TBH I haven't really come to any kind of definitive stand on this. As you probably realise I do have a range of zooms and they I guess they do get more use than the primes. This is at least partly down to the fact that two of my primes are old Sigmas that don't function properly with the 20D. It also depends on what/where I'm photographing. If I'm in a place where the photo-opportunities may be brief and/or varied then I do tend to stick with the zoom. Where the there is time to linger or consider the image then primes may be a better choice.

I had a week in Devon during June (which happily seemed to coincide with the same week that was summer

) with my film EOS. I did take two zooms (28-70 and 70-210) but as it turned out nearly all the pictures I took on film were taken on my prime collection. Mainly this was down to a conscious decision to avoid using zoom as I largely restricted the film use to 'proper' photography (with a tripod even!) and used the Lumix compact for happy snaps. As a result it was quite refreshing to find myself forced to move about looking for a good angle/composition rather than zooming in til something looks OK...ish. I got a similar buzz from just going out with the 28mm on the camera for the last round of the Forum monthly comp.

Personally I think it would be a sad day if primes go the way of the dodo......