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Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo
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Originally Posted by stmoritzer
24-70 is quite a big zoom range, a friend of mine ( 3/4-pro with a D200) didn't recommend me to buy a lense with that much zoom range.. the 17-40 sound good!
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Next advice: don't listen to that friend.  The 24-70 is among the sharpest zoomlenses that Canon offers. Contrast, bokeh and AF-speed are excellent. So I really think he's wrong and should try one himself. 
The 'safe' range for zoomlenses is around 3x zoom (70/24=2.9) but there are a lot of exceptions to that old rule-of-thumb. |
Yup, I confirm it's a hell of a good lense. I used it in several occasions, inside and outside (Geneva, the RS6/Quattroporte/JRX indepth, snowdring school) and it's just perfect IMO.
All alone it won't be any good for me, but to fill the gap I'll have between the 17-40 and the 70-200, it will be great. The 17-40 afterall will only be used for inside events and very crowded place.
Just not sure if I should try to slot a 580ex in before buying a third L :bah: