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Why the 24-70 / 2.8L II does not have IS.

Started Mar 29, 2015 | Polls thread
Khanh Junior Member • Posts: 47
Re: Why the 24-70 / 2.8L II does not have IS.

Still a heck of a good lens, tho. The IS would sure be useful sometimes, but not a deal breaker.

It was a deal breaker to me. I would have got the 24-70/2.8II (IS) if it had IS even at $2.5-3K. For the same reason I would gladly pay the same price (same as Canon 24-70/2.8II) for the Tamron 24-70/2.8 VC if Tamron fixed the intermittent focus issue.

I don't make $$ with my photo so I don't have to justify for ROI. With a family of 4, vacations are expensive. I just add the lens into vacation budget and it's a "free" lens.

I forgot to mention that I enjoy taking video with my DLSR,  with video,  IS is extremely helpful.  That's the main reason why I really want IS in a lens.

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