Yes, the peripheral autofocus points are not so good as the center point. But i think, if you really want speed, better autofocus and to photograph sport, action mostly, then you should consider 7D. For my usage..i dont feel restricted by older AF system at all.


In my opinion, 5D was not designed for speed and action photography (despite that, you can still photograph anything). Landscape and other type of photograpy it does perfect.


If you do not know, what exactly type of lens do you want, the 24-105 IS is perfect. I find it more useful for me than 24-70, because of the IS. For indoor photograpy without flash 24-70 would be more useful, but still not so good as primes with wider aperture, like mentioned Daniel.


Buy it and you will be happy []