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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Ya, I thought I could sell it, I was wrong. It is awesome and I couldn't have shot tonight's rock show without it. Not enough light to even use my 24-70 II luckily my tax return was much better than expected.

I am keeping it.

Let the "I told ya so" commence!

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Oct 19, 2012 at 02:41 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


I told you so


Oct 19, 2012 at 02:46 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


The 24L Mk2 is one of those lenses which is even better than its reviews suggest. Its images just have that indefinable "quality", its just beautiful!


Oct 19, 2012 at 05:13 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


15-20% down from its original purchase price (no matter if it is like never used), and you can sell it.


Oct 19, 2012 at 06:40 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


I had no problem selling mine. Bought at B+H, sold it on Toronto Craig's List for $50 less then I paid for it 12 months later. A saving of $400 on the best Canadian retail price at the time and it went quickly. You have to be realistic on pricing. Retro is right, 20% off retail should see it sold.


Oct 19, 2012 at 06:46 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Yea, the 24L II whips the 24-70L II silly in the f1.4~f2 range.


Oct 19, 2012 at 08:14 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Sneakyracer wrote:
Yea, the 24L II whips the 24-70L II silly in the f1.4~f2 range.


But not at f/2.8?

I want to like this lens very much, but so far my experience with it as a CPS loaner was inconclusive. In wedding test shots, I tried shooting wide open, and wasn't too happy about daytime subdued light shots -- too much falloff/vignetting. Didn't feel I was getting an actual f/1.4, slightly closer to f/2. That was the weekend I fell in love with the 50/1.2L wide open, so perhaps that was not a good pairing to try out for best reaction. I'll give it another try.



Oct 19, 2012 at 09:08 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


I had an offer to buy my lens, I just need it so I "can't" sell it.


Oct 19, 2012 at 11:06 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


the 24LmkII is an amazing lens.. def a ton of vignetting wide open, and if i remember my colleague's observations correctly, the lens' is closer to ~t1.6 as well.. but, it never stopped me from shooting it wide open at f/1.4 & the 24mkII almost never disappointed me on any paid outing. (only disappointment came from me picking up a Zeiss 21mm & seeing true f/8 sharpness for landscape applications, but that's apples & oranges)

still prefer my new 24-70mkII for the flexibility it offers for my style of shooting, but the 24LmkII is an amazing piece of glass - def not a mistake to hold onto it if you need it =) imo it's even better than the classic/revered 35L



Oct 19, 2012 at 01:10 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Give it to me, for a small fee, I'll sell it for you.

No, I know what you mean, same happened to me with the 85L. Even my wife didn't want me to sell it.



Oct 19, 2012 at 01:25 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


More posts like this please!

(as I am trying to sell my 24 1.4 II after getting a 24-70 II so talk it up! )



Oct 19, 2012 at 04:00 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Here you go skibum, try that with your 24-70LII... at ISO 25,600!

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Oct 19, 2012 at 07:15 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


saneproduction wrote:
Here you go skibum, try that with your 24-70LII... at ISO 25,600!



easy!

http://woofie1.pixiq.com/files/cache/9781600595172_a030_620x465.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3274/3050720380_aa82bdfde4_b.jpg

so there!

(not my images)




Oct 19, 2012 at 09:27 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Lol! ... You said convince you to keep it!


Oct 19, 2012 at 09:35 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


Skibum, you can be rich with this one

http://woofie1.pixiq.com/files/cache/9781600595172_a030_620x465.jpg



Oct 19, 2012 at 09:39 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


saneproduction wrote:
I am keeping it.


+1, unless canon release 24L1.2



Oct 19, 2012 at 09:42 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · I was wrong - can't sell my 24L II


mttran wrote:
Skibum, you can be rich with this one



first I have to steal it from the person who actually took it, as I said



Oct 19, 2012 at 11:10 PM





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