If you could Have only One

[2slo]

I'm curious to your compelling reasons for preferring a 17-55 over the24-70mm on a crop body?

[Jon Ruyle]

I can think of three obvious ones: IS, better image quality (I guess- I never tested them), and wider angle.

[Sheiky]

I'm curious to your compelling reasons for preferring a 17-55 over the24-70mm on a crop body?

24mm on a crop isn't really wide and 70 isn't really long either, so your lens isn't as versatile as it would be on a fullframe camera. The 55-70mm difference isn't a big factor because when you need the 70mm field of view, often 1 step forward is enough. The 17-24mm difference though is HUGE! [:P]


And yes of course the other reasons mentioned above []


My vote is for the 17-55 on crop and 24-105 on full frame.


Jan