I Bought 40 Lenses I Only Needed One

I've owned about forty lenses in my life. Twenty of them were sitting on my table when I shot this video. If I had to start over tomorrow, I'd sell almost all of them, and I'd buy one. This is a video about why most photographers choose lenses backwards, why a lens is your position and not just a piece of glass, and which lens I'd buy today on Sony, Nikon, Canon, and L-mount. I figured it out by accident, going through a box of old pictures and Polaroids. There was a pattern. There usually is. With references to Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Matthew Heineman, Frederick Wiseman, Yorgos Lanthimos, and one Polaroid camera from the late fifties that taught me almost everything. Next video: which camera I'd buy to put a 40mm on. Sony, Nikon, Canon, Lumix. Subscribe so you don't miss it. Lenses on the table: Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5 · Samyang 14mm · Zenitar 16mm fisheye · Canon 35mm f/1.4 · Leica R 35mm · Leica R 28mm · Helios 58mm · Leica R 90mm · Canon EF-S 17-55mm · Canon 70-200mm · Canon 24-105mm · Canon 16-35mm · Canon 50mm f/1.8 · Sigma 70mm macro · Meike 12mm · TTArtisan 40mm · Laowa 17mm · Sigma 45mm f/2.8 · Polaroid 110B with Rodenstock 127mm · Mamiya 35mm · Schneider Kreuznach 55mm · Minolta 50mm 1.4 The 40mm idea on every system: Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 · Nikon Z 40mm f/2 · Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 or RF 45mm f/1.2 · Lumix S 40mm f/2 · Sigma 45mm f/2.8 Full Polaroid 110B story →    • Why I’m Still Obsessed With Polaroid (In t...   What I learned buying cameras →    • I Spent a Lifetime Buying Cameras - Here’s...   What was your most-used lens this year — and what was the lens that just sat in the bag? Tell me in the comments. #Photography #Lenses #PrimeLens #40mm #IrvingPenn #RichardAvedon #LeicaR #Polaroid #FilmPhotography ce #StreetPhotography #PortraitPhotography