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Hi,

 

I currently have Samyang 12mm and Fuji 35mm F2.

 

I'm thinking of adding a 3rd lens and I'm thinking of getting 56mm.

 

Since 35mm is useful 60-70% of the time for portrait, I'm thinking it'll be quite redundant with the 56mm so I'm also planning to replace the 35mm with the 23mm.

 

I mostly shoot street, general family and friends event, portrait, landscape/nature/sky/sea/beach, and other mundane stuff.

 

Questions:

 

Is it wise to have my 3 lenses - 12mm, 23mm and 56mm?

Given my situation above, is 23mm better than 35mm?

 

Your thoughts are much appreciated! :)

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It is  certainly wise to have a portrait lens which takes your subject a little further away, whether that has to be the 56 or something else is debatable. I am very happy with a number of adapted lenses and the 60mm macro too.

 

I don’t know that you can conclude that the 35 will have no longer any use because in my opinion it is a different lens from the 56-60 and it is a different lens from the 23mm too.

 

So I would actually keep the 35, add the 23 ( because the space between 12 and 35 is too big and uncovered) keep the 35 and look for a medium tele.

 

Have you considered a 60? They are cheap second hand because they are unduly branded as “ slow” while they are plenty fast for portraits. Try an adapted lens, very cheap too!

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