Am I equipped to rip?

[RLPhoto]

The 50L is a fabulous lens. Its better than the 1.4 in all aspects except in price and weight. Its not necessary to cover every single focal length as you can swap lenses and leg zoom a little to match similar FOV's.

 

[Axilrod]

If you are willing to go manual focus, the Zeiss 50 KILLS the Canon lens. (My walk around lens is the Zeiss 35mm) On the other hand, I prefer the 70-200 f4 or the 70-300 f4 lens because they are cheaper, lighter and perform equally well as the 2.8 lens unless you actually shoot wide open, where the 2.8 lens shines.

But you certainly can't go wrong with your proposed kit.

The Zeiss 50's are better than Canon in some respects, but in absolutely no way do they "kill" the Canon. I love both, but they both have their advantages and disadvantages.

 

[Axilrod]

My recommendation
24-70 2.8
50 1.4, or 1.2 although i love my 1.8
70-200mm 2.8 is ii

He already has the 16-35mm so selling it for the 24-70 would be a pain in the ass.

 

[Axilrod]

So I'm trying to round out a good artillery of lens for all around use. I have the 16-35 2.8 ii and I am about to purchase the 50mm 1.2L and 70-200 2.8 is ii with the lens rebate. Does everyone think that's an all around good set of three lens? I shoot a lot of video and all around general photo

Yes that's a great setup, now go shoot and stop worrying about gear.