These days my kit is
Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DN Art,
Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 and
Sony 35GM, and
recently acquired Samyang 18mm f/2.8.
I used to have a much larger lens kit (when I shot Canon DSLR) but really the 24-70, 70-180 and 35/1.4 cover me pretty well for just about anything I am realistically likely to shoot. (That doesn't stop me from continually thinking about adding a Sigma 65mm f/2 or possibly Sony 55mm f/1.8 though.)
FWIW if I was going all primes, or almost all primes, I'm pretty sure I would go with 20mm (or thereabouts), 35mm, 65mm and 135mm / 70-200.
These days my kit is Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DN Art, Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 and Sony 35GM, and recently acquired Samyang 18mm f/2.8. I used to have a much larger lens kit (when I shot Canon DSLR) but really the 24-70, 70-180 and 35/1.4 cover me pretty well for just about anything I am realistically likely to shoot. (That doesn't stop me from continually thinking about adding a Sigma 65mm f/2 or possibly Sony 55mm f/1.8 though.)
FWIW if I was going all primes, or almost all primes, I'm pretty sure I would go with 20mm (or thereabouts), 35mm, 65mm and 135mm / 70-200.
These days my kit is Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 DN Art, Tamron 70-180 f/2.8 and Sony 35GM, and recently acquired Samyang 18mm f/2.8. I used to have a much larger lens kit (when I shot Canon DSLR) but really the 24-70, 70-180 and 35/1.4 cover me pretty well for just about anything I am realistically likely to shoot. (That doens't stop me from continually thinking about adding a Sigma 65mm f/2 or possibly Sony 55mm f/1.8 though.)
FWIW if I was going all primes, or almost all primes, I'm pretty sure I would go with 20mm (or thereabouts), 35mm, 65mm and 135mm / 70-200.
Jun 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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