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Prime 2/3-lens setup

Started Apr 19, 2017 | Questions thread
Stesinou
Stesinou Contributing Member • Posts: 832
Re: Prime 2/3-lens setup

Just my personal opinion. For my X-T20 I am now collecting the lineup of 3 primes:

  1. 23/2 - "normal" lens 35mm equiv. for everyday use, I already have it
  2. 56/1.2 (non-APD) - portrait lens usable for some street and event photography as well, this one is the next one to buy
  3. Samyang 12mm - wide-angle, this one is the third in my priority list.

Also the beercan XF 55-200 is in near plans (maybe even earlier than 12mm) and XF 100-400 is planned for later (it's expensive).

With this line of 3 primes, I have all my most common use-cases covered.

No 50/2 because of 56/1.2. No 35/2 because I just don't like the "normal" 50mm-equivalent focus, 35mm equiv. is more natural for me. For wide-angle, I just don't see the benefit of paying more, Samyang is "good enough" for me.

 Stesinou's gear list:Stesinou's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Fujifilm X-T20 Samyang 8mm F2.8 UMC Fisheye Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR +6 more
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