I've used the C 535 EB several times as a handheld microphone for vocalists, and think that it's quite good for the price. Clear, sweet, trouble-free, and the switches let you set the output level and bass contour that you want. The next step up for hand-held miking would be the Neumann KMS 105, but that's about twice the price limit that you mentioned.
On a practical level I'm not sure that one microphone should be expected to excel at both hand-held use and more distant miking. If you know in advance that you'll always need a popscreen, you can design the capsule and its popscreen together for optimal results, but then that alters the directional pattern somewhat. For a condenser microphone, if you know in advance that it will always be used within a few feet or inches of the sound source, you can increase its membrane tension and reduce the problems with proximity effect and popping on consonants, etc.--but then that reduces the low-frequency response for general-purpose recording. And so on--the compromises that you can make for close-miking of vocals are very useful for that single purpose, but they mostly detract from other uses of the mike, especially if you're inclined toward two-microphone stereo "purism."
--Just one odd thing I should mention is that I bought my C 535s on eBay from two sellers who both claimed that the microphones were in "used but excellent" condition; in fact both mikes needed to have their capsules replaced. That wasn't horribly expensive, but it caused a delay before I could use the mikes. I don't know whether that says anything about the capsules being fragile or not.
--best regards