12-13-2011, 12:22 PM
Of course, you can go on looking forever, but there is more to a lens than just plain resolution. Take weight! I use the 35 and the 20 now as "street lenses" and I can not get my D700 any less obtrusive than with those two lenses (except of course the VL)! For portraits, I fully agree they are not sharp enough wide open, but I don't use them for that! My 50 or 85 are always in the bag if I need them. Now, if you bare a pro going to work it would be a completely different situation. I am not. I can get away with the 24-120 f4 (and some pros do too) but most pros understandably use the 24-70 ! Different strokes for different folks!