Need some advise, thinking of trying primes...

I won't use anything shorter than 50mm on FF for any type of individual portraits.

Nevermind, I tried my zoom, and 24 worked out fine for me, I dont/cant too close on my subjects anyway (wife and kids) so I guess a little distance with the 28 is fine with me.

twoshadows wrote in post #14963017
I won't use anything shorter than 50mm on FF for any type of individual portraits.

I dont know how often I will be shooting individual portrait. If anything, I think my 2 zooms will cover that very nicely. They blur the bg nicely enough for me.

But I don't recommend the 50/1.8 for anything moving cuz the AF can be flakey.

You could also consider getting a used 24L (Mk I). A bit more expensive than a new 28 F/1.8, but it is even better than a 28 F/1.8, and is extremely good in difficult (mixed) lighting.

Of course, that will also make you only want L-primes thereafter...

I owned a very good copy of the 28 F/1.8, and only parted with it reluctantly, and only after I had made sure my original 24L was really at least as good as the 28. It was, I shouldn't have worried, but it is always difficult to part with a lens one enjoys and which happens to be very good as well .

I found the 24 was even nicer in use on both APS-C and FF, but then, I really liked the approximate 40 mm FF equivalency on APS-C.

BTW, the 35 F/2 is a very good lens indeed, actually on a par with the 35L from a sharpness POV (35L is better from a rendition POV, and contrast), but you do have to like the engine noises it makes - it has an AFD (Arc Drive), and that is quite noisy compared to ring USM (fighter jet at 100 m vs an electrical car zooming past ).

Kind regards, Wim

I got rid of my 24-70L 2.8 thinking I would replace it immediately with the mark II version, but now see no point. I don't do much 'walk about photography,' and given about 50% of how I earn my living is of static artworks, my EF35L seems perfectly suited to the job; bang on with flash as well.