Do any of you own just ONE lens for a system?

My EF lens collection is down to just two. And I think once the old "camera fund" is replenished, I might look into selling the 24-105 and getting a 2.8 zoom of some flavor. I think just one lens might actually be fine for me in that situation.

Any of you just use one lens on your Canons?

I think it depends purely on what you shoot, there are probably a lot of people that don't need anything really specialized and could get by with just a 24-70 2.8 or something similar. Personally I couldn't do it, there isn't any one lens I can think of that will do everything I need a lens to do.

I have only one.
Of each.

But I have to admit that for the old FD-system I have two 50 mm lenses.

solepatch wrote in post #16904499
I think it depends purely on what you shoot, there are probably a lot of people that don't need anything really specialized and could get by with just a 24-70 2.8 or something similar. Personally I couldn't do it, there isn't any one lens I can think of that will do everything I need a lens to do.

Yea, everyone definitely has different needs. Unless I'm missing something obvious, I don't think there's a fixed lens full frame camera out there with a zoom lens. And even if there was, I'm going to guess it'd be as expensive as the DSLR + lens anyways.

The Dark Knight wrote in post #16904475
My EF lens collection is down to just two. And I think once the old "camera fund" is replenished, I might look into selling the 24-105 and getting a 2.8 zoom of some flavor. I think just one lens might actually be fine for me in that situation.

Any of you just use one lens on your Canons?

The thread title is "own" - but above you ask "use" - slightly different

I own numerous lenses, and for my EF and EF-S cameras I use them all. BUT even though I own the EF-M 18-55, I only ever use the EF-M 22.

So yes, for the Canon mirrorless system, I only ever use 1 lens. It's perfect for the camera. I'd sell the 18-55, but that just seems like a waste of time...

I have three prime lenses as you can see in my signature.
For the 'creative' shots I enjoy taking, I need a thin dof.
For my macro shots at 1:1 I of course need a macro lens.
My 24L II is not a macro lens, and my 100L is not nearly as wide as my 24L II
My lenses complement each other's abilities and inabilities very well.
While your 24-105 lens covers all of the FL's, * it does not have the same abilities at F4.0.
Photography depends much more on the intended subject and final visual result than on anything else.
I would still enjoy photography with only my 50L lens, but I would miss out on 66% of my shots.

InfiniteDivide wrote in post #16904553
I have three prime lenses as you can see in my signature.
For the 'creative' shots I enjoy taking, I need a thin dof.
While your 24-105 lens covers all of the FL's, it is not capable of a thin DOF or shooting in low light.

Yea, yours is bigger than mine, I get it.

2? 3? Boy, I cannot imagine limiting myself to less than 35 or so. I'm not feeling 100% but have aready used 9 differnt lenses today. Specialized tools. Gene

The Dark Knight wrote in post #16904559
Yea, yours is bigger than mine, I get it.

Not my intended message at all, my apologies.
All I ment to state was I could not achieve my desired shots at f4.0

Perhaps changing your 24-105 to a f2.8 zoom will open up new shooting opportunities to you.
Change inspires creativity. That is while I like photography.

InfiniteDivide wrote in post #16904606
Not my intended message at all, my apologies.
All I ment to state was I could not achieve my desired shots at f4.0

Perhaps changing you 24-105 to a f2.8 zoom will open up new shooting opportunities to you.
Change inspires creativity. That is while I like photography.

No need to apologize, I was just joking with you.

As of tomorrow I will have only the 35/2 IS. BUT, I'll have the 50/1.2 soon after, and the new 16-35/4 IS when that's available.

I have gone lengths of time with just one prime lens, and it suited me just fine. I've had GAS and lens OCD here lately...

My x100 is one lens (and a converter)

My lens collection goes from 11mm to 400mm.. I use both the long and short focal lengths frequently., In order to have a single lens cover both, I'd need one with 36X zoom

I work full-time as a photographer, so I have many lenses for my needs. When I shoot as a personal hobby, I typically just use a 5D and 35L or 50L. One lens, one body, one happy photographer.

Nope,

I work from 11mm to 600mm in the same day often. So I tote around quite a few lenses. I have some that overlap. I also adapt old pentax lenses (M42) and tamron (adaptall 2) lenses to my EOS system as well, so I have a few vintage lenses in the mix for their special looks and properties. I probably carry around a dozen lenses at a time, many are small though. I do a lot of macro work as well, so I have a few different setups for that.

I can't go down to one lens. I have two 85's, for two different purposes. It just goes on and on...

And funny enough, I actually use each one a few times in a week. The ones I didn't, I sold. I sold quite a few lenses, including some L's that I didn't use. I only keep what I use. I just rotate a lot of lenses I guess.

Very best,