Help me pick my full-frame lens line up..

I have decided to take the plunge and buy a 5d2 and to be honest even the 5d3

I love shooting landscapes, parties and want to get into fashion/portraits

I'm thinking either

1) 17-40, sigma 50 1.4 & 70-200 f4 IS. Or
2) 24-70, 85 1.8 & 135 f2 or
3) 17-40 and a 24-105 and a sigma 50 1.4

Also.. Do you think it's worth me getting a 5d3 if I'm shooting landscapes and portraits.. I havent got ant desire to shoot sports or racing or kids

Thanks

Get a 5d2 instead of a 5d3 and spend the money on proper, high quality, brand lenses . Digital bodies last 3-4 years, lenses last a lifetime.

Don't cheap out on the long term investment

^ So true. For my shooting styles I would go with option #1, but instead of the 50mm I'd get a 100mm macro. I don't use 50mm much. Just me though.

I use the 24-70 and 70-200 for probably 99% of my portrait shoots.

Interesting.. I have been thinking about getting into macro photography.. How good is 100 macro for portraits?

Also, how does 24-70 go with landscapes.. I'm used to a 10mm wide angle on my 550d? I am assuming also that the 24 end of the24-70 has much less distortion than the 24-105

get a D800 for landscape!! you have to sell all your lenses if you go full frame anyway. I'd suggest buying the D800 and the following lenses

14-24 f/2.8
Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC
70-200 f/2.8 VR II

or if you want to stick with Canon, get the 5D2 +

Tokina 16-28 f/2.8
Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC
70-200 f/2.8 IS II

IMO, landscape and portrait photography don't necessarily lead you to the same set of lenses, but if I were trying to cover both with the lenses you have listed:

4) 17-40, 24-70, 70-200

That gives you the wide end for landscapes, the 24-70 has enough speed to work for portraits, and the 70-200 (2.8 or 4) is a great lens to have in the line-up for either.

My suggestion:

16-35L , 24-70L & possibly 70-200L (all f/2.8).

And if you want to shoot parties, which might include low-light work in ambient light, go for the 5D3. It has superb high ISO performance, in my opinion.

The 100mm is great for portraits, I'd bet between the macro and 70-200 you'd be pretty well set for portrait shooting until you start making enough money to buy the bigger/badder portrait lenses.

#2. The 24mm is wie enough for landscapes, and the 24-70mm zoom is great as an every day lens. Another option is the 24-105mm f/4L if you don't need the f/2.8 aperture. The 85mm is good for a portrait, and the 135mm f/2L is an amazing lens (one of my favorites).

Easy.....get whatever you want for the wide to ~70mm range, and then get the 70-200 IS II...
You will NOT regret it

For wide, I chose the 17-40 which is BRILLIANT, but does have some distortion...but of course it does, it's an UWA!!
Then a 50mm F/1.4 if I need 50mm...which I dont use very often..
honestly the 70-200 IS II lives on my 5D2 and other than that, the 17-40L...

Easily the best investment I have EVER made in glass was the 70-200 IS II...and that was after selling my insanely sharp(sharper than both the 135 and 100L's!!!) 70-200 F/4 IS

I do however miss the IS on the wide end as I shoot a lot of video too...so will probably end up getting a 24-105 for strictly video work..but I need the shallow DOF that the F/2.8 and F/1.4 lenses give me...the 17-40L is mainly for landscapes(which I havent really used it for yet as I just got it in the post yesterday. LOL..the 70-200 IS II has been living on my camera for a month now, and EVERY time I take it out, I get so much more than I expected from my images...it IS that good. period..)

I will probably end up selling the 17-40L and buying a 24-105 and 35L....but not for a while as I am broke.

YMMV!

Good luck!

this was something that surprised me, I picked up the f4 for longer FL landscape use.. and it is VERY sharp

One vote for 5D2 + 2) 24-70, 85 1.8 & 135 f2

5d2 + 17-40 + 35L + 135L

I don't see anything in your current kit that would carry over to a 5D Mk II. So I think you should evaluate systems from scratch, and agree with the person who suggested the Nikon D800 would be a camera to look at.

That you feel the need to go to a third party maker for one lens and are bouncing between two Canon standard zooms suggests Canon's lens range isn't doing it for you. Of the lenses you are interested in, I think only the (excellent) 70-200mm f/4 IS is not offered by Nikon.