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My poor old 24-70L

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I recently realised that my 24-70L is collecting dust.

oh yeah, it has excellent image quality, and I like it being a 2.8 lens. But when I come to selecting which lens to bring, it is always the unpreferred choice.

For example, when I go to a long trip, I would be frightened by its weight, and the fact that it is neither wide or long enough made me bring some other lenses instead (in my case a 10-22 and a cheaper tokina 24-200). The 2.8 is not really fast enough so I would have to bring another prime as well (for me it will be the 50 1.4 or 35 1.4)

For wedding, once I brought with me the 24-70L, 70-200 IS, 35L, 85L. Know what, i didn't even put on the 24-70L.

So I'll planning to replace it with the 24-105L. At least it is lighter and has IS.

But I am sure someone will think the other way (or the same way as me).
 
interestingly, I was the same when I had my 20D, the 24-70 hardly got used, it wasnt wide enough or long enough, and the 10-22 became my walk around lense.....new on the 5d I can see what canon was going for in its usage. 24 is now wide again...not super wide...but just about right for 90 percent of the shots i see.
 
i have similar feelings towards my ex-24-70L.
I bought a 24-105L and sold my 24-70L within a week.

I am not saying the 24-105L is better. it is not. But for the added IS and range, I think it is a much more practical lens then the 24-70L, which is very heavy, and akward to use (barrel too big imo).

The 24-105L is a great lens. but it does distorts quite a bit at 24mm, and vignettes more then the 24-70L. All that can be fixed if you are that picky.

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I'll take care of it :p
 
Strange it's what I use on my camera 95 percent of the time. I like the satisfaction of getting fabulous colors/saturation and sharp pictures each time I use it. I have the 10-22, 18-55, 70-200L and the EF 100 f/2.8 Macro.
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Someone who shoots a lot of architecture might prefer a range like 10-22 or 17-40 for daily use, but of course that won't do for someone (like me) that prefers taking pictures of people. I'm eagerly awaiting my 24-70L, and imagine it won't leave the camera for quite a while.
 
For photojournalism / people type work, the focal length of the 24-70L is quite good (and the 2.8 is also really handy).

But then, I often found myself having to stop down the lens such that the DOF is not too thin (and have some people in focus and some don't). In this respect f/4 is more useable.

nb: If I need the extra speed or image quality I would reach for a prime.
 
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