Which Should I Have More?

[garrentee]

I currently own the Sigma 10-20, Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS, Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS and the Sigma 70-300 Macro...

Im thinking of selling the 17-55 and buying the Canon 24-70 f2.8L...with the lens hood for the 17-55 there pretty much the same price, give or take a few bucks.

My question is...Am I losing anything by getting rid of the 17-55? I know im gaining 15mm while losing 7mm, but thats a plus cause alltogether im gaining 8mm...LOL!!

Any thoughts would be appreciated

P.S.- I mostly shoot landscape and some weddings/portraits/sports!


Garren

[Mr. Pickles]

Don't have either one, or a Canon anymore, but both lenses get a lot of "love" it seems. Forgetting the Sigma for a moment, YOU need to decide how much YOU shoot between 17mm and 24mm. If it is rare, you got one answer. The Sigma, if optically as good as the 17-55 (less the IS to boot) will cover half that. A gap between 20 and 24 is livable probably, and a lot better than a gap between your current 55 and 70...

I'd probably ditch the Sigma 70-300 too. Use a 1.4 tele instead until you can recoup funds for say a 400mm...?

[garrentee]

Thanks Mr. Pickles!!

I think I can live with the sigma being the widest end of my spectrum(10-20)...its not as sharp as the 17-55 but the 24-70 is L glass and thats not to shabby!!

I dont think I want to get rid of the sigma 70-300 because its only worth $150 and its my macro for now!!

Any other thoughts out there?

[Max@Home]

Originally Posted by garrentee

I currently own the Sigma 10-20, Canon 17-55 f2.8 IS, Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS and the Sigma 70-300 Macro...

Im thinking of selling the 17-55 and buying the Canon 24-70 f2.8L...with the lens hood for the 17-55 there pretty much the same price, give or take a few bucks.

My question is...Am I losing anything by getting rid of the 17-55? I know im gaining 15mm while losing 7mm, but thats a plus cause alltogether im gaining 8mm...LOL!!

Any thoughts would be appreciated

P.S.- I mostly shoot landscape and some weddings/portraits/sports!

Which Should I Have More?

...as Mr.Pickles indicated: the answer is simple: which do you shoot more, the 17-24mm or the 55-70mm range ?

I was once in your shoes, 1.6x crop body with 17-40L as WA, 24-70L as GP and 70-200F2.8L IS as tele, looong before EF-S came into existance. The 17-40 was never wide or long enough, the 24-70 was never wide enough, and especially during events/weddings I felt the almost constant urge to switch between 17-40 and 24-70.

When 17-55IS arrived, I bought it as a faster replacement for the 17-40 (that I sold), but found I only used 17-55IS, 24-70 no longer... so I sold 24-70 as well and bought 10-22.

The 'gap' between (17-)55 and 70(-200) is non-existent, IMO, never felt it as a 'lack'.

As 'work' dictated a weather-proof body, I moved up to 1D MkIII, and re-bought 24-70 as GP lens (and a 16-35F2.8II for WA), on the 1.3x crop it has the same feel (~28-~90) as the 17-55IS on the 1.6x crop. I do miss the IS at some moments, but *I* am pleased with the overall better feel/build/sturdiness/weather-proofness, and the larger and heavier 24-70 is easier to hold still/handhold, IMO.

IQ wise I do not see much difference between 17-55IS (on 1.6x) and 24-70 (on 1.3x), 17-55IS is a bit more prone to flare, which diminishes contrast (use that hood! ), and at the wide end the 17-55IS has a bit more pincushion-distortion, easily corrected when shooting RAW in DPP with LensCorrection tools.

...as long as I will have a 1.6x crop body, I will hold on to 10-22 and 17-55IS, as those are really the best lenses to complement *my* style and applications, and of course YMMV wildly

...just *my* €0.02...

Kindest regards!

Max@Home

[dougsmit]

I have a similar spread with the 24-104 and Tokina 12-24 and find myself often using one or the other at or near the 24mm end with a lot of lens swapping. I would not make the trade unless there was a move to a FF body in the deal. The point was well made that what you shoot is probably different than what we shoot so what bothers me might mean nothing to you. I shoot too much in the 12-40mm range to have a gap and wish I had an overlap lens like the 17-55. My best fit is the 24-xx on FF but no one makes a 15-xx for crop cameras.

On general principles you usually regret selling something that you think gives good images and that you use a lot. If at all possible, I'd add the new lens first and then sell what seems surplus after you see what fits. If the money is just not there, I'd stay with what I have and adapt my shooting to match. Your trade would be 'different' but I'm not convinced it would be 'better'.

[garrentee]

Geeeez!!! Thanks everyone for your detail comments!! Now you got me thinking. I might now get rid of the Sigma 10-20, purchase the canon 10-22.

We will see what happens!!

Garren