Your Realistic 3-5 Lens Collection

16-35L
35L
85L II
70-200 MKII

50L
100L
24-105L

I'm thinking about following set in near future;

canon 10-22
sigma 30/1.4
canon 50/1.8
canon 135L

What do you think about my idea?

ilumo wrote in post #11823499
this is my 5 lens collection. I'm not going to get any additional lenses. Just replacements.

if new 24-70 comes out, i will replace the 24-105 with it. if a 14-24L comes out, I will replace the 17-40L. if a 100-400 L II comes out, I might get rid of the 70-200.

I'm curious--if money is not a limiting factor (and you make it sound that way), why do you not replace the 70-200 f4 IS with the 70-200 II? The 70-200 f4 IS is a stellar lens, but it's no 70-200 II

MOkoFOko wrote in post #11823895
I'm curious--if money is not a limiting factor (and you make it sound that way), why do you not replace the 70-200 f4 IS with the 70-200 II? The 70-200 f4 IS is a stellar lens, but it's no 70-200 II

because I don't want to lug around a huge lens like that and I don't need 2.8 for outdoors. If I am going to lug around something big, I better be getting some range, ala 100-400. I dont want the current version because it's ancient and the IS is pretty crummy.

Realistic? Trying to put it together now...

tokina 11-16mm
Tamron 17-50mm (non-VC)
Sigma 30mm 1.4
Sigma 50mm 1.4
Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 OS

Canon 17-40mm F4L
Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS MKII
Canon 15mm Fisheye
Sigma 50mm 1.4
Canon 85mm 1.8

Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Mark II
Canon 85mm f/1.2L Mark II
Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS macro or Canon 24mm f/3.5 TS-E mark II

My Current Lens Collection!

EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L

EF 24-105mm f/4 IS L

EF 100mm MARK II f/2.8 L Hybrid -IS (MACRO)

EF 50mm f/1.4 ( soon to be upgraded to EF 50mm 1.2 L )

EF 15mm f/2.8 ( Fisheye But soon to be upgraded to EF 8-15mm f/4 L )

Canon 7d
Tokina 12-24
Canon 24-105L
Sigma 30
Sigma 50
Tamron 70-300

Arriving on Monday are a 5DII and a 24-70. I'm pretty sure that will do me for a while, along with my current 50/1.8 when I want a prime to play around with ... when my finances recover from that kick in the kidney I might upgrade the 50 depending on how much use it's getting or see what else I fancy.

I posted in this thread along time ago, but my ideas have changed :P This is the setup I want to work towards, but it's going to take some time I have a 50D now, but I want a 5D of sorts in the near future.

1) 8-15L
2) 24-70L
3) 50L
4) 70-200L II

10-22
15-85
70-200 f/4L IS (it's lighter than the 2.8)
100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS (but thinking/dreaming of the 70-200 f/2.8 II + 2X III)
500 f/4L IS (with a 1.4x when I need it (wondering about the 1.4x III))

Wow, that's $1,000 for TCs if I upgrade the 1.4 II and 100-400 plus the cost of the 70-200 f/2.8 II.

Let me go a different way and not assume a fairy-godmother is paying for it. Let's also assume I have kids and a job that doesn't involve photography so this is a hobby. Finally let's assume that I'm not wealthy.

With all that said, here's my plan - in the order I plan to buy them:


Canon 18-200
Canon 10-22
Canon 100 Macro
Canon 100-400 F/4-5.6L
Canon 15-85

Then if I happen to have any money left: Canon 50mm 1.4

24L
50L
70-200 2.8L IS

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