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Parents, what's your favourite and 3-5 most used lenses, and why?

Started Mar 11, 2017 | Discussions thread
diness Veteran Member • Posts: 3,758
Re: Parents, what's your favourite and 3-5 most used lenses, and why?

Pietro Marchesi wrote:

Interesting, a lot of love for fast primes here

For family and kids photography with my current zooms I almost only use the longer 35-50-70 part of my 24-70 zoom and use the 70-100mm part of my 70-200. The long 200mm part is used a lot for outdoor sports or wildlife and is often if not always way too short

For family and kids it is better to add 2 or 3 fast primes?

New lens kit: Keep my 16-35f/4L IS and 24-70f/2.8L II. Add a fast 35mm and/or a fast 50mm and add a 100f/2.8L IS macro. Sell my 70-200f/4L IS and buy the new 100-400f/4.5-5.6L IS II.

What full frame lenses do you prefer using to help you get the best real life kids and family photos on holidays and at home, i.e. not for any arranged portraits.

Fast primes definitely give a different look than zooms.  Of course, if I had the 24-70 ii I would probably use primes a little less because of the f2.8 and sharpness.  Problem is, that lens is just way too expensive for me.  I would basically need to sell every lens I own to afford it.

If you 70-200 is only used for outdoor sports and wildlife, the 100-400 would be an awesome change.  You could add a fast 50 or 35, but I would be more inclined to go with an 85 or 135, especially if you give up the 70-200

 diness's gear list:diness's gear list
Canon EOS R Canon EF 135mm F2L USM Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM
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