Canon 17-55 F2.8 EFS or 24-70 f2.8L ? [Archive]

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oldgit

13-01-2007, 20:49

Ok...

I want/intend (but havn't told the wife yet) to replace my canon 17-85 IS EFS (4.5-5.6f) [@475g]. This is my general walkabout point and shoot lens.
Gets used for landscape, kids, buildings....

My dilema lies between the:
- 17-55 F2.8 IS EFS [@650g]

and

- 24-70 f2.8 L(non IS :( ). [@950g]

I've got the 70-200 f2.8 IS L (which is TOTALLY gorgeous!! :love: ). Would probably sell my first son to the chimney sweep before parting with this lens. :nono:
So have from 70+ covered.:)

Hence am tempted by the 24-70 as covers the range, but loses some at the wide (landscape) end and is ?unsensibly? heavy?

Then comes the 17-55 EFS. I'm probably not going to get an 5D (or better) in any time soon so the EFS is fine. It's lighter, has pretty much rave reviews (implying an L tag quality), covers the low end 17mm, but doesnt stretch to 70mm.

What do you advise?

Muler

13-01-2007, 20:53

if upgrading to a fullframe/1.3x is out the question, id go for the 17-55, you'll miss the 7mm more on the wide end than the 15mm on the tele end.

Darryn

13-01-2007, 21:22

Muler

13-01-2007, 21:46

Id agree, if you dont feel your likely to want a FF or 1.3x crop then the 17-55 is the one id pick...

Alternatively, if you think a FF is possible, how about the 24-70f2.8 and a Sigma 10-20 for the wide stuff.

aha, if only we all had the options to spend that sort of money, i think we would mate :thumbs: :lol:

CarlOgden

13-01-2007, 21:48

Darryn

13-01-2007, 21:52

Vote for the 24-70 Canon from me, got one and it's ace (posted a photo in the other 24-70 thread).

May go to 3 Sisters tomorrow and do some pit shots for my mates race team.

Carl.
PS..Still got 16-35 f2.8 L Lens for sale ;)

3 Sisters tomorrow...

Ok ill try this again...

What is on at 3 Sisters tomorrow? im only down the road and may pop down. Not been to a track for a few weeks and need to keep my hand in.

oldgit

13-01-2007, 21:53

3 Sisters tomorrow....

Whassat then?
Am I supposed to know/missing summat?

Darryn

13-01-2007, 21:57

Whassat then?
Am I supposed to know/missing summat?

Sorry for derailing you topic, its just Mr CarlOgden mentioned 3sisters and i wasnt aware that there was an event on tomorrow... its one of the sites I regularly check for photog oppertunites and nothing is showing up.

EOS_JD

13-01-2007, 21:57

Between the two, I'd choose the 17-55. Great combo with a 70-200 IS

Chris L

13-01-2007, 22:07

At the end of the day (as you probably already know :) )you'll need to decide which is more important to you, width or length.

My personal choice would be the 17-55 f/2.8 IS and maybe even put the money saved compared to the 24-70 towards buying the excellent Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 EX, but that just refelcts my personal shooting tastes :D

If they'd had the 17-55 out when I was looking at the 5D I'd probably have bought it and stuck with a 20D :nuts:

The 24-70 is a lovely lens and I found the Sigma version of this an ideal length on a 20D for portraits but the canon version would be pretty heavy for an all day walkaround.

Have you thought of renting a Canon 24-70 to see how you get on with the weight etc.?

oldgit

14-01-2007, 09:41

Thanks for the comments all.
I'm kinda leaning towards the 17-55 as it's lighter, cheaper, has IS, but then it's not as well reviewed as the 24-70, which would couple with the sigma 10-20 nicely if I decided to expand later....

Anyone got the 17-55 and care to comment on it?

dod

14-01-2007, 09:46

Personally I'd go for the 24-70, but then again I don't really use the wide end of my lenses much, can't remember the last time the 17-40 was even out of the bag.

CarlOgden

14-01-2007, 20:15

Sorry, didn't read this thread yesterday, there was a Supermoto Practice day but I went mountain biking and by the time I got back, didn't go!

Carl.

photostar_1

14-01-2007, 22:42

I have the 24-70 L f2.8(no IS:( ) and I love it. Yes, it's heavy, but I have got used to that now. I used it on a day trip in York last October and it was great, though not having IS when it's so heavy was a bit of an issue for me when hand held.

SDK^

15-01-2007, 22:26

Personally if I was in the market again for a lens in this range I would get the Canon 24-105mm F4 L IS. It's lighter than the 24-70 and has IS, okay it isn't F2.8 but I rarely use it at F2.8 anyway.