Should i...?

Im thinking of selling my Canon 15-85mm, and picking up a Sigma 30mm f1.4 and Sigma 85mm f1.4

I did want the 24L instead of the 30mm, but have decided to wait of i go for the primes...

What do you guys think?

Chris

I personally would not want to be without a convenient zoom that covers the range from wide angle to short telephoto. I specifically have kept my old 5D and my 24-105L because together they cover this important use.

What specifically are you shooting that needs the two faster primes?

I know its a hard choice to make it really is lol, iv been over this so many times in my head at what would work better and reasoning and i still cant make a decision...

I had also thought maybe going for the 24L Mk1 instead and swapping out my 70-200 F4 IS for the the new f2.8 MKII, as iv started to do a lot of video work again! If i did do this i would probably keep the 15-85mm

Hmmm lol

I used to have two sets of gear. I had a set of slow zooms (17-40 and 24-105 mainly) and fast primes (35L, 50/1.4, 85L and 135L).

Every summer I would take a lot of vacations and I would carry around just the two zooms for the most part. It was a reasonably small kit (on a 5D) and worked very well. By October I would always be thinking 'why do I keep all these primes that I do not use?'

Then in the winter I would shoot more and more indoor events. Dances, parties etc. I would use pretty much just the primes and the zooms sat unused. By April I would be thinking 'Why do I keep all these zooms that I do not use?'

Since getting the 1D4 with it's very good high ISO, I need the primes even less so I now have mostly just a set of f/2.8 zooms (16-35, 24-70, 70-200) which I can use year round.

It can be difficult to decide.

I use a similar setup to Jeffrey's old setup and I think it works great (set of slow zooms: 11-16, 17-40, 70-200 & fast primes: 24, 50, 85). Zooms really have their place and it would be hard to give them up and just use primes. I know it works for some people (all primes), but it would be difficult for sure - and I LOVE primes as much as anyone. I would just save up any get the 30/85 and then if you still feel you don't use the zoom - you can still sell it later. If this is not a possibility - maybe you can just limit yourself to only those two focal lengths on the zoom for awhile and see how you feel. By the way - nice choice in primes - I had the Sigma 30 (one of my favorite primes) and have heard nothing but great feedback with the Sigma 85.

yea maybe my focus should be... Sigma 30mm and upgrade the 70-200 for now, and then buy the 85mm a little later on