So I started with a great EF 70-200mm f/4 IS zoom and added Sigma 85mm f/1.4 and the EF 100mm f/2.8 macro as specialty lenses for portraits and macro photography. Then i happen to come across great deal on EF 200mm f/2.8 prime and I thought I was set. An additional fast prime for the long telephoto.
Then had the great fortune to get a EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS Mk I which I always wanted. I sold my f/4 to pay for it. And then considered unloading the 200mm prime since why would I need both any more?
Now if finding the great flexibility comes at huge weight disadvantage and I'm thinking of going back to the f/4 for travel flexibility with zooms and adding the great Ef 135mm f/2 prime with it. So I would use the lighter zoom for waking around but use fast primes when I really wanted narrow DOF or low light. And each of these primes is much smaller and lighter than the 70-200mm f/2.8. I find this is also true with the EF 24-105mm f/4 vs. the EF 24-70 f/2.8 which I've been comparing. The smaller lighter 24-105 f/4 combined with 50mm prime and the 85mm I have can give me the same trade-off in this range.
What would you do? Go with heaved faster f/2.8 zoom family and forgo the primes or go with the lighter f/4 zoom family and add in fast primes to get those special shots that need them? As you can see I'm stuck in the middle now but need to go one way or e other.
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