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Originally Posted by sassan
And surely you have at least two of EX580 or are they in wish list too?
IMO a body from two digits D (i.e. 20,30,40,50) or 5D plus 28-70 f2.8 L and an EX580 II (or if budget is tight, EX550) are all that any Canophilic photographer needs to complete his art of showing the best pictures to others and especially covering a wedding or likewise.
A 300 f4 IS is absolutely not needed for portrait unless you are talking of some sort of candid shooting. Well for birding etc, Please do yourself a favor and don't settle for anything less than a 100-400L even thought this L has the nasty fame of being a dirt sucker! If too serious and then with fat wallet, then you may want to consider 300 L 2.8 plus a TC 2x.
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I have one EX580II and use an old Sigma as a second flash (plan to change this in the future), for me two bodies are a must. I've done a few weddings and found that keeping the 28-70 f2.8 bolted to one body and a 70-200 f4 on the other was ideal (I liked the extra reach for candid shots). For birding I love shooting with two bodies, one on the long lens (500 f4) and another on a short lens for flight shots (400 f5.6) or the macro.
I bought the 300 f4 for photographing butterflies and using at a local feeding station, it's also good for candid shots of my kids. I did have a 100-400 for a while but let it go and got the 400 f5.6 instead, for some reason I never got on with the zoom.