A good photographer will have great results no matter what equipment is used, whether it is a pin-hole, a polaroid, a LOMO LCA, a point and shoot digital to a 5D with an EF85 f/1.2; so I think to define "general purpose" depends really on "your purpose" .i.e. You can be anything with any equipment.


Run around with an EF 50mm f/1.8 for a bit.