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Never ever try a PRIME lens.. Going back to a ZOOM, you get too obsessed w. IQ

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John Crowe
John Crowe Veteran Member • Posts: 3,476
Ten primes, one zoom!
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I made this same discovery in 1988 after 5 years into photography.  I have used some of the extremely good zooms over the years but have settled on 10 primes and one extremely good zoom.

There are more high resolution zooms available today than forty years ago, but there are still many poor ones.

Your L II is a huge step up from the original.  It will have a sweet spot in focal lengths and aperture.  I determined what those are for my EF 70-200/4 L and stay in that range when I can.  Sometimes zooms are just a necessary compromise that cannot be avoided.  Sometimes getting the photo is more important than not getting it at all!

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