Lens recommendations for new R5 user Locked

Amateur Photog wrote:

davev8 wrote:

you don't say whether you like or need fast aperture in your main zoom lens

if you was considering the 28-70 F2 you can buy the 24-105 F4 and all the F1.8 primes 35/50/85 and a EF 16-35F4is with an adaptor for about the same money (UK prices)

this will give you 16mm to 105 at f4 with one lens swop and 35and 85 at F1.8 with macro and the 50

the 35 and the 50 will make discret streat lenses

all there's lenses will give very good results ...but if you need every last bit of IQ i would say you need to look at better content in your photos

That would be a lot of lenses during travel. I dont like swapping lenses when out and about. I am a clumsy person and i can definitely drop a lens. I know i could leave the 24-105 all day long and swap to primes during dusk but that too is a bit problematic for me. I like a more minimalistic approach where less is more. I need a fast aperture lens thats why i am looking at the 28-70 f2. That range would cover about 50% of my needs. I have a 70-200 that would cover another 30%...All thats left is the wide angle side but i could stich or ask a friend to use his 16-35. Hahaha the more i talk about it the more i like the concept and the more i prefer the 28-70 over the 24-70

So I shoot with several systems where currently different optimizations have been made.
While I may talk brands here I am not brand centric. With my Canon EOS R5 I am focusing on the f/2.8 zooms at 15-35 and 70-200.  In the middle I am good with the 24-105/4 for now  if I could find nice f/1.4 primes at 35 and 85. Right now not something Canon offers. Sure the 35/1.8 (which I have) and the 85/2 (which I don't) probably are OK but for portraits I have adapted the EF 85/1.4L IS.  Sure for when I work I want an f/2.8 24-70  for events I need that but I have not rebought one yet for my Canon system.

I shot Canon for 25 years and about 3 years ago move to Sony but now I am shooting both together and even a Fuji X-T4 which provides a nice small size travel kit. Sony has great smaller primes between 20 to 55, and a fantastic 135/1.8 but their f/2.8 zooms are large and for those I prefer Canon's and the R5. Sony also has some great very small MF primes from Zeiss Loxia and Voigtlander that are very nice as well to use with a zoom.

If Canon's L primes will all be f/1.2 they really won't be travel friendly which is the issue for me and not cost. To be clear when I talk travel I mean trips that are by airplane where size is important (yes  haven't been on a plane now in 18 months)  so that is why I also have the Fuji kit. Great flexibility for the small APS-C size. Travel by car is a different story where I feel I can take anything and size is not an issue.

Sorry to ramble on here but its hard to build a versatile kit good for both local high quality shooting and travel around the same body/lens family but we all keep trying.