I recently had a robbery and therefore I need to purchase some new camera equipment and I would like your suggestions on the following lens combinations. I take primarily wildlife and portrait pictures on a full sensor camera body ( 1d mk 2) and I was thinking of getting one of the following 2 combination L series
1) 1 24 -105 lens and a 100-400
Or
2) 1 24 -70 lens and a 70 -200
Or
3) I need more help then you can give and neither of these will do
I would appreciate any recommendations you might have regarding this combination.. Please keep in mind that I also intend to build upon this basic setup as the financial situation improves and will be also be getting a backup camera body probably one that is not full frame and a flash etc… so if you have the time, I would also appreciate any recommendations you have on these well.
Thanks
Jun 30, 2011 at 08:41 AM
Jonathan Huynh Offline • • • • • • Upload & Sell: Off
I had the 24-70 on my 1D MKIIN but moved to the 24-105 for the 5D MKII.
Figured the 1.3 crop vs. FF that the 24-70 wouldn't have the reach.
Picked the 5D and 24-105 for a vacation camera as it drew less attention than the 1D and 24-70 F2.8
I never liked the 5.6 on the 100-400 so I had the 70-200. You may want the reach of the 400 though.
for wildlife the 100-400 is a gem, although for portraits the 70-200 is the cat's meow. Consider the following, as it gives you a really nice portrait lens, wildlife lens, and a wide-short tele option for about the same money: 100-400, tammy 28-75, and 85/1.8 or 100/2
I've been not saving for a 24-70... I need to get back on track with that. The 24-70 is pretty much the defacto Journalism lens. Very versatile.
The 70-200 F4L is my go-to lens... mainly cause it's my best, but mainly because its unbeatable in its versatility.
I snapped this at Detroit's Electronic Music Festival "Movement", this is Fatboy Slim at the end of his set. I was about 100-150 feet away for this shot (at least)
I use my 100-400 much more than the 70-200 but my style of shooting is wildlife and need a long lens. But the lens I really miss is the 70-200 2.8 IS MKII I now have the non IS and it's a fantastic lens but once you had the taste of the MKII not another 70-200 can touch it
I have the 24-105, the 70-200 f/2.8 IS II, 1.4x II and 2x II.
If you're only going to pick one from column A and one from column B, I can endorse this as a very reasonable compromise. As you save more pennies, you can get a longer lens.
tanglefoot47 wrote:
I use my 100-400 much more than the 70-200 but my style of shooting is wildlife and need a long lens. But the lens I really miss is the 70-200 2.8 IS MKII I now have the non IS and it's a fantastic lens but once you had the taste of the MKII not another 70-200 can touch it
Mike, did you sell the Mk II? I thought you were going to hold onto that one!
If you are hand holding, the 25-105 IS comes in handy for obvious reasons. If most or the majority of your work is using a tripod then I would pick the 24-70. While the 100-400 is very versatile it has its limits dealing with light and speed in the field. The 70-200 is a workhorse but depending on what wildlife you are shooting may be too short in reach. As usual, welcome to photography and the world of compromise.
Your option 1 are my most used lenses. The 24-105 is the best general purpose lens I've used. The 100-400 usually lives on a 7D but I often use it traveling on a 5D with great results. I think it makes a decent portrait lens to supplement the 24-105. When you get out beyond 100 mm or so a relatively shallow DOF doesn't require a fast aperture. Add some specific primes as you can afford them.
First I want to thank everyone for there input. After reading everyone's input and talking to other people My thought is to get the 24-105 and the 70 - 200 2.8 now with the 2x extender and that will basically give me what the 100 -400 does but with the versatility. The general consensus is that the new 70-200 IS 2.8 lens is a fantastic lens in everyway.
My previous lens was a 24 - 105 and 28-300 that I purchased as I was doing a lot of traveling and only wanted one lens to deal with. Afterwards I purchased the 24-105 as the 28-300 is abit heavy and cumbersome
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