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Originally Posted by realityinabox
Great deal!
Now you've managed to do 2 things...and get a good lens for portraiture and get a great general-purpose lens to replace your sigma and a small benefit: it's usable on FF as well [;)]
Great one! Enjoy it as much as you can!
Excellent move! If you've never bought used from B&H before you're in for a nice surprise. When they rate something 8+ or above it is very hard to tell it's a used item. Close inspection, sure. But at a glance and to any casual observer it'll look new. And as you noted, 2 weeks to return, no questions asked, full refund. God I love that store!
This was a 9+? Fuggedaboutit - it'll look brandy new. [:)]
The 24-70 has one of the best reputations of any lens out there short of the Leica glass, which of course is (at least) 4x as expensive!
With the IQ of that lens, even wide open, and a new-ish body you'll be able to shoot 1600 in low light no problem; not have to worry about under-exposing and getting overly noisy images. I know you said low-light wasn't a consideration as you work with strobes but you'll be happy to have the option anyway.
Congratulations!
24-70 is my most used lens. You can also catch Annie Leibovitz shooting with it quite often (when she is shooting her 1Ds).
Well dang guys... I was a little iffy as I hit place order last night (big purchase), but these comments are making me feel a lot better about it.
Can't wait for Wednesday now. Should have picked faster shipping, haha.