> Dirk;
> I agree, in many situations the 24, 50, 100 will more than suffice and
> bring home winners. My light combo when I was a working photojournalist
> was 35f2 and 85f2 (or it would have been with Olympus) In truth I used
> Canon F-1 (first model), 35f2 and 85f1.8. ----- Or Leica M2 with 35f2.5
> Nikor and 90f2 Summicron. ----and then later Canon 7s with Canon 35f1.5
> and 85f1.5. My choice today is Olympus OM4t with 24f2.8 and 90f2.5
> Tamron Macro. This combination handles over 900f what I shoot these
> days. The third lens I would add if needed is the Zuiko 300f4.5.
Best To All, Mike
>
>
> To me, it depends on the job, or the intention of the shoot. We shot a
> skating rink event last Sat. and I mostly used a 50 for portraits and a
> 200 for skaters on the ice. I brought a 28/50/135/200 kit. A freelancer
> for the wash. post had his monster nikon 80-200/2.8 zoom on his F5 and
> shoe mount flash. My wife used both her 28-70 and 70-210 zooms. No
> single kit is going to be correct for every job. For the MLK Jr. shoot
> the weekend before, I had a 24/50/100 kit. I got a cover shot in the
> local paper from that shoot, BTW. My first!
>
> Be seeing you.
>
> Dirk Wright
>
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