Used 24-70 pricing
 

Okay now that I've decided on the brick, i found one on my local craigslist ad for 990. Is that a pretty good deal?


Specs:

Datecode: UW, Bought beginning of this year. Has warranty and box.

The main differences are the pretty obvious ones; speed and range. One has longer range, but is only f/4 with IS. IS is great help indoors when the light isn't what you need it to be, but will not help with action. The other has a shorter range of focal lengths but has a wider maximum aperture, so will be quite a bit better indoors.

So think about what and where you shoot most often, but I don't think you could go wrong with either of them; one just may suit your needs more often then the other.

^ well said. Also from owning both I say the 24-70 wins on sharpness also.

I had to recently choose between the 24-70 and 24-105 as well, I ended up choosing the 24-70 based on all reviews it seemed the 24-70 was a better lens (sharper, less vignetting on the wide end, fixed lens shade that is works at the matching focal length, etc). The extra speed of f/2.8 definitely helps too.

A good comparison between the two:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...es/28-105.shtml

Only negatives on the 24-70mm is the weight (that thing is not light, it is the heaviest lens in this range @ 2.1 lbs), and the lack of IS -- but adding IS would probably increase the weight even more!

the IS will help with panning shots.

get the 24-70.

I can't come up with a rational reason why you should pick the 24-70 over the 24-105, but I bought the 24-70 and love it.

Decided on a 24-70, once my parts sell im going to pick one up :) Thanks for the advice guys!

I personally turn off IS whenever I pan

The brick, definitely.