In fairness to Flickr, there are many many forums that have the full compliment of fucktards. Some of the fucktards run the sites. Anyway, a quick browse on the forum side of flickr (ie group questions). A familiar scene unfolds.
Person: I’m looking for a lens, I have a
17-40
50mm
70-200
Fucktards: Best look at the 24-70 f/2.8 nothing better.
Right, they are correct. It’s a great lens, but the fucktards seem content to just state get the best lens without regard to what the original poster requires. On an Apple forum with a photography page someone wanted a 70-200, so the usual 70-200 f/2.8 IS brigade start up again. The 70-200 f/2.8 is top bollocks. However it’s top bollocks price, but the tards never really seem to understand that. Plus a I pointed out, twice the price and weight of the f/4. To which a ‘of course it is, it can shoot in half the light’ bollocks post appeared. Yes I know it fucking can, I do know what a lens does.
However tards of the day belong to two flickr posters
One suggesting his beloved EF-S 17-55 IS will be his first choice on a full frame body ‘if’ he upgrades, because of the lack of IS on the 24-70.
Another 17-55 IS owner claiming it’s a much better lens than the 24-70.
Anyway, rant over. Time for bed.
Although it is a 1200mm the Superb DO optics (sourced from the rarest of Smirnoff Black Label Vokda bottles) mean the lens is a compact model. So small infact Canon couldn’t be arsed with knocking out a new body. They had a surplus of 300mm f/4 shells which has come in handy. Currently the retail price is not known, but after a couple of bottles of Grolsch it seems to be around the £800 mark.
