If you can have ONLY 3 lenses, what would they...???

[Canon6D]

Exactly the three lenses I already own:

- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM (+ Kenko MC4 1,4x DGX)
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro

[KyleSTL]

Crop:
10-22mm | 15-85mm | 70-200mm f/4L IS (or maybe 70-300L)

FF:
17mm TS-E | 24-105mm | 70-300L (or a future 100-400mm replacement)

[charlesa]

24 mm TS-E II L
70-200 mm f/2.8 II IS L
400 mm f/2.8 L IS I

[FLOYD]

For the FF:

24-70 2.8
70-200 f2.8 or f4 (IS)
85 f1.2 or f1.8

[kennykodak]

14
24-70
70-200

[pwalderh]

24-70mm f/2.8
70-200mm f/2,8 IS
300mm f/2,8 II IS

[MiceBass]

Wow a lot of people are shooting with lenses that don't even exist!

Who are you to tell me I can't have my 8-1200 f1.2 L IS IV?

[docsavage123]

I would have now is these 3:
24-70 F 2.8
70-200 F4 L
400 F5.6 L

What I really want is:
500 F4 L
70-200 F2.8L
16-35 L Mark II

[MK5GTI]

35mm
85mm
135mm or 70-200

[Axilrod]

16-35mm
50mm f/1.2
70-200mm f/2.8 IS II

If I had to pick all primes:
24L II
ZE 50 f/2
85L II

And for APS-C
Tokina 11-16mm
ZE 35 f/2
ZE 50 f/2


3 is a really tough decision.  I love primes but I'd have pretty limited reach.

[rahkshi007]

for me if i can only bring 3 lenses out. it will be

1)24-70mm f2.8
2)17-40mm f4

3) either 50mm f1.4 or 85mm f1.2

[Axilrod]

The much desired and wished for 14-24 f/2.8

Well it looks like you'd be shooting with 2 lenses for a while.  Pick a lens that exists already, otherwise this is just going to turn into a fantasy wish list.  Do it for the people that may be trying to pick lenses right now and want a legitimate opinion.

[Cannon Man]

TS-E 24 II (nothing to complain about)
50mm 1.2 (a little soft lens but love the focal lenght)
85mm 1.2 II (perfect image quality and my favorite lens, although i would like it to have weather sealing)

(other lens i really recommend is not available yet, the new 24-70 2.8 II)

[K-amps]

I'd go with a wide angle, normal and tele i.e. 16-35mm L II, 24-70mm L II and 70-200mm L IS II.

Yeah those... with a 2x mk.iii TC

[distant.star]

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I tried to get into this but couldn't.

Canon makes a broad variety of good interchangeable lens cameras with a vast array of good-to-great lenses. What's the point of denying yourself the right tool for the job?

This, to me, is like asking an auto mechanic which three wrenches he would choose if he could only have three. He'd end up with three adjustable wrenches and screw up or miss a lot of jobs.

I guess I just don't like thinking in terms of limitations if I don't have to.