Quote Originally Posted by realityinabox


Anyway, I am still super torn about what lens to pick up. Keith, the way you talk about the 85L makes me want to drive to the store right now and buy it, but I'm afraid it won't beversatileenough. I was super glad to have a zoom while shooting that party today. Then again, most of my shoots are portraits where I have more control and time to capture a shot.



Event shooting is definitely a place for zooms. I shot an event a couple months ago with with the intentions of solely using a 5DII w/35L and a 7D w/85L. I did occasionally throw the 70-200 on the 7D to get shots where I couldn't get closer. Events aren't my main gigs so I sold the 70-200 to help pay for the 85L. I sold it to a buddy that will let me borrow it when I need it.


A little warning though, once you shoot with the 85L you may not want to use zooms ever again. My 24-70 use to be my most used lens but after shooting with the 35L and 85L I had a hard time pulling it out of the bag. I added the 50L and will probably sell the 24-70 and the 35L. The only zoom lens I've used lately is the 16-35.