Sell my Sigma 85 for the Canon 24-70L?

Like the title says..would I make a mistake selling the 85mm 1.4? Currently own, rokinon 8mm, sigma 85, and canon 70-200 f4L IS. I recently made the move to 5dm2 so I wanted to make my kit as useful as possible with the 60D as I'm keeping~

do you use the 85 at 1.4 alot? if u shoot alot of low light then i guess keep the 85, if not then get the 24-70..especially when u have nothing in the standard range.

yes I gave up my mid-range after I learned a lot of my crop lenses don't work on the 5D. I only use 1.4 when I feel like I have to have something blurred out in the background from subject.

I shoot mostly cars, portraits, and your typical walk around general purpose photography.

Do you need the 2.8 of the 24-70? Did you look at the 24-405 f4 IS as well? Maybe you can keep your Sigma for the low light situations...

actually right now I'm just suffering no mid range lenses. LOL - I can only shoot 70mm and up at the moment besides my 8mm fisheye.

I basically did the APS-C equivalent, gave up my 50mm f/1.4 for a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8. It's worked well for me considering I shoot with bounced or off-camera flash most of the time. I don't think you'll miss the 85mm unless you shoot a lot of low light or want super shallow DOF.

I mean I could always get the 1.8 but is the difference that major? I mean I used to have the Canon 85 1.8 but don't remember anything bout it..

boooooo FF lenses hard decisions..

misty66 wrote in post #13748380
Do you need the 2.8 of the 24-70? Did you look at the 24-405 f4 IS as well? Maybe you can keep your Sigma for the low light situations...

I just thought of something..the Sigma 85 is 136mm ish on the crop...might as well get the 135 f2 and be done with it. LOL

I had the 24-70mm and loved it but low light was always a problem as f/2.8 is never fast enough unless you have a flash or your subjects are not moving. I ended up letting it go for a Canon 35mm f/1.4 and a Sigma 85mm f/1.4 and love the combo. imo its far more versatile as I found f/2.8 too limiting than a 3x zoom lens.

Look into the tamron 28-75, then you'll have a great mid range and a great portrait lens. IMO the sigma 85 1.4 walks all over the 24-70 when it comes to portraits, especially on the 5D, which is what you'll be using for 99% of your portrait shots. For cars and walkaround, the 28-75 would be perfect. If you're shooting cars at this range, I'm guessing they're stationary, which means you don't really need USM, and as a general walkaround lens, you don't really need lightning fast AF either. That is the main advantage of the canon 24-70 over the tamron, IQ is very similar.

didn't know tamron 28-75 existed..I'll be back! gonna go research

EDIT: by the way..is it supposed to be a macro lens?

Vixen89 wrote in post #13748773
didn't know tamron 28-75 existed..I'll be back! gonna go research

EDIT: by the way..is it supposed to be a macro lens?

Look at the sigma 24-70 HSM too then

If they say macro it just means they can focus relatively close. They aren't real macros in the sense that they'll do 1:1.

well here's what it is :

tamron 28-75 ~ $500 ish new?
sigma 24-70 - $900 new
canon 24-70 - $900-1000 used ish

IQ is mostly similar right? and they all do the 2.8 deal? so does that mean the sigma and the canon only have the usm/hsm advantage? Is the tamron noisy then?

No! The Tamron isn't that noisy. My nifty fifty is worse...I ♥ my Tammy. Only in real low light situations it hunts...

Its not only noisy but slower than the canon and sigma equivalent. I have owned and tried all the 24-70 f/2.8 equivalents and the Canon 24-70mm is the best if f/2.8 will do it for all your needs. The Autofocus is quick, quiet, its weather sealed (which doesnt matter to much to me) and built a million times better. It also weights more than the others which could pose a problem for some.

Vixen89 wrote in post #13748793
well here's what it is :

tamron 28-75 ~ $500 ish new?
sigma 24-70 - $900 new
canon 24-70 - $900-1000 used ish

IQ is mostly similar right? and they all do the 2.8 deal? so does that mean the sigma and the canon only have the usm/hsm advantage? Is the tamron noisy then?

Yes to all except the USM/HSM being the only advantage. The sigma and canon are built nicer.