Canon 24-70 f2.8L anyhting else that is comparable?

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I am having trouble finding a lens that might be as good as the Canon 24-70 f2.8L. I am wasting my time trying to find something? It appears to me that other manufacturers don't make a lens of this size or standard.
Or do they?
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Nope you cant get anything with the same zoom range and f2.8 which can touch it.
However you get what you pay for i guess.
 
What camera are you using? If you are using a crop sensor, then you can not go far wrong with the 17-55/2.8 IS. It is still expensive, but cheaper than the 24-70. And of course it has IS too, but no red ring - Guess you can't have it all!! Of course, if you're using FF then that's no good to you at all.
 
the 28-70 is the older version and is a little cheaper but relatively similar in quality
 
When's the Mark II with IS coming out? have got my order ready!.....

drew
 
buckas said:
When's the Mark II with IS coming out? have got my order ready!.....

drew
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there was a lengthy debate on this a while ago. I don't think Canon will ever release a Mark II with IS. If they do, it would probably be about £300-£400 dearer than the existing lens.

What they need to do is make the 24-105 IS @ f2.8 - But that would make the 24-70 2.8 obsolete. So I guess Canon have no incentive to budge at the moment, they are probably quite happy to marginalise the buyers and sell both lens at high volumes.
 
The tamron 28-75 f/2.8 is quite well regarded, doesnt have the L build but is a LOT cheaper.
 
hsuffyan said:
there was a lengthy debate on this a while ago. I don't think Canon will ever release a Mark II with IS. If they do, it would probably be about £300-£400 dearer than the existing lens.

What they need to do is make the 24-105 IS @ f2.8 - But that would make the 24-70 2.8 obsolete. So I guess Canon have no incentive to budge at the moment, they are probably quite happy to marginalise the buyers and sell both lens at high volumes.
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A 24-105 f/2.8 IS would also be BIG, unless between now and then there was some quantum leap in optical manufacture. I suspect it would be around as big as most 70-200s... the 24-70 isn't too far behind some of them already.
 
trencheel303 said:
A 24-105 f/2.8 IS would also be BIG, unless between now and then there was some quantum leap in optical manufacture. I suspect it would be around as big as most 70-200s... the 24-70 isn't too far behind some of them already.
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true, but i dont think it would put people off. I carry a 70-200 2.8 IS around all day along with a 24-70 2.8. Personally speaking if I had a 24-105 2.8 IS that was as big or weighed as much as the 70-200, it wouldn't put me off. I may even put the 70-200 down a lot more.

I would be chuffed if they offered it without IS to save weight. The focal length is just so handy.
 
I have a friend who does portraits and weddings with a sigma 24-70 2.8 and he swears by it, I have the Canon 24-70 f2.8L and it is by far my best lens and its old and battered (cosmetically):thumbs:
 
hsuffyan said:
true, but i dont think it would put people off. I carry a 70-200 2.8 IS around all day along with a 24-70 2.8. Personally speaking if I had a 24-105 2.8 IS that was as big or weighed as much as the 70-200, it wouldn't put me off. I may even put the 70-200 down a lot more.

I would be chuffed if they offered it without IS to save weight. The focal length is just so handy.
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It's not the IS that adds the weight, really, it's the f/2.8. The 24-70 has less length than the f/4, nor does it have IS, yet is substantially heavier AND bigger than the f/4. An f/2.8 24-105 would be a beast of a lens I'm sure. It doesnt matter to some but it does to others...
 
trencheel303 said:
It's not the IS that adds the weight, really, it's the f/2.8. The 24-70 has less length than the f/4, nor does it have IS, yet is substantially heavier AND bigger than the f/4. An f/2.8 24-105 would be a beast of a lens I'm sure. It doesnt matter to some but it does to others...
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:thumbs: but please don't petition Canon to not make one if they were planning to :D
 
hsuffyan said:
:thumbs: but please don't petition Canon to not make one if they were planning to :D
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No, but how about this - an interactive design-your-own-lens web tool :)

Put in the specs you want, and it comes up with a size, weight and cost projection? Heck, it could even generate a virtual MTF of optical performance :D

Then start a petition and if 1000 people put down the full cost in advance, Canon will make it.

It would be fun, but I suspect the £20,000 cost for a lens that performs poorly and comes with its own wheelbarrow for transportation would put a few off :eek:
 
HoppyUK said:
No, but how about this - an interactive design-your-own-lens web tool :)

Put in the specs you want, and it comes up with a size, weight and cost projection? Heck, it could even generate a virtual MTF of optical performance :D

Then start a petition and if 1000 people put down the full cost in advance, Canon will make it.
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Cracking idea :) (never going to happen mind :razz:)
 
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