My new and first glass cannon on the block. When I first got my 450D, it came with no lens and it went lens-less for 2 weeks until I got to know my friend have the 18-55mm IS kit. The pricing for the body I got is dirt cheap with warranty even now Canon is dropping their prices, I still lose no value on it. On and off, playing around with the kit lens until Cosfest 2008 I decided to rent a EFS 17-55mm but no unit availiable so I ended up with 24-105mm f4L on 50% discount.
It was great for event coverage, it was later I badly missed the long range. My usual MOer decided to have a clearance sales, and boom!
L lens in discount price is very great deal! But why choose 24-105 and not 24-70? It has larger aperture than 24-105.
Anyway, i heard that Tamron 28-75 F2.8 Aspherical (forgot the complete name) has better result than Canon 24-70L or 24-105L lenses, and it’s waaaaaayyyy cheaper (around USD 1000 for Canon 24-70L or USD 300 for Tamron). Have you ever heard about this?
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Largely is the IS and the 105mm that got me over. 24-70 is too big
I’m still surviving through the grass and tree barks days and can hardly save $$ for a SLR ;_;
I too have the Canon 24-105 f/4L. It’s great on my EOS 5D…