What do you think I should buy next...

I now own a 30d and looking to purchase a new camera or lens. I was looking at a 70-200 2.8 II or a 1d mark III.. which would your buy if you were me....

That would depend on what you shoot and what other lenses you have now? The Canon 1D Mark III will be a lot cheaper then a new Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II.

Take Care,
Cheers, Patrick

tennfan1125 wrote in post #14800784
I now own a 30d and looking to purchase a new camera or lens. I was looking at a 70-200 2.8 II or a 1d mark III.. which would your buy if you were me....

First, you need to know the basic, fundamental answer for any lens use or question, field of view (often called focal length). Until you know the field of view you want, there is no way you can decide what lens you want.

I think you should buy a 35L.

tennfan1125 wrote in post #14800784
I now own a 30d and looking to purchase a new camera or lens. I was looking at a 70-200 2.8 II or a 1d mark III.. which would your buy if you were me....

First, you need to know the basic, fundamental answer for any lens use or question, field of view (often called focal length). Until you know the field of view you want, there is no way you can decide what lens you want.

What other lens do you currently own?

Saint728 wrote in post #14800979
That would depend on what you shoot and what other lenses you have now? The Canon 1D Mark III will be a lot cheaper then a new Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II.

Take Care,
Cheers, Patrick

I have the the first gen f/2.8, its a great lens and IS probably makes it even better !
Following on from the quote above from Patrick, If you dont have a decent amount of good lenses, the 1D MK III is not going to go as well as a cheaper camera with a 70-200.
The 1D is $7000 on amazon, the 70-200 is $2240.30.
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If i were youi would buy a 5dmk iii with 24-105($4300) and then the 70-200 (thats if you want to spend over 6and a half thousand dollars

Get the 70-200 2.8 II. The river of life will bring you a new camera body eventually

OP, hard to make a recommendation without a list of current gear beyond just a body.

prustyaditya wrote in post #14804699
I have the the first gen f/2.8, its a great lens and IS probably makes it even better !
Following on from the quote above from Patrick, If you dont have a decent amount of good lenses, the 1D MK III is not going to go as well as a cheaper camera with a 70-200.
The 1D is $7000 on amazon, the 70-200 is $2240.30.
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If i were youi would buy a 5dmk iii with 24-105($4300) and then the 70-200 (thats if you want to spend over 6and a half thousand dollars

Huh? A 1DX is $7000. A used 1D III would be about $1,500.

nothing...if you have to ask a bunch of strangers what to get you clearly don't need anything...