24-105 Upgrade Stories

[Joel Eade]

I'm sure you will get different answers based on different situations for which people use their zooms lenses.

Currently I own 16-35mm f/2.8 III, 24-70mm f/2.8 II, 70-200mm f/2.8 II, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 II.

All of these are capable of excellent image quality but I definitely use the 100-400 and the 16-35 the most.

I use the 16-35 for family events mostly indoors and the 100-400 (usually with 1.4 TC) for birds but it's also good for flowers, butterflies and large insects due to its amazing minimum focus distance.

I have never owned a 24-105mm but I did own a 17-40mm but sold it because the image quality wasn't stellar. I also had a 28-135mm that was a really good lens .... I gave it to my son when I bought the 24-70.

The 24-70 and 70-200 are nice portrait lenses and I have used them for taking outdoor images for things like high school prom or senior pictures or engagement pictures. These focal lengths are also nice for landscape. I just don't get to do that kind of photography much.