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JohnDizzo15 wrote:
I keep doing mental gymnastics trying to figure out a use case for when I would actually prefer this thing over a plethora of other options while considering the key factors for myself (size/weight, FL, aperture, and price).
Without fail, I’ve ended up at the conclusion that this thing would very likely end up sitting in my closet most of the time, only making occasional appearances when I forcibly bring it out. So then what I’m left with as the sole motivating factor to get this thing is boredom and/or a little bit of play time. 
Generally speaking, when I need to cover wide to short tele for a given scenario, I just bring two rigs out, and there is seldom ever an instance where I’d be satisfied being capped at 50 on the wide end, and 150 on the long end.
While a very cool and welcomed lens to the ecosystem, I feel like it just sits uncomfortably in this in-between space for my personal preferences. Not wide enough, not long enough, and not quite fast enough for a one rig outing. So if I carried this thing out, I’d always have a second rig with me that was wider than 50 and faster than f2. And if I’m doing that, then I’d rather combine it with something that made it out to 200, albeit at 2.8.
All that being said, I’ve been known to succumb to boredom many times in the past. ...Show more →
I used to shoot with the 135L, which produced beautiful images, but I didn’t use it often. In typical low-light situations, my primary lens was usually a 24mm f/1.4 or 35mm f/1.4, and if I carried a second lens, it would be a 50mm, 85mm, or 90mm, making the 135L my third-choice lens. In good lighting, I preferred using the 70-200mm.
As a result, the 135L mostly saw use at home or during indoor concerts and sports. That’s why I never picked up the GM version, since I knew I wouldn’t get enough use out of it.
The 150mm f/2 and 200mm f/2.8 are equivalent to 300mm f/4 when cropped. If both optics are perfect, theoretically they should resolve distant subjects equally well. However, this needs to be verified through empirical testing on high-resolution sensors.
For travel, a four-lens setup could be the 16-35mm, 70-200mm, 24mm f/1.4, and 50mm f/1.4. This could be streamlined into a 3 lens kit with the 16-35mm, 50-150mm, and 24mm f/1.4.
On its wide end, the 50-150 loses 1 stop compared to the 50mm f/1.4 or 85mm f/1.4, but it offers the flexibility of a zoom.
On its long end it may effectively replace both a 70-200mm and a 135mm f/2
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