i am really interested in getting a 85L. do u guys think it is worth selling my 24-70L for it? as much as i love this lens, will having a 35L and 85L plus a little foot zoom, compensate for the 24-70? what are your opinions?
flipm3 Senior Member 472 posts Joined Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL, USA More info | Oct 19, 2006 14:18 | #1 i am really interested in getting a 85L. do u guys think it is worth selling my 24-70L for it? as much as i love this lens, will having a 35L and 85L plus a little foot zoom, compensate for the 24-70? what are your opinions? Canon 6DWG | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 | 580EX
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Oct 19, 2006 14:39 | #2 Depends on what and where you shoot. If you're in the Great Outdoors doing scenic stuff, "foot zoom" may be a matter of a few hundred yards in a hundred foot clearing. If you're doing studio portraits, 85's a reasonable f.l., but you've already got that range covered with the 70-200, so you'd be using the 85 mainly for DoF, I presume. That would assume you want the razor-thin DoF of the 85. Jon
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Wilt Reader's Digest Condensed version of War and Peace [POTN Vol 1]  More info | Oct 19, 2006 14:39 | #3 Apples and oranges! Two fast fixed focal lengths...shoot in lower light, zoom perpetually with your feet (or in postprocessing, crop the shot!) One somewhat slower (yet fast) zoom, crop perfectly in camera but have less light gathering ability. Choose your poison! You need to give me OK to edit your image and repost! Keep POTN alive and well with member support https://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php
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Oct 19, 2006 15:06 | #4 i shoot mostly indoors at small social events. i really would like to have the speed of these primes...but i love the versatality of the zoom Canon 6DWG | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 | 580EX
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Wilt Reader's Digest Condensed version of War and Peace [POTN Vol 1] More info | Oct 19, 2006 15:11 | #5 Types of lenses is as individual as choice of cars...trucks for some, 2-seat convertibles for others! YOU have to decide, everything else is the opinion expressed from ONE point of view! You need to give me OK to edit your image and repost! Keep POTN alive and well with member support https://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php
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Jon Cream of the Crop 69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Oct 19, 2006 15:14 | #6 flipm3 wrote in post #2142175  i shoot mostly indoors at small social events. i really would like to have the speed of these primes...but i love the versatality of the zoom For that - stick with the zoom. You want to lose shots changing lenses? Worst case, get a 580EX and diffuser (or use the built-in one) Jon
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Wilt Reader's Digest Condensed version of War and Peace [POTN Vol 1] More info | Oct 19, 2006 15:17 | #7 Own BOTH! Zoom for flexibility and ease of altering FOV; fixed focal length lenses for speed and light weight. That is the real answer! You need to give me OK to edit your image and repost! Keep POTN alive and well with member support https://photography-on-the.net/forum/donate.php
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edrader "I am not the final word"  More info | Oct 19, 2006 15:19 | #8 flipm3 wrote in post #2141987 i am really interested in getting a 85L. do u guys think it is worth selling my 24-70L for it? as much as i love this lens, will having a 35L and 85L plus a little foot zoom, compensate for the 24-70? what are your opinions? my zooms are the foundation of my kit and the 24-70L is my most used lens. no way i would sell it or any of my zooms for a prime. http://instagram.com/edraderphotography/
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