Can you meet all of your needs with six lenses or less?

If you were to walk into B&H with a conditional blank check, what six (or less) lenses would you buy and why?

The condition is simply no single lens over $4,000 based on B&H pricing for USA sourced lenses (if buying Canon).

25-105L - Great walkaround
70-200 2.8L - Great for a lot of things
35mm f/1.4 L - Trinity for IQ
135mm F/2 L - Trinity for IQ
85mm F/1.2 L II - Trinity for IQ
16-35L - For my wide shots

35L, 85L, 70-200 2.8IS, 24L, 50L---Wedding business...

Maybe the TS-E 24L for landscapes...

But, I already own 16 lenses so that check would be used for a trip to Antarctica or ANWR...

I'm happy with my 6 +lensbaby

EF 24-70L= Perfect walkaround
EF 70-200 2.8L IS= Perfect compliment to the 'Brick' and a fantastic tele
EF 50L= A solid prime.

Literally all I need for what I shoot. I have the 50 1.4 as of today and really dont see me getting the L version...but hell...if its free...and in the spirit of the thread......why not right?

16-35 f2.8L, 24-70f2.8L, 70-200f2.8L IS, 35 f1.4L, 85f1.2L, 135 f2L

thats the holy trinity, AND THE HOLY TRINITY!

Canon 16-35L 2.8
Canon 24-70L 2.8
Canon 70-200L 2.8 IS
Canon 100-400L IS
Canon 135L 2.0
and either the Canon 50 1.4, or the 85 1.8 or 85L 1.2

I have all these except the 85L 1.2. They are all great and there is nothing you can't cover with those lenses except for maybe wildlife (birds) and extreme macro photography.

dayum bbc, we mustve been typing at the same time!!

roeddel wrote in post #3917478
dayum bbc, we mustve been typing at the same time!!

Looks that way! LOL

These meet all my needs
24 1.4L For wide shots that the 35 just can't get
35 1.4L The one lens I really could if pressed to shoot almost everything with
85 1.2L Portraits and low light candids where you need a little reach

All three of these lenses perform OUTSTANDING in low light actually all situations and I have found over the years these are the focal lengths I use for the type of work I do.

I would say unless you shoot sports or wild life these would work for you to.
I don't need anything else.

My needs? Sure.

16-35L
24-70L
70-200 2.8L IS
35L
85L
135L

I might trade the 70-200L IS for a 300 2.8L IS ($3,999- still under budget )

24L
50L
85L
200L
16-35LII
45 ts-e
I'm waiting on that check.

17-55 2.8 IS
70-200 2.8 IS
135L
35L
and
60 Macro for fun.

come on, woogie. 6, not 5! Get the 300!

I have virtually everything I need in glass with just three lenses (for my 20D):

16-35 f/2.8L
24-70 f/2.8L
70-200 f/2.8L IS

In the future I might look at a couple of fast primes, depending on the need. For now I'm never looking for something I don't have.