>>4197650>35 and 85 is the perfect comboperfect for what exactly? 85 i understand but 35? really? lenses with focal lengths below 50mm, 45mm at the lowest, are too wide to use them for anything else other than as specialty lenses for whatever that one specific composition youre going for, for your framing of the shot. the wider you go, the more restricted you are with what you can do. even the upper end of telephoto range is less restricting than, e.g 35 to 20mm or lower.
i do everything, whatever gets me paid, ill do it for you. need a portrait? got upcoming social events you want covered? need a product shot? need a photographer for your fashion set? doing a fine art editorial? you have a tourist agency and want a ladscape shot for your site? i tried it all and im doing it all and the conclusion i came to over the years is that wider focal lengths are just not it for most of it, if not close to everything. i went through all possible focal lengths and what i found out is that regardless of what im shooting, be it an event, a wedding, an editorial out or in the studio, macro shots, you name it, im rarely picking up a 35mm or lower focal length lens. it just doesnt look good and its too restricting of a focal length for shooting most things.
the lowest i will go is my 21mm f2.8 and thats only if i have to
the lowest i feel comfortable going where i think my images dont suffer from the hideous wideness look is my 45mm T1.5 lens
focal lengths i use the most, by far, are 50mm, 85mm, 135mm and 300mm and i use those like 70% of the time, for literally everything.
on top of those i also use my 45mm, 100mm and 70-200 @200mm quite a lot.
lenses i use only if i have to are 21mm, 28mm, 35-150 and 400mm.
wider focal lengths are just...
using them is just pure torture,
using them is too restrictive,
the images look distorted,
the images dont look good,
cant shoot up close,
if you need compression = forget about it,
shooting models/portraits with them = forget about it
