Nicknames for Lenses

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Hi - Thought it may be a bit of fun to start a thread about Nicknames for various lenses! From my limited knowledge I know two :-

Probably the most famous "Nifty Fifty" 50mm Prime.

The "Magic Drainpipe" 80-200mm Canon L Zoom.

Sure there are many others! Anyone care to suggest any nicknames they know, or do you have any ideas for new nicknames for your favourite lenses?

I look forward to seeing TP creative minds come up with some! Will update the list below as we go along!

Thanks,

A

THE LIST

50mm Prime (Any Manufacturer) - "Nifty Fifty"

80-200mm Canon L Zoom - "Magic Drainpipe"

50-500mm Sigma - "Bigma"

100-400mm Canon L - "Dust Pump"

10-20mm Sigma - "Wide Boy"
 
arrrrggghhh for **** sake lens
 
The dustpump 100-400 canon L
 
Big Tuna - Zuiko 300 f2.8.

What is this 'nifty fifty' of which you speak? I've just known that as 'standard' for 30 years!
 
catmangler said:
Big Tuna - Zuiko 300 f2.8.

What is this 'nifty fifty' of which you speak? I've just known that as 'standard' for 30 years!
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do search for "nifty fifty" and the 250+ threads that come back will tell you all you need to know! Gotta be the most well known lens for both **edit to appease probably one of the oldest arguments on the planet ** Canon and Nikon I reckon.

do search for "nifty fifty" and the 250+ threads that come back will tell you all you need to know! Gotta be the most well known lens for both **edit to appease probably one of the oldest arguments on the planet ** Nikon and Canon I reckon.

(P.S I have edited and written twice, as don't wish to infer by one being written first implies any favourability...although you could argue now that one is on top of the other..But hey! :)
 
I have a collection of names for mine....
28-80.............piece o shyte!
28-135............wojacallit
10-20..............wideboy
70-200............sharp'un
100-400...........long'un

Dean:)
 
Hmmm. Maybe by kiddies on no money.

I still rate 1.4s above 1.8s. And anyway, knowing Zuikos well, WHICH 50 are we talking about? There are umpteen version of the old Zuiko 50mm f1.8, so I assume the same holds for Nikon and/or Canon?
 
has often been imaginatively monikered the Nifty Two-Fifty, referencing it's 50mm f1.8 stablemate... All to do with them both being platicky crap that produce pics with blinding IQ
 
You could say "by both major manufacturers" but then that just opens up a whole new world of fanboy pain!

*cough* sony, pentax, olympus *cough* (in no particular order) *cough*
 
My names:

Sigma 10-20 = Wide Boy
Sigma 18-50 = Normal Lens
Nikon 70-300 = Big Chief

:cuckoo:
 
50 - nifty
sigma 150 - siggy onefifty
my other 2 dont have names!
 
50mm - nifty
24 - 70 2.8 - zoomy
70 - 200 2.8L IS - the big one
2x extender - the doubly bit

:p
 
Sigma 300-800....Heavy B`stard.
 
Just about every electronic item I own or have owned has a name (including laptops, phones, hard drives, ipods, flash drives, speakers, amplifiers etc etc etc)

But for some reason cameras and lenses have never had names. Don't know why, that's just the way it is. :shrug:
 
canon 90..300mm; plastic piston I have read elsewhere

Re nikon nifty fifty, isn't that manual focus?
 
This has been done to death, but is always interesting:

Sorted by lens (many have more than one nickname):
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM: Coke Bottle, 1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM: 1/3 of the "Baby L Set"
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6: Dogtoy
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM: Breadwinner Mark II, Red Brick, 1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM: Goldfinger
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM: Dust Trumpet
Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM: Breadwinner
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM: 1/3 of the "Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM: Nifty Fifty, Fiddy
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8: Granddad
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II: Thrifty Fifty, 1/3 of the "Baby L Set"
Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM: Pocket Rocket II
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo: Magic Mole
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM: Milkbottle
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM: 1/3 of the "Baby L Set"
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM: BogRoll
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM: Canonball, 1/3 of the "Holy Trinity", Hand Grenade
Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8: Magic Drainpipe
Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II: Pocket Rocket
Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM: Coffee Grinder
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM: Dust Trombone, Dust Pump
Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM: Hyper Pipelet, 1/3 of the "Holy Trinity"
Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L: Eye of Sauron
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM: Prime-Pipe
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM: The Beast, Phat Boy
Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM: DO Plenty
Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM: The Stanley Cup
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM: Flightdelite
Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM: The Cannon
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM: Popeye
Sigma 14mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical HSM: Twinkles
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC: Doall
Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF: Bargain Bucket/El Hombre
Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG APO RF HSM: Bigma
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF HSM: Fake Drainpipe
Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical: Radar Gun
Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF HSM: Bokeh Baby
Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO HSM IF: Sigmonster
Tokina AF 193 - 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5: Plastic Fantastic

Sorted by Name:
1/3 of the "Baby L Set": Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM
1/3 of the "Baby L Set": Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
1/3 of the "Baby L Set": Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM
Bargain Bucket: Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF
The Beast: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Bigma: Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG APO RF HSM
BogRoll: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
Bokeh Baby: Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX DG APO Macro IF HSM
Breadwinner Mark II: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Breadwinner: Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM
The Cannon: Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6 L USM
Canonball: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
Coffee Grinder: Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM
Coke Bottle: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
DO Plenty: Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM
Doall: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC
Dogtoy: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Dust Pump: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Dust Trombone: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Dust Trumpet: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
El Hombre: Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF
Eye of Sauron: Canon EF 200mm f/1.8 L
Fake Drainpipe: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF HSM
Fiddy: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Flightdelite: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
Goldfinger: Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Hand Grenade: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
1/3 of the "Holy Trinity": Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM
1/3 of the "Holy Trinity": Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
1/3 of the "Holy Trinity": Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM
Hyper Pipelet: Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM
Magic Drainpipe: Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8
Magic Mole: Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo
Milkbottle: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Nifty Fifty: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Phat Boy: Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Plastic Fantastic: Tokina AF 193 - 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5
Pocket Rocket II: Canon EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II USM
Pocket Rocket: Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 II
Popeye: Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM
Prime-Pipe: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM
Radar Gun: Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical
Red Brick: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Sigmonster: Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG APO HSM IF
The Stanley Cup: Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM
Thrifty Fifty: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Twinkles: Sigma 14mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical HSM
1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity": Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity": Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
1/3 of the "Zoom Holy Trinity": Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 
Wow vmlopes... that's one heck of a list!
 
it kinda killed the thread too!
 
what about the pancake lens think its olympus:shrug:
 
From the Sony/Konica Minolta world:

70-210/4 - Beercan
75-300/4.5-5.6 - Big beercan

Both usually good value (although fairly scarce these days).
 
I've nicknamed mine:

Canon EOS 40D - My Camera
Sigma 10-20 f4.0-5.6 EX DC HSM - My wide lens
Sigma 24-60 mm F2,8 DG EX - My regular lens
Canon 55-250 f4-5.6 IS EF-S - My telephoto lens

It's all very easy to remember :p
 
The sun is shining and you lot are talking about nicknames for lenses? :thinking::shrug:
 
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