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EF 24-70 II, RF 24-105 f4, or RF 24-70 IS? A poll

Started Dec 31, 2019 | Polls thread
R5D4
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Re: EF 24-70 II, RF 24-105 f4, or RF 24-70 IS? A poll

sportyaccordy wrote:

I'm going to come at this from a different angle. I think you have the RF/EF lens selection backwards, currently

If you are using the 70-200 for action, you'd be better suited to have it on the 5D as the overall speed on that is way better. So if that's the case, I'd trade the RF 70-200 for an EF version. Yes the RF version is great and its new design is very novel....... but the R is just no match for the 5D4 on AF, and of course you could use it on both bodies. I find the EF 70-200 2.8 to be really comfortable on the R. Maybe for a 12 hour shoot that extra lb would be significant but for casual stuff it's no big deal.

Hell, if you're just using the 70-200 2.8 for portraiture or slow stuff, nothing is lost as you're not tracking fast moving subjects. So again the EF version would yield you 95% of the performance for 60% of the price.

OK, so now you have an extra $900-1000 or so from that trade. The world is pretty much your oyster. Based on your initial budget you could have it all- an EF 24-105/4L, AND a 3rd party EF 24-70/2.8, AND a stabilized wide-standard like either of the EF mount Tamron 1.8 VC SPs. And probably still have some change left over. I personally would probably skip the 2.8 zoom but if you reconfigure some stuff you won't have to choose.

I'm not using it for action. Portraits and weddings. And yes, the trade of my perfectly working EF version for the RF version hurt, but it was soooo worth it. Have you tried it?

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