These are the various lenses I use for the various genres I photograph in. The list you see here has not happened overnight and is the culmination of a number of things over a number of years completely driven by the subjects I have tried to photograph. This has been a lot of work, discovery, research, studying and most importantly - using as much as possible. Almost all you see here is customised to suit my particular preferences and to enable me to get the maximum out of the equipment.

Remember all these are just the facilitators, the final photograph is what you see in your mind.

And Canon because of their magnificent glass.

EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM

EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

Tamron 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2

  • This was a filler lens but now I use it for astrophotography. I have found it to be a little soft especially at 600mm. Find out all about it from the Tamron India website.

  • My go to site for any and all reviews - Bryan Carnathan’s The Digital Picture

EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM Lens

EF 70-200 f/4L IS USM

Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO

  • Another spectacularly sharp manual focus lens for macro - 1:1 and 2:1 with zero chromatic aberration. Find out all about it on the Venus Lens website

  • The best and most detailed review I have seen - Dustin Abbott

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART

EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM

  • The Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Lens is, without question, Canon's best-performing (optically and physically) and best-built 24mm autofocus lens. It is also Canon's widest angle lens with an aperture wider than f/2.8 - a full 2 stops wider than all wider angle Canon lenses. This lens looks great, feels great and functions superbly.

  • My go to site for any and all reviews - Bryan Carnathan’s The Digital Picture

Samyang (Rokinon) 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC

  • My go to workhorse for astro. I am yet to come across a sharper lens than this - maybe the Zeiss Distagon T*15mm f/2.8 is a hair better but that is now out of production and still on my wishlist to Santa. I also broke this shooting stars in the Little Rann and Sethu Chimalgi was kind enough to get it fixed. A huge thank you to him and his team for all the help. Find out all about it from Samyang Optics

  • My go to site for any and all reviews - Bryan Carnathan’s The Digital Picture

EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM

EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM

Extender EF 2X III

  • The primary reason to use any extender is of course to gain a longer focal length/narrower angle of view from a lens – to frame the subject more tightly. Find out all about it from the Canon Camera Museum

  • My go to site for any and all reviews - Bryan Carnathan’s The Digital Picture

Extender EF 1.4X III

  • The primary reason to use any extender is of course to gain a longer focal length/narrower angle of view from a lens – to frame the subject more tightly. Find out all about it from the Canon Camera Museum

  • My go to site for any and all reviews - Bryan Carnathan’s The Digital Picture

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