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    Senior Member neuroanatomist's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidEccleston View Post
    BUT... I'm willing to be dissuaded. As you do have the 28-70 f/2... are you finding the zoom range overly restrictive? I suspect you really only pull that out when you're looking for the ultimate in subject separation, and otherwise rely on the wider range of the 24-105, but when you do use it, how do you find it?
    You're correct, I really view the 28-70/2 as a collection of prime lenses. For my typical subjects, I don't find it restrictive. Many years ago, I was deciding between the EF 24/1.4L II and the EF 35/1.4L and I set the 24-105/4 to each focal length for a couple of days. I found that I preferred 35mm, and in post processing I was routinely cropping the shots from 24mm.

    But for a travel lens, I would not want it to start at 28mm. Even though I'd have something wider with me (10-20/4 or 14-35/4), the extra width will often mean I don't have to swap lenses for a shot, something I prefer not to do especially walking around with family. Having said that, I did use the R8 + RF 28/2.8 as a walk around lens for a while, and it does well so perhaps I'm overemphasizing the importance of those extra few mm on the wide end.

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    It is fun to sometimes walk around with a prime, sometimes with a zoom like the 70-300L.

    For a travel lens, I am usually f/5.6-f/11. Usually I am in the “storytelling/entire scene” apertures. If lowlight, I am usually doing sunrise/sunset so I get more light with longer exposures.

    This is why I am ok sacrificing a stop of aperture for a larger focal length range. I’d want IQ to stay up. We’ll see what Canon comes up with. But, let’s get real, I am not hurting with my current kit.


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