Don't forget about the time saved from "analysis paralysis". I'm half way serious, but with one lens you don't have to figure out which primes stay and which primes go in the bag.
That does not make any sense unless you didn't need f/1.2 or f/1.4. That one (and +) stop is very special IMO.
Phew, I thought you were going to tell us to use cellphone cameras and rely on Topaz AI processing to get the shots. With AI, is a camera or a lens even necessary? That is so early 21st century.
I'll chime in because I asked the same in another thread, got an answer, and he takes awhile to respond.
Ah, I wish I can give up f-stops so easily, and I would be super happy with a lot of good quality zooms.
He conceded that he was giving up speed, separation and bokeh but that for what he shoots that was ok. Makes sense for him.
Yeah, whatever...
Never had both at the same time.
I wouldn’t think anyone is not happy with it. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep both the EF 24-70 2.8L ii and buy the 28-70 but don’t see any need, really. I’m just getting ready in the next couple of days to post and sell the EF 24-70. I’m just trying to figure out a fair price.
The RF 28-70 is “special”, I can’t say that of most glass. It’s kept me bound to RF. It’s the apex of the RF mount.
Your answer is right on the money. Thanks friend!
With my event and sports shooting I don’t need the ultra-fast lenses, but rather the flexibility of a good zoom. And the 28-70 produces images with excellent character, which is one aspect I’m after. I just don’t need to get that kind of rendition from primes now.
I made the exact same decision and I’m still confident that I made the right decision for me. That doesn’t mean that I have 100% stopped dreaming of the 28-70Thank you to everyone that gave me input to my question on the RF 28-70 lens.
I looked up my metadata in Lightroom over the past several years and in 2022 using the R5 camera.
Out of 4,500 shots in 2022 with all lenses I own I used f/1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2 only 74 times. 1,755 shots were at f/5.6
I spoke to my local camera shop today and he mentioned Canon might have their trade-in program starting tomorrow. I am not familiar with that program.
Based on my aperture uses and owning the Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L and Canon RF 85mm 1.2L I might just go with the Canon RF 24-70mm and either trade-in or sell my current Canon EF 24-70 2.8L ii.
I don’t have an issue paying the extra $700 for the RF 28-70 but think it will be more practical to use the RF 24-70mm. Easier to haul around all day, 24mm vs 28 mm. Not saying that if I had f/2.0 I wouldn’t shoot more below f/2.8 since I don’t need to change lenses but that is hard to say.
Out of the 4,500 shots I used 24mm 192 times and 28mm 76 times. 1,200 shots were between f/5.6 and f/7.1.
Thank for listening for my rationalization.
.For the few times I use less than f/2.8 I will just change lenses. If I owned both the RF 28-70 and RF 24-70 I would probably use the 24-70 considerably more frequently.I made the exact same decision and I’m still confident that I made the right decision for me. That doesn’t mean that I have 100% stopped dreaming of the 28-70Thank you to everyone that gave me input to my question on the RF 28-70 lens.
I looked up my metadata in Lightroom over the past several years and in 2022 using the R5 camera.
Out of 4,500 shots in 2022 with all lenses I own I used f/1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2 only 74 times. 1,755 shots were at f/5.6
I spoke to my local camera shop today and he mentioned Canon might have their trade-in program starting tomorrow. I am not familiar with that program.
Based on my aperture uses and owning the Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L and Canon RF 85mm 1.2L I might just go with the Canon RF 24-70mm and either trade-in or sell my current Canon EF 24-70 2.8L ii.
I don’t have an issue paying the extra $700 for the RF 28-70 but think it will be more practical to use the RF 24-70mm. Easier to haul around all day, 24mm vs 28 mm. Not saying that if I had f/2.0 I wouldn’t shoot more below f/2.8 since I don’t need to change lenses but that is hard to say.
Out of the 4,500 shots I used 24mm 192 times and 28mm 76 times. 1,200 shots were between f/5.6 and f/7.1.
Thank for listening for my rationalization.
Do you shoot P, Auto, Fv, Tv, Av? Very important question.Thank you to everyone that gave me input to my question on the RF 28-70 lens.
I looked up my metadata in Lightroom over the past several years and in 2022 using the R5 camera.
Out of 4,500 shots in 2022 with all lenses I own I used f/1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2 only 74 times. 1,755 shots were at f/5.6
I spoke to my local camera shop today and he mentioned Canon might have their trade-in program starting tomorrow. I am not familiar with that program.
Based on my aperture uses and owning the Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L and Canon RF 85mm 1.2L I might just go with the Canon RF 24-70mm and either trade-in or sell my current Canon EF 24-70 2.8L ii.
I don’t have an issue paying the extra $700 for the RF 28-70 but think it will be more practical to use the RF 24-70mm. Easier to haul around all day, 24mm vs 28 mm. Not saying that if I had f/2.0 I wouldn’t shoot more below f/2.8 since I don’t need to change lenses but that is hard to say.
Out of the 4,500 shots I used 24mm 192 times and 28mm 76 times. 1,200 shots were between f/5.6 and f/7.1.
Thank for listening for my rationalization.
