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The 20 Most Popular DSLR Lenses Among our Readers

Over the last few days we’ve published a post revealing the most popular DSLRs among our readers (based upon what they’ve been buying in the last few months).

Today we’re looking at the best selling and most popular DSLR Lenses*.

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This list is completely dominated by Canon and Nikon lenses so we’ve decided to break them out separately into two lists and then have put the 6 other lenses (from a variety of manufacturers) into a third list.

Note: at this stage we didn’t see any major trends in lenses for compact camera systems which is why we’ve not featured any hear. We expect this market to grow as the mirroless/compact system cameras continue to grow in popularity.

Canon DSLR Lenses

1. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens

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2. Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens

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3. Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III

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4. Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

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5. Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM

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  1. Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Standard Zoom Lens
  2. Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro
  3. Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
  4. Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens
  5. Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
  6. Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
  7. Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM
  8. Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM Lens
  9. Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L ll USM Zoom Lens
  10. Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II Telephoto Zoom Lens
  11. Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II SLR Lens
  12. Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM

Nikon DSLR Lenses

1. Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX

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2. Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S NIKKOR FX

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3. Nikon 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3G ED VR AF-S DX

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4. Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX

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5. Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR Lens

The 20 Most Popular DSLR Lenses Among our Readers

  1. Nikon 85mm f/1.8G AF-S
  2. Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF
  3. Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR Zoom Lens
  4. Nikon 40mm f/2.8G AF-S DX Micro
  5. Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S
  6. Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
  7. Nikon 50mm f/1.4G SIC SW Prime AF-S
  8. Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED Vibration Reduction Zoom Lens
  9. Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II AF-S
  10. Nikon AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens

And also worth noting are the following other lenses made by other manufacturers.

Other DSLR Lenses

  1. Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SLD DG Macro. (for Nikon DSLRs) Also available for Canon,Minolta and Sony and Pentax cameras.
  2. Sigma 18-250mm f3.5-6.3 DC MACRO (For Canon DSLRs). Also available for Nikon and Sony cameras.
  3. Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 HD Aspherical Fisheye for Canon DSLRs.
  4. Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro (for Canon DSLRs). Also available for Nikons, Konica Minolta and Sony and Pentax cameras.
  5. Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X116 Pro DX II (for Nikon DSLRs). Also available for Canon and Sony and Minolta cameras.
  6. Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II (for Canon DSLRs), Nikon, Konica Minolta and Sony and Pentax.



*Note: as with our previous best seller lists this list was compiled from reports supplied to us from Amazon.com where we are affiliates. One of the ways dPS is able to cover its costs and be a sustainable business is that we earn a small commission when readers make a purchase from Amazon after clicking on our links (including those above). While no personal details are passed on we do get an overall report from Amazon about what was bought and are able to create this list.

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Darren Rowse
Darren Rowse

is the editor and founder of Digital Photography School and SnapnDeals.

He lives in Melbourne Australia and is also the editor of the ProBlogger Blog Tips. Follow him on Instagram, on Twitter at @digitalPS or on Google+.

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