Your Realistic 3-5 Lens Collection

EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS (already have it)
EF 70-200mm F/4L (still searching)
EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro (still searching)
EF-S 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS (already have it)
EF-S 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5 (still searching)

And for fun:

8mm Samyang/Falcon/Bower or Vivitar 7mm Fisheye (still searching)

Sigma 50mm f/1.4
Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Canon 135mm f/2
Canon TS-E 45mm

Canon 10-22
Canon 28mm prime
Canon 50mm prime
Canon 60mm Macro
Canon 28-300L IS (for when I only wanted one lesn for the day )

Canon 85mm F1.2L II
Canon 70-200mm 2.8 IS
Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS
Canon 24-70 F2.8L

24L
35L
85L
135L
24-70L

next week on my 20D:
Sigma 30 f/1.4
Canon 50 f/1.8

Then start saving for a 5d with...
Canon 50 f/1.2
Canon 85 f/1.2

98 SNAKE EATER wrote in post #8423448
EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS (already have it)
EF 70-200mm F/4L (still searching)
EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro (still searching)
EF-S 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS (already have it)
EF-S 10-22mm F/3.5-4.5 (still searching)

I couldn't agree more. Switch the 17-85 for the 17-40 and that's my list (see my sig)!

14mm 2.8 L mkII
50mm 1.2 L mkII
135mm 2.0 L
200mm 2.0 L IS
400mm 2.8 L IS

and I would probably eventually get a 24-70 or 17-40 to fill the end... so far I have one of those lenses... haha

35L, 85L
24-105 F4 IS, 70-200 F2.8 IS

That's just 4

16-35L
24-70L
70-200L IS (2.8 and 4 have their tradeoffs, so just pick the one you like best)
85L
135L

and if you go to six...
50L


And really, that's all you'll ever really need unles you want something in the supertelephoto for wildlife or sports.

Where I want to be:
24-105L (own)
70-200L 2.8 (own)
100-400 (got one for sale?)
85L (own)
100 Macro (own)

The only lens I currently have in my possession is the 24-105/4.

Soon I will be adding the following:
70-200/4 IS--I just bought my Dad's, as he's moving to a 70-200/2.8 IS. I don't have it yet, but will be getting it when I go to see him and Mom in Tennessee Labor Day weekend.
Tokina 12-24/4--I've currently got my eye on a few used copies for sale on Fleabay, so I'm hoping to pick one up for a really good price in the next few days.

Down the road a bit (I hope to pick up at least one of these sometime around Christmas, if not before--whatever isn't added then will be added sometime in the next year):
--100/2.8 macro
--50/2.5 compact macro
--1.4x TC (I don't really count it as a lens, but as an accessory to the 70-200 )

I eventually want to go FF and when I do, I'll simply swap out the 12-24 for a FF UWA, most likely one with a red ring.

Heather

16-35
24-70
70-200
135
300

17-40 4L
24-105 4L IS
70-200 4L IS
100 F2
135 F2
200 2.8

With both a 1DMK2 and a 40D I have things pretty covered I think with good glass. I have to admit I am thinking about a 10-22 for the 40D and a 300 4L IS

For FF, and I tend to prefer primes:

The 5 lenses I own and use most (in descending order of use): 35L, 24L, 70-200/4IS, 85/1.8, 50/1.4
If I could have just 3: 24L, 35L, 70-200/4IS
If just 3 zoom: 16-35L, 24-70L, 70-200/4IS
If just 4: 24L, 35L, 85L, 70-200/4IS
If just 5: 24L, 35L, 50L, 85L, 70-200/4IS
If just 5 blended zoom/prime: 16-35L, 24-70L, 70-200/4IS, 35L, 85L

And if I could have just one: 35L