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If you could only have 3, 6, or 9 lenses for your M system?

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Carl LaFong Forum Member • Posts: 94
Re: If you could only have 3, 6, or 9 lenses for your M system?
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I’m late to the party … as usual.  I have so many competing interests that photography is suffering.  But here goes:

11-22:  my most used lens, by far.  If I could only have 1 lens, this would be it.

Everything else is a distant second.  But maybe in order:

18-150: Covers such a wide range.  It’s the lens I got with my M6 II.

15-45:  Yup, that one.  I keep it on my M5, as a general-purpose camera and lens.

OK, next tranche:

8mm Rokinon fisheye:  I shoot a lot of interiors and landscapes, and this gives me the very wide view I need … usually after de-fishing.  Recently got the Laowa 9mm for same purpose.  It might supplant the Rokinon at some point, after I get more experience with it.

65mm Laowa macro:  Allows me to poke my nose into a lot of interesting places.  I also have the Canon 28mm macro, but haven’t used it that much.

70-300 EF USM:  Gives me the long reach I need at times (with adapter).

And the 3rd category.  Mostly my primes.  Maybe I need to learn to love them more:

56mm Sigma:  I don’t do a lot of portraits, but I like it for that use.

32mm:  Everyone raves about it, so I was compelled to get it recently at its new lower price. Not enough experience with it yet.

22mm:  Have had some recent good experiences with it recently, after ignoring it for a long time.  I expect it might be a great companion to the M200 refurb I have on order.

If you had asked this question 6 months ago, my answers would have been different.  As I am sure they will be 6 months from now.

 Carl LaFong's gear list:Carl LaFong's gear list
Canon EOS M5 Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS M200 Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM +10 more
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