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MY NEW EOS SL2 ARRIVED -- new lens line up?

Started Jul 24, 2017 | Discussions thread
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MY NEW EOS SL2 ARRIVED -- new lens line up?

It actually arrived early.  I ordered it from B&H.  Their website said that Canon was shipping it on 7/20  -- which I thought would be Canon to B&H.  Lo and Behold, B&H shipped on 7/19 and I received it Fedex Ground on 7/21.

Nice unit all around.  Here is my question folks.  My main focus (pardon the pun) for buying this camera was it size.  But I still have my lens line up as follows:

Canon EF 28-135mm

Canon  70-200mm f4 L IS

Canon 50mm  f1.8 nifty fifty

Tokina 12-24mm f4

Canon 18-55mm (new with the SL2)

I also have a Keno 1.4x converter which must be used with aperture of f4  or wider.  It works well with the 70-200mm and the 12-24mm.

The 28-135 is a tank.  big heavy but a nice walk around lens and always pleased with image quality from this lens.  However, I had use of a newer EFS 18-135 and it is much lighter and more compact.

What would you all recommend?  I won't part with the 70-200mm.  It is a superb lens.  The 12-24 has proved to be too wide for my purposes but it is really a fine product -- great optics,  and great build quality too.  But I would consider parting with it.  The 50mm is not worth selling.  And I like the 18-55.

I was considering just selling the 28-135 and getting the 18-135.  smaller lighter and wider at the short end.  Any comments or suggestions are welcome? the 18-135 is considerably lighter and more compact that the 28-135.

Also, any recommendations for shooting the Eclipse.  What filter.  B&H is selling a very dense neutral density for that purpose, but it is not cheap ($170) and it has such limited use.

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RLH

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