40/2.0 with image quality like the 50/2.0. I really love the 40mm focal length a lot and I want to have an alternative with EVF to the Leica Q3 43 Z04 Menno
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Why not just use the Sigma 35/2 and crop a bit?

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dirk said:
I am lazy. I do not like to cut all the time. I want to see the final image in the viewfinder while composing.
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It would be nice if the camera let you chose a crop size of your own choosing. That would be a nice little enhancement for the stills people!
 
pdk42 said:
It would be nice if the camera let you chose a crop size of your own choosing. That would be a nice little enhancement for the stills people!
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With the Leica Q3 43, you see the frame lines if you choose a different crop. That helps a lot. It is a pitty that there is no Lumix sister model....
 
Lumix 18-40mm

This is a strange answer for a 3 lens kit, but I've ended up using this single lens on a couple of trips. I went on a business trip to Australia and New Zealand this summer (winter there) and packed a few lenses in my luggage. But we had the opportunity to fly out to the iconic Ayers Rock in Australia's Northern Territory for a day, and I just took the S1RII and the 18-40mm in my small carry-on bag. Part of this, we had booked a helicopter tour of the rock, and I knew it was a small cabin without room for a large lens. The 18-40mm worked out well for that quick trip; if I was going to stay longer I'd probably take more lenses but I was very happy with the photos I got.

Now I just had a business trip to Washington D.C. and on to Boston. Our D.C. hotel was a couple of blocks from the White House, and the Boston Hotel was on the Harbor. So I knew I wanted to throw in a camera. My carry-on was a stuffed business briefacse with almost no spare room, and my first thought was to push in my Sony A7600. But I remembered the Ayers Rock experience. I had room to squeeze in the S1RII with it's lens removed, and the 18-40mm in a spot beside it. This camera/lens combo really worked out well.

Frankly I've not done my usual optical quality evaluation of this lens. I will when there's time, but it is better than I had expected.
 
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