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Buying advice - replace lens, go prime, or just get another camera?

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Just for an example I recently bought the 40mm pancake for my 6d since I was doing some traveling and didnt want to carry around a bunch of heavy lenses. I bought it for the reason of convenience and weight, so for me it is a good lens. If im wanting to take portraits than I use my 135L. My lenses all have a purpose. The 50mm outside of cost is an extremely overrated lens that is bought and then most often sold soon after.

That's how I ended up getting both the 24mm and the 40mm pancakes for my wife.... they're light, small....and most importantly to her... "cute"... :rolleyes:

As for the 50mm.... for used prices around 80 bucks... it can almost never hurt to have that in your bag because why not. It's a cheap way to get a prime lens with a wide aperture. A lot of wedding photographers bring 50's for backups since they're versatile and not terribly heavy.
 
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