Amateur Photographer

Readers’ favourite kit of the year

Josh Evans

A Tamron 18-200mm lens. It's a great-performing little travel lens, and saves me carrying a load with me. And it was only £85 with two-year warranty.

Robin Hunter

A Fujian 35mm f/1.7 CCTV lens that cost just over £10 and produces the most bonkers bokeh of all the lenses in my kit. Gotta love mirrorless systems for the ability to bung random glass on.

Paul Coen

Up until the last two weeks, I'd have said my Sony Alpha 6500, but the new Polaroid Originals OneStep 2 is so much fun that it's edging it out.

Stuart Green

I love my Lensbaby Composer Pro, which I got with the 35mm soft-focus optic. I had already picked up a fisheye optic for it on eBay,

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