Worst bang for the buck L lens?

50L gets my vote.

haha this thread is gonna hurt someone's feelings.

worst bang is buying a lens and not using it. i think all the L lenses are decent, they AT LEAST do one thing really well.

Its the lens that you dont use seating at home.

Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

1200mm? I mean, I can't see it being terribly usable in most situations and for the cost, you can pretty much buy every single other Canon lens in existence.

OTOH, if you can afford the 1200mm, cost probably isn't a factor anyway.

200L F2.....

400L DO F4 IS.....

Oh man but the 200L F2 makes great pictures.

I'd say the Canon EF Zoom lens 28 mm-300 mm f3.5-5.6

That things like 2300$.......

SiaoP wrote in post #10708397
Oh man but the 200L F2 makes great pictures.

I'd say the Canon EF Zoom lens 28 mm-300 mm f3.5-5.6

That things like 2300$.......

But jump from 200L F2.8 to F2 version there is a $4000 difference??? You are rich, that's fine.

TooManyShots wrote in post #10708385
200L F2.....

400L DO F4 IS.....

400DO is not a L lens.

TooManyShots wrote in post #10708423
But jump from 200L F2.8 to F2 version there is a $4000 difference??? You are rich, that's fine.

pros who buy the 200mm f2 will have the lens paying for itself in no time. same with the 1200mm

bkdc wrote in post #10708301
50L gets my vote.

How long did you own it for and how much did you use it?

SiaoP wrote in post #10708397
Oh man but the 200L F2 makes great pictures.

I'd say the Canon EF Zoom lens 28 mm-300 mm f3.5-5.6

That things like 2300$.......

28-300mm? who uses that? who is that designed for? seems like an oddball lens.

neil_r wrote in post #10708584
How long did you own it for and how much did you use it?

I've owned two copies of it. I just can't justify its performance over the alternatives any more, especially based on cost. My favorite autofocus 50mm would be the Canon EF 50mm f1.4, only at f/4 and above. What a performer. I wish the 50L had something more to offer than build quality. The only thing it does better is close-distance focus in low light.

My 50L is an awesome lens, never comes off the camera, great walk around lens.

800 f5.6.. i just cant see its 3000 euro's better than a 600 + 1.4