What is your holy trinity pf primes?

RedDog Steve wrote:

Wellington100 wrote:

9mm Oly

14mm Panny

20mm Panny

Thats my pancake holy trinity

All pancakes, but more importantly, all wider than normal.
"Not that there's anything wrong with that"

My current philosophy is the Prime Trio must contain a wide, normal and telephoto.

I became a big fan of wide angles.
It didn't start out that way.

Early days in film was all about telephotos for me.
At that time my Prime Trio was 55/1.8, 135/2.8 and 200/3.5 Sekor SX.
The biggest reason being I was shooting a lot of concerts.

But as I gained better and closer access (guest list, backstage/orch pit access, tech crew, media member, opening act muso, entourage, etc) I 'discovered' wide angles.
I was rarely a paid photographer but I may have been shooting alongside a pro who suggested I needed a wide angle, and it was certainly true.
I added the SX 28mm/2.8.

SX Trio:
28mm
55mm
135mm

By the time I moved to Pentax K's I was full into wides with 24, 28 and 35mm primes and a wide-normal zoom, plus the teles of course (135, 200).

SMC Trio:
24mm
50mm
135mm

I still have most of my film kit and have attempted as best as possible to mimic those FLs in the u4/3 lenses where they are available.
But there's a gap at the long end specifically at 200mm equiv.

Oh, and there's not yet a way to adapt the SX glass without machine work to the lens or adapter.

Still, wide/normal/tele is my story and I'm sticking to it. ;->

rd

Heh heh, well then I have to confess that what I carry in my camera bag is the three pancakes plus a 45mm Oly so I guess that would have to replace the 9mm. I like my kit small, I only wish that Panny had made a 50mm Pancake, now that would be something.