The 24-70 is my everyday lens and is on my camera 95% of the time, then again I'm generally not shooting stuff from a distance. One thing I've noticed is that (especially indoors) at times I want something a little wider due to the 1.6x crop, that's the only real down side I've had with this lens, it's a bit of a beast at around 2lbs but I grew up cutting firewood and digging holes so the weight doesn't bother me too much though I've heard lots of complaints about that.