PLA: Prime Lovers Anonymous

Here's a couple taken with the 50L:

Another one for the prime barn - just picked up a nice little Samyang 85/1.4. Had a Siggy 85/1.4 a few months ago but it was really overkill for the purpose I wanted it for (didnt need AF).

Havent used it enough yet to come to a final verdict but wide open it loses a touch of sharpness (nothing a sharpening script cant get back with ease though). So far it suits me perfectly:

I currently own a 50L, and am planning to pick up a 135L. Would this two lens combo work well over a
35L/135L combo? The reason I'm asking is because I'm playing with the idea of moving the 50L for the 35L.

I'm still curious as to whether the 24/50/135 or 35/85/135 is the right set of primes for me in the long-term. I enjoy photographing peope, and I hope to continue to learn and develop my craft.

ninhja wrote in post #12649508
I currently own a 50L, and am planning to pick up a 135L. Would this two lens combo work well over a
35L/135L combo? The reason I'm asking is because I'm playing with the idea of moving the 50L for the 35L.

I'm still curious as to whether the 24/50/135 or 35/85/135 is the right set of primes for me in the long-term. I enjoy photographing peope, and I hope to continue to learn and develop my craft.

Personally, I think 35L + 85L would be a better and more versatile combo - there seems to be too much of a gap between 35 and 135...but I guess it all depends on your needs. It's certainly the route I'm moving towards - I really want the 85L, but I think it's too close to my 50 - the 35L seems the most obvious replacement...plus it's just a spectacular lens!

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LOL at your other cookie-cutter posts, and your thinly-veiled spam. Reported you to the mods.

shoot mainly on primes Until I get a 70-200mm 2.8 IS II, that will probably always bee the case. Zooms are just not fast enough for me. I keep a 70-300 4-5.6 around just in cast, but I rarely use it.

[THEN . . . came my first "L" lens about a month ago. Truly awesome optics. It's an EF 200mm 2.8L II . . . and it ROCKS when I do my part!

Yes it,s a great piece of glass and fast here is one of my 200mm mk 2L SHOTS

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hi
my name is jobv2.0.
i only HAVE primes so i have no choice. but i chose to have only primes. (see what i did there? LOL)

35 f/2 and 85 f/1.8

next two lenses will be 50 1/4 and 135 f/2 which ill probably get at the same time.

i have to admit the only zoom i crave is the 70-200 f/2.8 (non-IS) but im going to therapy for that (sorry)

bsaber wrote in post #12549694
Here's a couple taken with the 50L:


And one from the Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1:

I'm gonna miss the 50L...

is the nokton manual or af?

wow f/1.1 do you have any shots with it wide open?

ninhja wrote in post #12649508
I currently own a 50L, and am planning to pick up a 135L. Would this two lens combo work well over a
35L/135L combo? The reason I'm asking is because I'm playing with the idea of moving the 50L for the 35L.

I'm still curious as to whether the 24/50/135 or 35/85/135 is the right set of primes for me in the long-term. I enjoy photographing peope, and I hope to continue to learn and develop my craft.

I have the 35/135L combo and I love it. I also have a 200L but I prefer that 135L.

Nmahooch wrote in post #12656384
I have the 35/135L combo and I love it. I also have a 200L but I prefer that 135L.

oh i envy you. i cant wait to ever grab the 135L

I started with 28-70L - 85L - 135L - 200 2.8L and ended with :
16-35L - 35L - 85L - 70-200 2.8L

The 135L + 200L were too unhandy, in that range a 70-200 2.8L is superb (also supersharp and 9.7/10 on Fredmiranda), this range is really great as a zoom for basketball, receptions, events... 135 was my least used lens, had to force myself to use it just like 200 2.8L.

Maybe I replace the 16-35 2.8L with 24 1.4L one day, then my definitive set will be :
24 1.4L - 35 1.4L - 85 1.2L - 70-200 2.8L

jobv2 wrote in post #12656515
oh i envy you. i cant wait to ever grab the 135L

How many of you other prime lovers feel that the zoom causes you to think about composition less? I find that I end up with more interesting shots when using the fixed FL prime and foot zoom. Not to mention that I am a bit of a wide aperture junkie.

canon 35mm f/2.0

f/2.0
1/640
iso 200

idsurfer wrote in post #12662004
How many of you other prime lovers feel that the zoom causes you to think about composition less? I find that I end up with more interesting shots when using the fixed FL prime and foot zoom. Not to mention that I am a bit of a wide aperture junkie.

I sort of pictured the 'frame' in my mind, so it helps me picture the composition before I raise the camera to my eye. I want your Sigma 30.