Shrinking lens kit - which would U sell and keep?

I'm planning to sell two or three lenses and reduce my lenses to one bag's worth this summer. I have a rough idea which lenses I prefer to keep, but I'm curious which lenses other photographers would keep and sell, if they also shot Canon full frame. Here's what I have ... feel free to share which you would sell and keep, with portraits and a few weddings in mind.

Tamron SP 35mm 1.8 VC (minimum focus distance 7.87 in.)
Canon 50mm 1.2
Canon 85mm 1.2
Tamron SP 85mm 1.8 VC
Zeiss Milvus 85mm 1.4
Tamron 70-200 2.8 VC
Tamron 24-70mm VC
Canon 135mm 2.0
Tamron 90mm Di Macro 2.8
Canon 16-35mm 4.0
Canon 70-200mm 4.0

Getting rid of one (or more) of the three 85’s and 90mm macro would probably be where I’d start, depending on how much they get used. Personally I love the 85L II so I’d keep that one for sure. I also have a macro lens that gets used rarely, so I’d be perfectly fine with getting rid of that and just using tubes on occasion.

Next would probably be getting rid of one of the 70-200’s. The 2.8 VC is more versatile, so you wouldn’t lose much by letting the f4 go.

I’ve also never been a fan of 50’s much for some reason.

Definitely on my keep list for portraits and weddings would be the 35, 85, 135, 70-200 2.8, and 24-70 2.8. The rest I could do without, although sometimes I’d like to go really wide with a 16-35 2.8 or other fast ultrawide (instead of the 16-35 f4) and some macro tubes for ring shots and such.

mdvaden wrote in post #18643643
I'm planning to sell two or three lenses and reduce my lenses to one bag's worth this summer. I have a rough idea which lenses I prefer to keep, but I'm curious which lenses other photographers would keep and sell, if they also shot Canon full frame. Here's what I have ... feel free to share which you would sell and keep, with portraits and a few weddings in mind.

Tamron SP 35mm 1.8 VC (minimum focus distance 7.87 in.)
Canon 50mm 1.2
Canon 85mm 1.2
Tamron SP 85mm 1.8 VC
Zeiss Milvus 85mm 1.4
Tamron 70-200 2.8 VC
Tamron 24-70mm VC
Canon 135mm 2.0
Tamron 90mm Di Macro 2.8
Canon 16-35mm 4.0
Canon 70-200mm 4.0

Get rid of the ones you don't want or don't use.

john crossley wrote in post #18643669
Get rid of the ones you don't want or don't use.

I've already set aside 3 lenses I don't use or want very much. But that's not the point of the thread title or OP. I posted to hear what choice other photographers may make, and their reasons, to see if any new ideas can be gleaned.

If this was me, I would get ride of two of the 85mm lenses; I've never used any of those so it's difficult for me to say which one I would keep though. I would ditch the 70-200 f4 since there isn't a need for it being that you have another 70-200mm that has VC and is a stop faster. Personally I don't have uses for most of those lenses so I won't go on, but definitely get down to one 85 and ditch the 70-200mm f4.

No idea what photography OP is up to.

Macro was good as macro, then I quit from macro it was handy for gear for sale pictures.
I never see any use for 85 and longer primes.
Before letting Canon FF go, I only kept Tammy 28-75 2.8 (also has Macro label on it), 70-200F4 and 50L.
50L was in used most until it worn out (plastic parts around lens block), Canon took money, but didn't fix it back to normal.
It pissed me off and I sold FF, keeping trusty old crop with same two zooms and 24mm pancake.

mdvaden wrote in post #18643643
I'm planning to sell two or three lenses and reduce my lenses to one bag's worth this summer. I have a rough idea which lenses I prefer to keep, but I'm curious which lenses other photographers would keep and sell, if they also shot Canon full frame. Here's what I have ... feel free to share which you would sell and keep, with portraits and a few weddings in mind.

Tamron SP 35mm 1.8 VC (minimum focus distance 7.87 in.) ... Sell after you upgrade your 16-35 to an f/2.8 lens.
Canon 50mm 1.2 .... Sell (you have this focal length covered with a 2.8 zoom)
Canon 85mm 1.2
Tamron SP 85mm 1.8 VC .... Sell (you have this focal length covered with a 2.8 zoom)
Zeiss Milvus 85mm 1.4 ....Sell .... Sell (you have this focal length covered with a 2.8 zoom)
Tamron 70-200 2.8 VC
Tamron 24-70mm VC
Canon 135mm 2.0
Tamron 90mm Di Macro 2.8
Canon 16-35mm 4.0 .... Sell and upgrade to an f/2.8
Canon 70-200mm 4.0 .... Sell (you have this focal length covered with a 2.8 zoom)

I would keep the 85L and 135L for portraits, but wouldn't take them to weddings. Upgrade the 16-35 to an f/2.8 and your wedding kit would have all the focal lengths from 16-200 covered at f/2.8 and you would also have a macro for the ring shots. This would be a manageable kit for weddings: 16-35, 24-70, 70-200 and a macro, all at f/2.8. For studio work, I'd probably use the 24-70 and 70-200 and for outdoor portraits, I'd go with the 85L, 135L and the 70-200. You could probably do without the the 85L and the 135L, but IMHO, both primes produce a unique look that zooms can't match.

I'm interested to know what use a 135mm is for weddings. I have a classic manual Pentax with EOS adapter which I don't use, preferring my 200mm zoom. How/for what would you use it?

I love these sorts of exercises. This is what I'd do:

Canon 16-35mm 4.0
Canon 70-200mm 4.0
Canon 85mm 1.2
Canon 135mm 2.0

For last lens, choose whichever focal length is your preferred "normal":

Tamron SP 35mm 1.8 VC
Canon 50mm 1.2

Lyndön wrote in post #18643653
Getting rid of one (or more) of the three 85’s and 90mm macro would probably be where I’d start, depending on how much they get used. Personally I love the 85L II so I’d keep that one for sure. I also have a macro lens that gets used rarely, so I’d be perfectly fine with getting rid of that and just using tubes on occasion.

Next would probably be getting rid of one of the 70-200’s. The 2.8 VC is more versatile, so you wouldn’t lose much by letting the f4 go.

I’ve also never been a fan of 50’s much for some reason.

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This is so exactly what I was thinking while reading his list, in the same order.

mdvaden wrote in post #18643643
with portraits and a few weddings in mind.

Canon 85mm 1.2
Tamron SP 85mm 1.8 VC
Zeiss Milvus 85mm 1.4
Tamron 90mm Di Macro 2.8

Keep one of those. Sell the other 3 remainders. Your choice.

Keep one of these. Sell the other. Your choice.

Either keep the zoom and sell the primes. Or sell the zoom and keep the primes. Your choice.

These are pretty fair keepers. If you keep the 70-200 F2.8, you can sell the 135L frankly and just stick with the ultrawide.

Realistically, if you use the lenses above, keep them. If you have them for the sake of the idea of them but they're not seeing camera time, sell them.

From the above, since you said portrait/wedding, I'd do:

Tamron 24-70 F2.8 VC
Tamron 70-200 F2.8 VC
Canon 16-35 F4L IS
Canon 85L
Canon 50L

Sell the rest.

My reasoning is keeping it simple. If you're doing a wedding, the last thing you need to be doing is changing lenses back and forth. Two cameras, one with the 24-70 the other with the 70-200 will cover almost everything. You break out the specialty lens for specific moments outside of the ceremony where you have time, such as uing the 50L, 85L or 16-35. Portraits in general are not improved by being able to have the thinnest depth of field possible, so I don't see much of a reason to have the longest, fastest telephotos. I've done the 200 F2.8L and 135L and frankly, sold them both. The 85L has a more comfortable working distance and is frankly more versatile. I don't see much point in 35 F1.8 compared to having 35 F2.8, both stabilized. Neither produce thin depth of field, and both are stabilized, so frankly I wouldn't miss the prime there. The only way I'd even consider it would be if it were the 35L II. But again, based on what this is for, portrait & weddings, it's far more important to get the shot than to have the thinnest depth of field option on each lens. This leads to a heavy bag and a lot of lens swapping.

Very best,