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Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
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Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
I would *not* sell the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, *not* buy the EF 17-40mm f/4L USM and do get the EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM. Do this: put the 17-55mm away like if you don't have it anymore. You'll find yourself in agony, so keep it! We put the 24-105mm on the 5D2 often and it's really wide. I do have the 17-40mm but often… -
Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
I have been trying to decide between sticking with the APS-C format (I currently have the Canon 50D) or move to full frame. Borrowed a friend's 5DmkII with 24-70/2.8 today and shot alongside my 50D and 17-55/2.8. I've always loved my combo but shooting full frame (literally) opened my eyes. Nice big viewfinder. Dynamic… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
My local shop sold me a 5D3 kit, removed the lens, and charged me for the body only. There has GOT to be a store in a 10 mile radius of MHD that will do this if you want. Or in Boston. Forget B&H. My local shop told me Canon is trying to help out the local guys with priority shipment of the 5D3. Jeez I got mine a month… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
My experience has been different... 17-40 is not long enough for portrait duty, and 70-200 is limiting indoors. The two do make a nice combo though, and I have gone whole weekends at the family lake cabin shooting just the 17-40 and 70-200 and leaving the 24-70 in the bag. But the 24-70 is the one lens you bring when you… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Don't worry, it's safe to consider this "the right thing" for your type of shooting. While crop sensors are versatile in some respects, full-frame sensors are versatile in other respects. You'll thoroughly appreciate the improved image quality, if you do even the slightest bit of pushing the envelope with your photography.… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
Unless you are really horny to dive into wide angle photography, the above numbers seal the deal for the 24-70. You are in a good position to go for the 24-70 because you have 2 valuable lenses you can sell. People coming from crop cameras and worthless kit zooms have a much harder time passing up the discounted 5DII +… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
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Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
I plan on using my 5D3 until it disintegrates in my hands, and no you cannot have my 24-70L! I am usually of the mind that says if you know you will eventually buy the thing you really want, then money spent on a compromise now is money wasted. However if you were to go for the 5D3 now, I imagine you would have to get the… -
Re: Moving to the 5DmkII - help me with lens choice
I have a love/hate relationship with my 24-70L. At its best, it takes wonderful images, with sharpness close to good primes and fantastic colour/contrast and "sparkle". But, even after coming back from Canon repair last month, it can still sometimes plotz and give me a weirdly soft image (and I know there's nothing wrong…
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