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Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
The 24-105 can have horrid corners on full frame, even stopped down. I tried 2 copies and both were unacceptably bad and even sent to canon for calibration. The center was sharp but about %60 of the data recorded in the frame was terrible from the edges in. If sharp landscapes are a big thing make sure you get a decent… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Just to provide an alternate opinion; personally having grown so accustomed to flagship AF, I'd prefer by far to have a 5D mk3 with some f/4 zooms, than a mk2 and any f/2.8 zooms. But, that's because I often shoot in extremely tough lighting conditions with flare and other issues that just kill AF. I still think you should… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
So now that it's come time to actually order the 5diii, I'm returning to this thread with second thoughts. I'm seriously considering getting the camera as a kit with the 24-105. Seems like a no brainier as it sells for 800-850 as a used model which is its price in the kit. I can essentially try it for free then. Also the… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Ahh, I see. It is, but this is a whole other discussion. I don't see how, since you only use your 10-22 10% of the time. 35/2 is a much better lens than the 50/1.8. I found the AF on the 35/2 to actually be reliable. And in general I like 35mm better than 50mm. Tells a better story by including more context, without… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Eoren, none of us have eternal life. You know you want the Mk3 - think of that in-camera HDR. Make the maths work for you - you'll keep it for the next 10 years and write half of it off against tax as a business owner. That makes it 5$ per month, rounded down and calculated over the difference with the Mk2 which you had… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
So I went through my LR3 catalog and did some metadata searching. In 2011 and 2012, I took 11,600 photos with the 50D. Of those 10% were with the 10-22, 52% with the 17-55 and 38% with the 70-200. The last one surprised me actually. Seems my favorite focal lengths from that more detailed breakdown are 10mm, 17mm, 28mm,… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
You're right Matt. I only used the 5d/24-70 combo for an hour and really appreciated the weight. It actually might be really fun to shoot primes again. I do think starting with just the 17-40 and my current 70-200 makes the most sense. I may borrow the 35/2 from the same friend and see how I like it compared to the 50/1.8… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Thanks everyone - appreciate the help. Definitely happy with the 70-200/4 IS and, if anything, it has an even smaller DOF on the 5D than I'm used to on the 50D so that's a nice plus. The 17-40 seems a given as well. I may shot the odd star shot here and there but it's not worth the cost for the 16-35/2.8. And it should be… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Matt- Hopefully, this will allow me to push the envelope some more - both for personal photography of the kids and my semi-pro landscape work. You raise some good points about the 24-105 and that does have an awful tempting range plus IS. That plus my old 50mm and maybe an 85 in the future would make for a very nice kit.… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Looks like Uncle Sam will be buying me a brand new 5D mk III and maybe even a 24-70/2.8 The backstory: I was a medical resident back in 2002-2005. There was a lot of confusion back then about whether residents could be considered employees or not. It was assumed that we were and thus Medicare and Social Security (ie FICA)…
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