5DmkII and three (3) lens only

I have the 35L, 85L and 135L, but if I could only have three lenses with a full frame camera, it would be the 16-35/2.8 L, 24-70/2.8 L and 70-200/2.8 L. Those are my bread and butter! The rest are seasoning.

24 105， 85， 100 400

16-35II
24-70
70-200/2.8IS

16-35, 24L and 100-400.

My typical landscape bag is the 16-35mm, 24-105 and 100-400 and my low light around the house lens is the 24L. So if I could have only 3 I'd swap out the mid range zoom for my favorite fast prime. But yeah, 16-35 and 100-400 (with TCs and macro tubes) covers a hell of a lot of bases.

My decision would be based upon wants, needs, and shoulder health issues. I am unable to handhold very heavy lenses at any focal length. I have good success with these:

17-40 L
24-105 IS L
70-200 IS L

I know they are all f/4, but what can you do?

What I have already:

16-35II
24-105
70-200 2.8 IS

These cover me for about 90% of what I want. I'd like to add a fast prime(already have the 50 1.8) to augment the three.. looking at maybe the 85L or 85 1.8 or maybe get the 50L.

21 MB you can cropp so you can use fixed mm, 15mm, 50mm 135mm and 200mm plus 1,4 extension

24L 50L 85L

If I were told to get rid of my lenses, except for three, I'd keep ...

17-40 L (would prefer the 16-35 L), 24-70 L and the 70-200 f/2.8 L IS

Of course, I'd have my 100-400 L IS hidden in the closet and swear I'd already gotten rid of it ... "HONEST! I really did! I kid you not!"

My plan:

16-35
24-105
100-400

Here are 3 of mine-

17-40 (landscapes)
24-105 IS (walk around & studio)
70-200 f2.8 IS (portraits)

Todd Lambert wrote in post #8150208
I have a 16-35 II, 24-105 and 70-200 2.8 IS with mine. This covers me for just about everything. I am thinking about adding a fast prime into the mix as well... maybe an 85L or or a 135...

For now, I'm pretty content.

+1 With this setup I only think of the pictures I want, not the lens I don't own.....

I already have 24-105L and 100-400L. My next is 17-40L. Of course if i have unlimited budget, i would have go for a faster lenses.

17-40
50 1.2
70-200 2.8 IS

35L + 24-105F4 IS + 70-200F2.8 IS