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RF 15-35 or 24-70 as next (have EF24-105 f4)

Started Sep 24, 2020 | Questions thread
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Re: RF 15-35 or 24-70 as next (have EF24-105 f4)
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mikepro74 wrote:

I don't do any video.

Primary usage is family, people portraits - indoors/outdoors, as well as travel photography. Recently started getting some interest in more bird/wildlife due to Covid and sitting home watching bird feeder, plus excellent R6 animal eye tracking. Not sure how serious I'll get into that though...

24-70 is not really a portrait lens any more than the 24-105 is.   I'd argue 24-105 is actually better because it has 85 and 105mm.  And really, wouldn't you use your 70-200mm f2.8 for portraits anyway?

For travel, 24-105 is certainly more versatile.

For indoor portraits, maybe something like the RF 50mm f1.2 L would be a better buy than the 24-70 f2.8.  F1.2 is certainly on another world in terms of light and DOF control.

Doesn't sound like you have any idea what you'd do with an UWA.  Hard to recommend a $2200 UWA to someone that doesn't know why or if they want one.   Maybe try adapting a cheap 17-40L as a trial and see if you take to the focal range?

More telephoto is always better for wildlife.  If you must buy something, 100-500 sounds like the one you'd get the most use of right now.

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