I "like" primes but often find them impractical for all around photography.
Quick understanding of what I shoot, mostly scenic, a bit of street and a lot of family time in our daily life. I currently own the 27mm, 35mm as prime and the "much disliked" 18-135mm.
I used to be a prime shooter when I was still using the Nikon D5000 and I still have some left over lenses from that time.
Usually when I go out in street, I would take either prime with me or even both if I can manage them but the lens that always stays on my X-T1 is the 18-135 because I can do pretty much everything with it, will it fit into any kind of contest, certainly not but if I have to leave anywhere I have never been and could take only a limited amount of gear with me, the 18-135 fits the bill.
In pretty much any situation I will always be able to bring something back with me with that zoom lense.
Do I prefer the primes' IQ ? Certainly. Would I take them out with family to the Zoo ? Not at all, I prefer the zoom in pretty much all situation.
