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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

09/13/2012 05:56:26 AM · #1

my local camera shop just got this in they want Â£700 for it

does anyone have it, how good is it? i dont like doubling up on focal length having the 70-200 2.8 why would i use this and not the 70-200. yeah its faster smaller and seems sharper

looking at pics on flikr with 5d mk2 its ace

they also have a 24-70 L or wait for a 24-105 to replace my ageing 28-70

//www.harrisoncameras.net/productdetail.kmod?Productid=11875

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

09/13/2012 07:40:20 AM · #2

Oh, it's good. Really good. Question is, will you have enough use for f/2 over the f/2.8 offered by your 70-200? I do use mine fairly often in situations where I think the speed and focal length will give me something special, and where the size and obtrusiveness of the 70-200 is a disadvantage.
Given the reports on the 24-70 II I think at this point I'd scrimp and save for that rather than buy the original. Not that the original isn't good, it is, but the II seems to be something very special.

09/13/2012 08:11:46 AM · #3

just a quick update as ive got to pick my boy up

tried both in direct comparisons with my 70-200 2.8 and my 28-70 and looking on the screen of 5d mk11 at max zoom there wasnt enough difference to warrant the price, ive got the non l 85 1.8 which takes great pics for portraits

ill get the 24-105 instead i think

the 2.0 is slightly quicker and a lot smaller but im a 6 foot 20 stone (300lbs) rugby playing builder weight isnt really a problem

ill add photos later

use the money for the elinchrom quadras i want

Message edited by author 2012-09-13 08:12:29.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

09/13/2012 05:25:13 PM · #4

uploaded full size images

24-70L

IMG_9236 by gilesbert, on Flickr

my 28-70L

IMG_9246 by gilesbert, on Flickr

135L

IMG_9252 by gilesbert, on Flickr

70-200 2.8 @ 135mm

IMG_9253 by gilesbert, on Flickr

did get a nice carbon fibre manfroto tripod and giotios head for Â£50

IMG_9256 by gilesbert, on Flickr

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

09/13/2012 06:12:01 PM · #5

For me that 135 is just so sweet.... Love how it really isolates the subject so much more than the 70-200, with the monitor OOF in the 135 shot, and the boxes in front of it in focus (almost) in the 70-200 shot.

For a lover of bokeh, that lens is really just something to lust after.