Yeah, exactly, couldn't have said it better yourself

Perhaps the 100 bucks would be good to have you really decide what you want, I spose it still is a bit on the expensive side though, for renting!

This post was edited by Chantal7 on Dec 30 2012 04:50pm

I guess if you really need a white lens.. i mean a portrait lens ( ) get the 70-200 EF II 2.8 IS

24-70 is slow considering prime focal lengths will get you two stops faster and will create a different picture. Plus, if you like bokeh, you won't like this.

24/50/85 are all I basically use now, the 70-200 only gets dusted off when I'm in a studio.

Rent or buy the new Sigma 35 f1.4.. it's supposed to be amazing, better than the Canon L. That would be a great portrait lens for kids.

Honestly, zooms make you lazy lol

This post was edited by lithfkn on Dec 31 2012 04:07am

I don't agree with fixed lenses when it comes to kids... especially outside a studio!
Kids move, and they move a LOT! They run towards you, tight and left... the 70-200 you have to be far and it's heavy (my god is it heavy when you want to use it for a long time). Kids don't like to be far off their mom.
With a fixed lens, you have to move to frame your subject. I have tried with the 85 1.8 and it is very annoying.
The 24-70 f:2.8 is not slow at all! I use it for my photoshoots with people and their horse, and it is also great with horses running and bucking around.
You can get great bokeh with the 24-70 also (hell, you can get bokeh with a cheap 50 mm)
But renting is the best option before investing such a big amount!

Check my album on falconry on FB, they were all taken with the 24-70

I'm thinking about picking up a 50 1.4. I need a shorter zoom but I don't really use wides.

Agree to disagree? So many people use primes for photographing kids and all types of moving subjects. Hell, I've shot weddings using just a 24/50/85 and no zooms.

I find the perspective much easier to control and to frame with a fixed focal length. Being forced to move and compose with your feet gives images a totally different feel, it's hard to explain I guess :/

Well, the 2.8 is 2 stops slower compared to a 24/35/50 1.4 lens. Shooting a subject at ~1.4 compared to ~2.8 will yield very different results.



35 and 50 is a big difference. Rent one and check it out for yourself.

Seriously, once you start using primes more, you learn their compression and perspectives, you know how far and close to stand etc It's seriously a matter of moving your feet a meter or two. It's not like you have to wear running shoes when shooting primes.





The 50 1.4 is fine if you can get a good copy. I had my dramas with it but like i wrote in a different thread, i was lucky that they let me test 5 or 6 in store lol

Don't get a 1.2! Canon is rumored to be producing an 50L EF II 1.2

This post was edited by lithfkn on Jan 1 2013 06:55am

I've never used the 1.4 wide open. I used it for a day shooting in a studio with lighting at f/8 and f/9 and I fucking looooooved it. But of course I'd be buying it for the capabilities of making a mouth watering bokeh.