Comment by PaulHoule

When I did this shoot

https://www.behance.net/gallery/232094025/Dragon-Day-2025

I got frustrated with switching between a wide and relatively long lens and having to clean up dust spots afterwards that I got one of these

https://outdoorx4.com/stories/field-review-tamron-28-200-f2-...

which is great for just walking around and I use it for outdoor running events where I can get pretty close and the long end is long enough but the wide end is good useful for crowds

https://www.behance.net/gallery/232159469/Skunk-Cabbage-Run-...

Thing is I sent out my old α7ii body out to be repaired and got a monster backpack

https://mastodon.social/@UP8/114866454342061662

so now I go out with two bodies and even more lenses though I tend to have a cycle of having a heavier and heavier pack until I get an injury, lightening up, healing, and then getting a heavier packer again.

I definitely enjoy prime lenses too, I have more 50mm's that I can rationally explain, also the Sony 90mm macro lens which DxO says is the best lens Sony makes

https://dustinabbott.net/2020/09/sony-fe-90mm-f2-8-macro-g-o...

which is not just good for macro work but also portraits and just random stuff. There is definitely something fun to spending a lot of time with a prime lens and working your perception of space around it. Back when I had a Canon I had just a 20mm full frame lens fitted to an APS-C body.