Thanks for your reply Backland! I've been out of town for a few days, but I finally took the plunge and picked up my first f/2.8 zoom. I'll try to return to this thread and post my findings as I go.


I picked the 24-70 over the 17-55 for its EF mount. The weight is - up till now - not an issue for me. Yes it's more cumbersome, yes it's big and when picking up this piece of great glass I felt clumsy. I experienced the same feeling when picking up my first DSLR. This will take me a few shoots to get used. The only thing what comes up to me is the lenshood. The hoods of my consumer level Canon lenses seem to slip on and off way smoother (I'm sure I put them on correctly [], but I guess it will just have to wear in a bit. I noticed the same thing with the 70-200 f/2.8 from a friend of mine.


After some in house pictures I repacked my Lowe Pro Flipside 400AW bag and took some pictures of a field hockey game. The AF is just super fast, the colors and contrast awesome. This lens doesn't excel on the sportfields hence it short focal length, but when the players do get close, I was able to get some pretty cool shots (limited by my lack of experiencing in sports photography.)


I'll be covering a local golf tournament tomorrow for the whole day and hopefully show/tell you my new findings


Cheers,


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