Been away a while.......24-70L question

Ive put down the camera for a few years.

Was just reviewing my B+H past purchases, and found that I bought a 24-70L f2.8 in Dec of 2012, which has been since discontinued, replaced by the II.

Question is how much of an improvement is the II if any (gaging by the price I would suspect significant), and what is my lens worth today?

I am googling now as we speak, please dont flame.


**** Nevermind the value, I have seen the asking prices on the boards, please advise if the price for II is worth it (while I continue to search), thanks****

I went by this review as part of my research.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com …S-II-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

I am in a similar situation! I really was looking forward towards the 24-70L II, but was gutted when I realized it had no IS. That would simply have been the "perfect" lens, and although there are 3rd party alternatives, I find it hard to go there. Although there is a 24-70 f4 with IS, that is simply too much depth of field for the flexibility I wanted. What a shame!

Well, I have 24-70 II and I'd say it's pretty great... If the Brick had image quality that was typical of a zoom lens, the mkII is on par with a good prime, not excellent, but very good. Sharpness aside, it has very good contrast and flare resistance, even with the changed hood design, and is completely absent of CA or purple fringing.

Personally, I don't mind not having IS, and if you have a high-ISO monster like the 5D3 or 1Dx, it's irrelevant - just set to auto-ISO and forget. For PJ work you're likely using a flash, and for landscape you're probably using a tripod, so it only doesn't cater for walk-around/street shooters (although it's pretty darn good at that too.)