https://www.usa.canon.com …em/eos-r-system/rf-lenses
...towards the bottom of the page.
Originally coined by POTN member "Schmoelzel, " the first use of "Holy Trinity" lenses was coined here at POTN back in October of 2005.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=108192
At the time it was three specific L lenses,. not optional or your choice. It was THE Holy Trinity;
35mm f/1.4L, 85mm f/1.2L and 135mm f/2L
I believe the term was coined as a nod to the much older nickname of "Holy Grail" lens,. this being the long since discontinued but not yet replaced 200mm f/1.8L.
It was called the Holy Grail lens because so few were made and finding one was like finding the questing for the Holy Grail. Some traveled to far off lands to find one. (Note, the 200mm was not part of the Holy Trinity, it was a separate thing all together, but it began the trend of imbuing religious qualities to Canon L lenses.)
"Holy Trinity" stayed a POTN term referring to these specific lenses for some time, but quickly, like the 100th monkey, the term was popping up everywhere. First again referring to the same Primes, at FM, DPreview Etc., then it was being applied to other sets of three. First it was the "Holy trinity of Zooms (Canon L f/2.8 zooms, 16-35mm, 24-70mm and 70-200mm)
Eventually people just started making up their own personal "Holy Trinity", and they were doing it on forums and blogs all over the internet.
Near as I can tell, this marks the first corporate appropriation of the term. Fitting that it is Canon to do so, as it was Canon L primes that were in the first "Trinity" where the phrase was coined.
Cheers Schmoelzl and POTN!
but I seem to remember that the whole holy trinity thing has always been debated. But I'm curious, what does Canon consider the holy trinity of primes? The same 3 lenses?
