I've been using a 17-85 IS for about a year now on my 20D, but recently I have been getting a bit dissapointed by the wide open chromatic aberations and vignetting. Therefore I've been looking at either a 24-105 f4 or the 24-70 f2.8 as an up grade and I'm struggling to make my mind up.
As I see it they stack up like this:
----------------24-70
-----24-105
Max app
---------f2.8 ------f4.0
Zoom Range
-----2.9x
------4.4x
IS
---------------No
-------Yes
Weight
----------950g
------670g
Price
------------£818
-----£599 (Warehouse Express)
Overall Rating
----9.
56 -----9.16 (user feedback
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So I suppose the question is... "is one stop and a very marginal increase in performance worth the difference in zoom range, no IS, weight & price?"
Anyone any views? The only slight worry is the comment in the
photozone review "
It took me 4 (f-o-u-r) samples of the lens to get a good one - please note: "good", not a "great" sample. The first three variants showed rather hefty centering defects which spoiled the results quite a bit"
Quote:
Originally Posted by postcardcv
... however ...I've seen a good deal on a 28-70 f2.8 L that I couldn't resist!
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How good & where?
