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<\/p>\nA while ago I had an idea, this idea was to buy one lens a year. Of course this never happened, it would be nice if it had but things like houses, cars and kids had to be funded first.<\/p>\n
Anyway, enough of these dreams – back to reality. I’ve bought a new lens, of course not the one I intended on buying – no that would have been sensible. Instead I bought the EF24-70mm f\/2.8 L MkII. It initially started out with me buying the EF135mm f\/2 L, then I was leaning towards the EF85mm f\/1.4 (because I tried one) then finally ended up with the 24-70.<\/p>\n
Why then? Well, I’ve always sort of regretted getting the EF24-105mm f\/4 L IS – it’s not a bad lens, in fact it’s been my main carry round lens since I’ve had it. I’ve for a while looked at the f\/2.8 lenses with a bit of envy. I think my EF200mm f\/2.8 hasn’t helped to be honest. At f\/2.8 it’s superb. What has helped is the \u00a3235 cashback on this lens (plus \u00a3100 from my 6D), \u00a3210 in cash and the promise of \u00a3190 for my EF50mm f\/1.4 – the latter I will miss as f\/1.4 was a nice thing to have. But the 24-70 isn’t so far off the mark as it’s 50mm will be at 2.8.<\/p>\n
A couple of images from the 50mm shows the differences aren’t too bad.<\/p>\n
f\/1.4<\/p>\n
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f\/2.5<\/p>\n
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(o.k. it’s f\/2.5 but it’s not far off!)<\/p>\n
As for the 24-105, well that’s due to be sold – problem is eBay prices are relatively low at present – so I may keep it for a while.<\/p>\n
Forgot to mention 0% for 12 months (50% deposit) from Clifton Cameras has helped make the decision easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A while ago I had an idea, this idea was to buy one lens a year. Of course this never happened, it would be nice if it had but things like houses, cars and kids had to be funded first. Anyway, enough of these dreams – back to reality. I’ve bought a new lens, of … <\/p>\n