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help!! So i think i made an impulsive buy i brought a 70-200 mk2 and a 24-70 but I think I rather primes. I shoot people and street as of now but I honestly want to get into fashion. I know the 70-200 is killer lol, but I'm feeling with the amount of money I spent I on that lens alone i could have gotten a 135, 50 1.2 combo and have better results, and sell the 24-70 and get lights!!! any suggestions? please lend me some advice people

Ha good old buyers remorse Well hopefully you bought them from a vendor with a good return policy, play with them for a few days and take it from there, and you dont like it then hopefully you can return them and go for the prime option.I must say you can't go wrong with the two lenes you bought. Only you know what you like and are comfortable with

Yeah, only you will ultimately know what the best lens combo is for you. Every lens you posted is a great lens so it is too hard to really judge what is the best for you. If you intend to shoot fashion which I assume means fully body shots, you may need something wider like the 35L. That said.. what have you been shooting with prior to this purchase?

lol yea I know, and honestly I've been using a 85 1.8 lol so I made the jump, but I want the best image quality and I know I can get the prime trinity. Then I can use the extra money I get from my summer job for lights. is the 70-200 2.8 equal to the 85 1.2 as far as image quality? If so I will probably trade my 24-70 for a 35 1.4 or a 50.12

You didn't mention what camera you are using, and that can make a difference.

Personally, I like the 24-70 better for portraiture on a crop camera, than on full frame.

The 70-200/2.8 is pretty large for some types of portraiture, but good focal length range on a FF camera. A little long for some things on a cropper. The "big white" lenses also aren't very subtle for candid shots and can be intimidating to amateur models. Actually, the 24-70 is pretty big, too.

I'd want (and have) smaller, more unobtrusive lenses: 28/1.8, 50/1.4, 85/1.8... 135/2, usually on FF, is my largest. On crop I also sometimes use 20/2.8. 35/1.4 would be fine, too, tho I don't have it yet.

Another reason to choose primes over zooms for portraiture is that, at best, zooms only give you f2.8. Primes can be 1 or 2 stops faster... even while in a much smaller package.

For that matter, for street photography I wouldn't want 50/1.2 or 85/1.2 either. They are simply too big and attention grabbing. They also are slower focusing and a bit more difficult to work with, unforgiving and sort of specialized as portrait lenses, a bit less versatile than some of the "less radical" lenses. On the other hand, if I were a wedding photographer, for example, I'd certainly want the two f1.2Ls for the look they can give, unlike any other lens.

Shooting fashion, the 70-200 is a great choice on crop or full frame. 135/2 and, on full frame in particular, 200/2 are a couple more fantastic choices. In general, fashion is frequently shot with longer lenses. Of course, that also often requires more working space, in-studio or outdoors.

If you are just starting out with fashion and studio portraits, I'd say get cheaper lenses, put your money into a killer light kit and learn to use it well. That will go farther than spending tons of money on lenses. One of the most prolific portrait/fashion photographers I know has for years used a Canon EF28-135 as his primary lens in-studio. You can pick up one of those for $250 or less, lightly used. Personally I'd rather have a handful of primes, as mentioned above. I'd usually look for USM (or equivalent) for focus accuracy and speed. But I'm currently trying out a Tamron 60/2.0 Macro/portrait (crop only), and have been pretty happy with the focus speed. I generally don't care for macro lenses for portraiture, but this one has a stop larger aperture than most and it's always nice when a lens can serve multiple purposes (this one might replace three lenses in my camera bag 50/1.4, 85/1.8 and a macro).

Thanks alot man I have a 5d mark 2 by the way, and yea I'm looking to sell my 79-290 I guess take a little lost and a lesson lol. I will get the 135 and invest in lights I was going to get 2 Einstein 640's