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Lens Advice: 2 Mid-Level Primes or 1 L-Series Wide Angle Zoom

Started Jun 10, 2013 | Discussions thread
tonyjr
tonyjr Veteran Member • Posts: 5,295
IF 15-85 , THEN -

If you get the 15-85 , then you can stitch . You probably could then just get the / one of the 70-200's .

The thing about the 15-85 is it is 72 mm . While the 15-85 is wider , when I compared it to my 28-135 - it was not worth the money . But I was interested in both sides of the gap between the 17-55 and the 70-200 . I already had the 10-22 . Also the 17-55 ,70-200 and the 10-22 are 77 mm -

You mentioned you were going to sell a lens and 2 filters which to me means you believe in them .  Try to get lenses in same filter size . While I already had 72 mm filters [ 28-135 and 35-350 lenses ] it would mean carrying different filters , but if it would have helped a bunch , I could have .

A word of advise - forget others saying this or that lens is not sharp . Look for shots taken with the lens you are interested in . If they look good to you - ignore reviews . There are several sites that compare lenses with shots .

There are good and bad copies of lenses out there .

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