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I think fast primes are amazing but not convenient.

My lens collection currently looks like this:

Canon 50mm f/1.8 (because its fun and cheap)

Canon 17-40mm f4/L

Sigma 17-55mm f/2.8

Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L

Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro

You can cover quite a bit of range with the 17-55 and 70-200 in just two lenses.

I also have the original Canon EOS M with the 20mm pancake lense (which is super old at this point) with an adapter to stick EF lenses on it.

When I upgrade to an actual full frame body (my 50d is an APS-C size sensor) I'll probably want to see how zoomed 200mm feels but until then I'm pretty happy.

I still do a fair amount of hobby photography but it's one of a dozen hobbies so they probably don't get as much attention as they should.




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