Quote:Well I was already well equipped and was considering returning this lens, IMHO it doesn't outperform the already excellent 17-55f2.8 IS and all logic was: send this lens back enough hoarding lenses...
with 10-18, 17-55, 18-55, 24-105, 70-300, plus 8, 28, 50 and 100 mm primes getting this lens seemed as pointless move..
Well equipped and what you really like are two different things. At one stage I owned 23 Canon EF/EF-S and 3rd party lenses.
That was when I still shot APS-C. Moving to 40D and 5D and only keeping what I really liked to shoot with, in my case mostly specific primes, plus going full frame fully only a year or so later, made that I actually shoot more with my dslr - when I get a chance. Since then I have only acquired or replaced lenses I really liek and shoot with, with only one exception, but that is too cheap and small to worry about.
Over the last 4 years I have shot a lot less due to change of work and company, but I am picking things up again, although mostly thanks to my new system set (MFT), where I am still setting up a range of lenses I really like - camera bodies are just fine as they are now. The FF system I use now really only for specific photo shoots, it is just too big and heavy for the travelling for work I do on a weekly basis. 10 or so lenses and two bodies for MFT weigh well less than 1 FF body and 4 or 5 FF lenses
. I did replace my G10, the camera I always had with me, with an MFT camera (Pen F), which I now always have with me.BTW, the best lenses acording to reviews may not always be best for you, depending on shooting distances, what you generally shoot with it, the way it renders for you, whether you like it with your camera setup from an unrealized ergonomic reason, etc. For me an example is the 50L - reviews generally are not too great about it. However, I had mine properly calibrated, no focus shift issues, and I just love the rendering. In addition, despite the large aperture, it is great at macro as well, something you wouldn't expect. I tend to get close in general, so all in all for me it is an enabling lens. And that is true for all Canon glass I currently own - I just love shooting with it. Similarly, it is clear that there is some MFT glass I really just love (and some I do not like at all, but I got rid of that already
).Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....