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Help with lens choices for travel and street.

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Help with lens choices for travel and street.

I recently bought the XT5 for travel and street. Mostly, I got it because it is way lighter than my FF gear.  I have a complete (for my purposes) set of FF cameras and lenses.

Since the purpose of the Fuji system is travel, I should to limit the number of lenses I carry to 3 and no more than 4 at the outside. My irrational exuberance over the Fuji system overcame me and I have order too many lenses. The problem is that I really like all the new f/1.4s.

I'm trying to decide what to return.

So, I have sitting on my desk the following lenses:

XF 33 f/1.4

XF 23 f/1.4

XF 18 f/1.4

XF 14 f/2.8 (Thinking of ordering.)

XF 10-24

XF 70-300

My current thinking is that this:

XF 33 f/1.4 stays. It is the lens that I enjoy the most on the XT5.

XF 70-300 probably stays since I would like to have some reach at times, but it's not mission critical.

The 14 make the most sense as I can use it for grand landscapes. However, I really like the 18. The 23 is classic street, but I really like the 50 for street.

I have no love for the 10-24, but it would cover the the same FOV as the 14, 18 and 35 and I have the 50 1.4 for low light. So, I could travel with 3 lenses and be covered for what I shoot.

What would your third and fourth choices be for street and travel be?

Thanks.

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