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

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Sittatunga Veteran Member • Posts: 5,406
Re: If you could only have 3, 6, or 9 lenses for your M system?
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Carl LaFong wrote:

Larry Rexley wrote:

lumenite wrote:

Why do you throw away the fantastic 32mm for this group?
I would go for 11-22, 22, 32, 56, 55-250, and 18-150 although I do not have 18-150.

Truth be told, the EF-M 32mm f1.4 is one of my least used Canon M lenses! I know it's spectacular, but it's just not a focal length I shoot very much. 22mm to me is more of a 'normal' focal length on APS-C... even back in the film days my #1 lens for the Canon FD system was the 35mm f2 lens, and after that I used the 24mm f2.8 more than my 50mm f1.4.

Whew! I thought it was just me who felt that way. Everyone raves about the 32mm, and so I finally got one when the price dropped a little while ago. But I’m still not reaching for it much when I grab a lens or 2 to go out with. Back in my (non-Canon) SLR days I used my 24mm much more than my 50mm, apparently because it’s the way I see the world. I have a lot in my peripheral vision it seems.

I've never been tempted by the 32mm, mainly because I already have the original EF 50mm for full-frame and seldom use it on my full-frame cameras. It costs 4x as much as the EF 50mm and, while its performance at f/1.4 is said to be very good, it's only effectively half a stop faster than the stop at which my lens becomes good.  That's a lot to pay for an improvement at a focal length I don't use much.

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