Your Realistic 3-5 Lens Collection

On full frame:

17mm TS-E
24-70mm f/2.8L
85mm f/1.2L II
70-200mm f/2.8L IS II
500mm f/4L

Right now, I have a very complete kit that just plain works...

35L for general urban walk-around
17-40L for landscapes
24-105L for when I can only take 1 lens
70-200L IS for the longer reach
85mm 1.8 for portraits

All I have:
Prime: 85, 100 macro & 135
Zoom: 17-40, 24-105, 28-300

If only ONE lens I can have: have to be the 85

If only ONE lens for travelling: 28-300 and I miss NONE.
So, I take my 85 and 28-300 for travel

If only 3 I keep: all prime I own.

If 5 all I can have: 35, 85, 100 macro, 135 & 28-300

So, I'm going to get a 35

No more ZOOOOMmmmmm (Had 70-200 and traded for 85)

I have a 50d and a 18-200mm kit lens. And a 28mm f/ 2.8

Going to buy an 70-200mm f/4 L USM and an 17-40 f/4 L USM. Unless this laptop breaks down. Cause then I am going to be forced to get a new macbook instead of the 17-40.

It's not easy being a student.

Bang Bang Boy wrote in post #11249627
It's not easy being a student.

Lucky you.

I had NONE as a poor student; now I'm only playing catch up

Radders wrote in post #11248495
...I think after my travels, i'll sell the 17-40 and get a 16-35 f/2.8...

How come? I'm thinking of one of these lenses and travelling to China next year. Any advice would be great.

I had the exact same question in mind... glad I found this thread... 3 LENS I am very seriously considering ..

Canon EF 16-35 f/ 2.8L II USM ULTRA WIDE
Canon EF 25-105MM f/4 L IS USM WALK ABOUT
Canon EF 100-400MM F4.5-5.6L IS USM ZOOM LENS

Will this cover all my bases???

Right now I just have the Canon 28-135MM F/3.5-5.6 IS USM which I am learning the ropes of my camera..

Comments PLEASE on the above list. Any reason to ADD a prime Lens??

How do you feel about using a 28-300 as a general travel lens? It's a nice workhorse range, but does the size of it ever get in the way?

back to topic, this is what I have:
24-105(when I can only bring 1 lens)
21mm Zeiss
35L
MPE-65mm
100mm Zeiss MP

x_tan wrote in post #11249595
All I have:
Prime: 85, 100 macro & 135
Zoom: 17-40, 24-105, 28-300

If only ONE lens I can have: have to be the 85

If only ONE lens for travelling: 28-300 and I miss NONE.
So, I take my 85 and 28-300 for travel

If only 3 I keep: all prime I own.

If 5 all I can have: 35, 85, 100 macro, 135 & 28-300

So, I'm going to get a 35

No more ZOOOOMmmmmm (Had 70-200 and traded for 85)

Canon 17-55mm 2.8
Canon 50mm 1.4
Tokina 11-16mm 2.8
Canon 70-200mm 2.4
Got all these lenses EXCEPT for the big boy at the end...........sniffle

$lave wrote in post #11251346
How do you feel about using a 28-300 as a general travel lens? It's a nice workhorse range, but does the size of it ever get in the way?

Size and weigh all ok; but I'm rather to hide the 'white' as a traveler.

70-200mm/2.8
85mm/1.8
24-70mm/f2.8
50mm/1.4
16-35mm/f.2

I think I would be pretty unstoppable...hahahaha

24-70/2.8L
70-200/2.8L IS II
85/1.2L II
14/2.8L II
50/1.2L

Or wait...did I just get carried away? perhaps I did lol...

A more realistic collection for me would be

17-55/2.8 IS
70-200/2.8 IS II
85/1.8 USM

roanjohn wrote in post #1046575
16-35 f2.8
35 f1.4
85 f1.2
70-200 f2.8 IS
45 TSE
Ro1

those are pretty much what i have now, but i still want more (human greed :rolleyes.
i may add a 24L ii or 11-15 fish eye lens in the near future.

.mark. wrote in post #11251280
How come? I'm thinking of one of these lenses and travelling to China next year. Any advice would be great.

No major reason, I may even keep it if I fall into a job straight when i'm back. But i'd like a wide lens that I could take clubbing with me and have the f/2.8

I love the 17-40 f/4!

Radders wrote in post #11254060
No major reason, I may even keep it if I fall into a job straight when i'm back. But i'd like a wide lens that I could take clubbing with me and have the f/2.8

I love the 17-40 f/4!

Yeah the f/2.8 is tempting. I think it makes the lens much more versatile as you can shoot indoors and with shallower DOF. The only thing I don't like about the 16-35LII is the 82mm filter size. No 10 stop ND for that without going for a rectangular filter...