If you could only take one prime for your apsc/crop?

Might be the 24 STM that I don't yet have.  Ran around with the 35 2.0 IS today and it was slightly too long much of the time.

Might do a 1-2 of the 24 and 50 STM (for travel/street).

MMACory wrote:

Might be the 24 STM that I don't yet have. Ran around with the 35 2.0 IS today and it was slightly too long much of the time.

Might do a 1-2 of the 24 and 50 STM (for travel/street).

I agree. I experimented today with one of my zooms and I think 35 would be too restrictive for my style.  I think 24 at the widest, maybe as high as 30.

Hands down it's the 24 EFS 2.8 lens.  That is a great focal length, the lens is very small and light.  And the lens is very sharp.  I'm using it a lot for events.  I have used the 17-55 2.8 for several years, and really like almost everything about the lens except two really big issues.  The first is weight, it's a killer and the second is the lens creep so shooting with one hand while holding flash up with the other is very difficult, and the focal length keeps changing on you.  I find that the 24 is the sweet spot for many even type pictures when I looked at where I ended up with the 17-55, so having this simple, light lens that doesn't move is really nice.

MMACory wrote:

Might be the 24 STM that I don't yet have. Ran around with the 35 2.0 IS today and it was slightly too long much of the time.

Might do a 1-2 of the 24 and 50 STM (for travel/street).

I agree. I experimented today with one of my zooms and I think 35 would be too restrictive for my style.  I think 24 at the widest, maybe as high as 30.

The 24.mm stm is a nice lens and small!

Thanks everyone for your input. I am ordering a 24mm STM to experiment with. If it turns out that I feel limited in low light or it feels a bit too wide, I'll consider whether I want to go for a prime in 24, 28 or 30 and sacrifice additional weight/size.  Reading the reviews and knowing the size of the 24mm STM, I am fairly certain I'll hang onto this lens regardless as it seems like a bargain and a real gem!

The fl I use the most on full frame is 50mm but sometimes a bit wider wouldn't hurt, so my choice on aps-c would be the 24mm stm. In your gear list you already have the 85mm f1.8, if you add the 50mm stm you'd have:

40~mm f2.8

80mm f1.8

135mm f1.8

All in a really small and light package. If you just carry with you the 24 and 50 it will be hard to tell that you have 2 lenses with you, due to the small size and weight.

Indiana25 wrote:

Thanks everyone for your input. I am ordering a 24mm STM to experiment with. If it turns out that I feel limited in low light or it feels a bit too wide, I'll consider whether I want to go for a prime in 24, 28 or 30 and sacrifice additional weight/size. Reading the reviews and knowing the size of the 24mm STM, I am fairly certain I'll hang onto this lens regardless as it seems like a bargain and a real gem!

Yes and the 40mm pancake is equally as much of a steal. They make a great pair.

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Indiana25 wrote:

Thanks everyone for your input. I am ordering a 24mm STM to experiment with. If it turns out that I feel limited in low light or it feels a bit too wide, I'll consider whether I want to go for a prime in 24, 28 or 30 and sacrifice additional weight/size. Reading the reviews and knowing the size of the 24mm STM, I am fairly certain I'll hang onto this lens regardless as it seems like a bargain and a real gem!

Awesome that you've made up your mind Have fun with it!

Indiana25 wrote:

Thanks everyone for your input. I am ordering a 24mm STM to experiment with. If it turns out that I feel limited in low light or it feels a bit too wide, I'll consider whether I want to go for a prime in 24, 28 or 30 and sacrifice additional weight/size. Reading the reviews and knowing the size of the 24mm STM, I am fairly certain I'll hang onto this lens regardless as it seems like a bargain and a real gem!

A good place to start - have fun and let us know how you find it.

To add my two cents/experience to this discussion for future reference; My EF 28mm f/1.8 is the default lens attached to my 70D and it's a very all-round useful FL - not too wide or too long - generally speaking. Indoors it's wide enough to get most things in and outside too for some architecture at medium distances. It's not too long either like my 50mm that i had to sell on for this reason. But a couple of times i did feel a little bit longer length would've been nice when i was in a wide-open space with crowds - i recently tried the EF 35mm f/2 IS indoors and found that in even in close quarters i could just about deal with the FL so i would really like to try it outdoors and the IS would be handy when travelling about as well as the f/2 in low-light and size + weight, i think this would be my next choice of prime if i have the money spare - i would not buy any prime with a longer FL than this for mid-range photography (telephoto/macro is a different case of course!).

Just to note that although the 28 1.8 is soft wide open, to have the ability to let in all that light is very useful, and besides if you're shooting at high ISO the image quality won't really be that fantastic anyway - but you'll be able to see the subject better than at f/2.8 at the same shutter speed. I brought mine before the 24mm STM was released else i most likely would've gone for it too due to it's size & price, but i'm glad to know the ability to go wider with the aperture