What's the first lens that made you say "Wow"

85LII

Definitely the 400mm 2.8 II

Although not mine... phenomenal lens...

The first "wow" was definetly 18-55 kit lens several years ago, when i've switched to dslr after shooting with cheap compact cameras

Next big "wow" was TS-E24L and 50L after few years

Sigma 100-300mm f/4

tamron 17-50 way back when...

Since the OP question is what is the first lens to make you say wow>> well it was the 50 1.8 for me and I'll never part with it either.

Canon 50mm f/1.8 was the first wow.

I'm surprised that so few people have put wide angle lenses down. For me it was the Canon 10-22. The first time I zoomed out to 10mm and realized I could nearly see behind me definitely woke me up.

wigma

My first wow was my first 200 2.8L II that I actually bought off fleaBay. Perfect lens, amazing. I was kicking myself for selling it, so I bought a brand new copy in December. But it doesn't have the wow of the first copy. May be going to Canon shortly.

I was wowed today even more when I got my 28-70L back from repair. Bought it in August, but it has never worked right. Wow, I finally know what everyone was talking about with that lens, it is amazing!

The lens that made me forget all the previous WoooWs was the zeiss 100mp. From the first usage, I realized that all my previous WoooWs were fake

The 70-200 f2.8 L II and although not first the new 24-70 f2.8 L II blew me away from the very first shot.

asay82 wrote in post #15584098
The lens that made me forget all the previous WoooWs was the zeiss 100mp. From the first usage, I realized that all my previous WoooWs were fake

+1

I had only chance to borrow This lens once, but What a Magical lens. King of pleasing bokeh and clarity and sharpness at wide open <3. Blows your socks away.

Now if I only had the extra €€€ to get one of my own....

First time was the 85mm f1.8 but now it's the Sigma 35mm f1.4. Everything just pop out of the frame.

A 500mm F4! Wish I had the money!