Like many of us I've been waiting for the 24-70 f/2.8 II for at least 12 months. The first thing I did when I saw the pre-order price in the UK? Panic buy a second hand mark I. Who'd have thought I'd wait all this time just to get the current model... quite funny, really!

On the bright side I got a 6-month old 24-70 for around 80% of its new cost, and I can only assume the prices of the outgoing model will go up when version II is released. I'll probably upgrade to the mark II at some point in the future when prices are more reasonable, and after the reviewers get their paws on it.