The holy trinity of zoom lenses is traditionally considered an ultra-wide angle zoom (like a 14-24mm f/2.8), a standard zoom (24-70mm f/2.8), and a telephoto zoom (70-200mm f/2.8), so named because they can competently cover the majority of situations a photographer will encounter. However, since that term was coined years ago, the lens and camera market has changed significantly. Is there a new and better holy trinity of zooms? This great video makes a case for one.
Coming to you from Stefan Malloch, this interesting video discusses the Tamron "holy trinity" of zoom lenses, the 20-40mm f/2.8 Di III VXD, 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD, 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD. No doubt, this is quite a different setup than the traditional trio of f/2.8 lenses, but it contains a range of advantages. While you lose a little but on the wide end, you gain double the reach at the long end, and while the 50-400mm lens has a narrower set of apertures, with the advanced high-ISO and autofocus capabilities of modern cameras, that is not as big a deal as it used to be. It is also worth considering that the Tamron trio is significantly cheaper than a traditional trinity from a first-party manufacturer. Check out the video above for Malloch's full thoughts.
Hmm; for me that "holy trinity: are Tamron's SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2, SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 and SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Probably more expensive than the lenses suggested in the video, but and they cover a longer range of focal lengths and are still cheaper than the camera manufacturers' "originals"
The term "holy trinity" deserves to be retired. There is nothing holy or sacred about the number three nor any range of focal lengths. The so-called holy trinity covers a lot of focal length territory but in reality less that 50% pf the range between super wide and super telephoto. Let's call it a useful, middle trinity. But there are plenty of photographers who routinely shoot with lenses outside the focal range of the so-called holy trinity.
It's comments like this that show what a complete lack of education you must have! There is plenty of evidence to show that the number 3 is a significantly holy number, or did you think the term "holy trinity" simply referred to the three states of water?
Seems reasonable. But, I reserve zooms largely for daytime landscape work, so I'm happy to give up large apertures for light weight with an 18/2.8, 28-60/4-5.6 and 70-300/3.5-5.6 when I'm going for a walk. When I'm shooting events in low light, it's three bodies and all primes, because f2.8 just isn't bright enough.