I friend of mine, on my advice, over a year ago, purchased the 20D. He's not nearly as nutty as are we when it comes to cameras.
When he wanted a lens recommendation, I told him to get the 28-135. I figured it was an all around, all purpose lens that would suit his needs.
Well, it did for a while. (Let me add that this gentleman and his wife are worth a few million, and I'm not exagerrating, but I didn't want to steer him to L's at first.)
When he wanted more reach recently, I recommended Canon's new 70-300 which he bought.
So, his kid celebrates his bat mitzvah recently and he had, besides the videographer, at least three photographers there. Two were using the 24-70 and another was doing candids with the 70-200L.
So, he calls me and asks what they were using. He's not happy with the results from the 28-135.
Long story short, he bought the 24-70 in B&H yesterday and is ga-ga over its performance.
"Why didn't you tell me about this originally?" he asked me.
I told him he'll appreciate it more now.
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