Hello guys I am new to the Forum.
My uncle gave me Canon 5D mark IV for my birthday.Unfortunately he bought it Body Only.I am in a delima to choose between EF 24-105mm f4L IS or EF 24-70mm f2.8L ii.My complaint for the latter is that is does not features an IS system. Does th IS matter or not for the starters?
Also I have to buy a new smartphone. Should I buy the Apple iPhone 7 plus 128GB Jet Black or Samsung Galaxy S7 edge 128GB Pearl Black?
For photography, IS doesn't benefit me a whole lot. I like to shoot with faster shutter speeds and get sharp photos. But it depends on what kinda shooter you are. I like 1:1 sharpness.
For video, IS does benefit me, but you can get the 24-105 later for IS. However most of my video work is also done on a tripod so even then it doesn't come into play much.
IS only affects you shaking, it doesn't affect getting a sharp photo of someone. It can affect stationary objects as those objects don't move. However, a person moves. Even if it's just a set up portrait they will move.
So, you have to shoot at a faster shutter speed to get it nice and sharp. Especially at 30 megapixels if you're going 1:1 on native 30 megapixels.
I use the iPhone 7 Plus 256GB Matte Black. The screen works well with the wifi app, when I record videos of myself I focus on myself through my phone. The app works very good, IMO a large screen smart phone is even better than an articulating screen. You can even attach your iPhone to the tripod mount of needed.
Sigma is coming out with a 24-70 ART series 2.8 with IS. That probably will end up being the sharpest 2.8 out there and it will have IS. If it's not as sharp as the Canon I'm willing to bet it comes close.
I use the Canon, and on other systems I would be a prime person, I care lot about sharpness and details, as well as micro contrast. The canon 24-70 2.8 ii is incredibly sharp.
The 24-105 F/4 is not that sharp, especially if you're gonna crop or judge your pictures at 1:1.
The only reason I keep the 24-105 F/4 is for handheld video. IN that case, it is sharp, because 4k video is only 8 megapixels, 1080p video is only like 2 megapixels, so it can resolve that easily and you won't really notice a difference between the two other than one goes to 2.8 and the other goes to F/4.
Keep in mind you can blow the background out more at 105 F/4 than at 70 2.8. It's not technically a shallower depth of field, but because you're zoomed in the background compresses.
Some people won't like that I said it compresses, different people like to use different terms for what it does.
