Now that I have the 24-70 I can say that this lens is very nice but my earlier comments are reinforced. The lens is nice but it is very vanilla. I find the reach isn't nearly long enough for an all-around lens and I may have a little regret letting my 24-105 go.


The gig I bought the 24-70 for, I was bouncing the a flash off the ceilings so rarely did I use it wide open. I got the shots I wanted but I wish I could have had a little more reach. Hind sight being 20/20 and if I felt like toting 2 bodies, I should have put my 16-35 on my 40D and 70-200 on my 5dmk2.