Canon L-Series 24-105mm vs 24-70mm - HELP ME DECIDE

MADCAP · Post by **MADCAP** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:37 am

Hey Guys as the topic says,

Keen to look for my next lens for a nice walk around the pits, cities and possible people shots - from experience what is a good all rounder - i have a EOS 550D - hope to upgrade body in about a year or so

Cheers
Frank

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:12 am

Very hard to decide on those two. One has a wider aperture. f/2.8. Other makes up for that with IS. Some argue that they want the shallow dof you get from the extra stop, but for the price difference i didnt see the point. Im also using a full frame sensor though, so a lens that had a little more reach was appealing. Also one stop is barely anything on a 5D2. By all the lens tests I've seen they are almost identical in terms of resolution. Question I guess you need to ask yourself, do you want the extra zoom? Or some narrower dof? The 24-70 is a heavier lens too.

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:14 am

Oh by the way. I did hear they are going to make the new 24-70 an IS lens soon. If your talking about that lens, then yes get that. I imagine it would be much dearer though.

MADCAP · Post by **MADCAP** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:31 am

New lens in IS OOOOOOOhhhhhh yeah maybe i wait =)

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:04 pm

You might be waiting a while. That subject has been booted around the 'net for a while now.

Get the 24-105. IMHO, better value and more useful.

Post by **norbs** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:09 pm

I love my 24-70.

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:54 pm

Both are awesome really. You can't really go wrong with either. Moneys/weight/extra reach, were the reasons I went for the 24-105. You have a crop sensor for now, so reach wouldn't really bother you.

Swain OHaw · Post by **Swain OHaw** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:30 am

I went for the 24-70 because the majority of my actual paid work tends to involve very low light conditions with fast moving (or at least moving) subjects, and ultimately, a stop is a stop ... apart from that specific concern (I could always crack the ISO a bit more but, it's nice to be able to keep it down) then I'd not be averse to 24-105 ownership. There are times when I wouldn't mind the extra reach ...

MADCAP · Post by **MADCAP** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:23 pm

Guys i finally went with the Canon F2.8 24-70mm USM - good price for $1230 via Citiwideonline, owell another lens in the bag to play with

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:31 pm

Great stuff!

MADCAP · Post by **MADCAP** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 12:20 am

Just bought this puppy tonight - Damn this hobby is costing me again, but every little bit will help, now how can i make some money back

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:34 am

Now go buy another one so you can master/slave them.

MADCAP · Post by **MADCAP** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:43 pm

Just a quick test shot with the new 580EX II, must say it gives me confidence to shoot at night now

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:19 am

Take it off the camera, do a longer exposure and pop the flash from different angles. You can get all sorta of cool effects by varying where the light source is coming from.

A.R.S.E.