My New "L"

[wsmith96]

I just received my second "L" lens. Nothing sexy, at least for the audience here, but I needed a standard zoom to compliment my used 5D. Just received a new 24-105L for $650. I'm impressed with the build quality and am excited to give it a workout this weekend. It's a white box, but that's okay for me.

Next on my list is to upgrade my EF-S 60 to the EF 100L macro.

 

[Click]

Congrats on your new acquisition.

 

[DanoPhoto]

...and the "L" glass addiction... ;D

 

[mackguyver]

Congrats and yes, beware of L'addiction (spoken with a French accent )

 

[wsmith96]

No kidding, my first L was the 70-200 F2.8 mk II. I was blown away with the quality of pictures it could produce compared to my 70-300 IS USM. Now I've got the itch and expect to have a total of 3 L's added to my kit this year.

 

[mackguyver]

No kidding, my first L was the 70-200 F2.8 mk II. I was blown away with the quality of pictures it could produce compared to my 70-300 IS USM. Now I've got the itch and expect to have a total of 3 L's added to my kit this year.

Ouch, that's not a good one to start with. Killer IQ, build quality, IS, etc. My first L was the 135 f/2, which is understated, but proved to be equally addictive . Only bankruptcy can save me now ;D

 

[candyman]

No kidding, my first L was the 70-200 F2.8 mk II. I was blown away with the quality of pictures it could produce compared to my 70-300 IS USM. Now I've got the itch and expect to have a total of 3 L's added to my kit this year.

Ouch, that's not a good one to start with. Killer IQ, build quality, IS, etc. My first L was the 135 f/2, which is understated, but proved to be equally addictive . Only bankruptcy can save me now ;D

Especially because you got infected with the 800 that you have rented 8)

 

[mackguyver]

No kidding, my first L was the 70-200 F2.8 mk II. I was blown away with the quality of pictures it could produce compared to my 70-300 IS USM. Now I've got the itch and expect to have a total of 3 L's added to my kit this year.

Ouch, that's not a good one to start with. Killer IQ, build quality, IS, etc. My first L was the 135 f/2, which is understated, but proved to be equally addictive . Only bankruptcy can save me now ;D

Especially because you got infected with the 800 that you have rented 8)

The 800mm is a both beauty and the beast - and my biggest crush :-[

 

[Geek]

No kidding, my first L was the 70-200 F2.8 mk II. I was blown away with the quality of pictures it could produce compared to my 70-300 IS USM. Now I've got the itch and expect to have a total of 3 L's added to my kit this year.

I'm right there with you! The 70-200 f2.8 L II was my first "L" and the 24-105 f4 L was my second. Just upgraded my body from a 40D to a 7DII, so I'm a little short on cash again. I dream of getting the 16-35 f4 L and the new 100-400 L II. I hope to stop after that with one of the 50's, maybe even the Sigma 50 Art. It's getting really good reviews.

 

[nc0b]

Geek. With your two bodies, get a used 5D classic with a S/N starting with a 2 or a 3, and you will love your L glass zooms even more. They can be had for $500 range today. A 6D would be grand, too, but you likely don't want to spend another $1300 now.

 

[slclick]

My EF 2xMk3 came today, what a cute little L pouch! Might actually be the first and only L pouch I've had I can find a use for!

 

[Deleted member 91053]

No kidding, my first L was the 70-200 F2.8 mk II. I was blown away with the quality of pictures it could produce compared to my 70-300 IS USM. Now I've got the itch and expect to have a total of 3 L's added to my kit this year.

Ouch, that's not a good one to start with. Killer IQ, build quality, IS, etc. My first L was the 135 f/2, which is understated, but proved to be equally addictive . Only bankruptcy can save me now ;D

Especially because you got infected with the 800 that you have rented 8)

The 800mm is a both beauty and the beast - and my biggest crush :-[

Been using my Canon 800mm F5.6 for years now, all I can say it OOOOOOOOH!
Never put one on your camera - you will be smitten!

 

[beforeEos Camaras]

mmm I have got 2 L lens a 70-200 is 4 and a 400 5.6l now I am going to wait I need the 85 1.8 for my self and the 24 pancake for my wife. oh forgot a got a 1.4 tele mk3 and that's really is in the l class

 

[dhr90]

My first L was the trusty 24-105mm. Combined with a 7D it was a mind blowing increase in image quality from my old Sony DSLR. Then I got the 700-200L f2.8 II which made me tingle inside (and also realise I had a LOT of work to do to improve myself).

Yesterday I got the ef-s 24mm panckae for my birthday. It looks so bare without a red ring around the end I also fear it may give me G.A.S for more prime lenses.

 

[Famateur]

Yesterday I got the ef-s 24mm panckae for my birthday. It looks so bare without a red ring around the end...

Easily fixed with a red rubber band. ;D

 

[Geek]

Geek. With your two bodies, get a used 5D classic with a S/N starting with a 2 or a 3, and you will love your L glass zooms even more. They can be had for $500 range today. A 6D would be grand, too, but you likely don't want to spend another $1300 now.

I'm afraid I would get hooked on the full frame and have to sell body parts to buy the 5D mark IV or whatever the next version is called. For now I live in ignorant bliss. 8)

 

[dpc]

I just received my second "L" lens. Nothing sexy, at least for the audience here, but I needed a standard zoom to compliment my used 5D. Just received a new 24-105L for $650. I'm impressed with the build quality and am excited to give it a workout this weekend. It's a white box, but that's okay for me.

Next on my list is to upgrade my EF-S 60 to the EF 100L macro.

"L" addiction is real. I can testify to that. The 24-105 is a nice lens. It provides a good range of focal lengths for general all-around shooting. I like mine a lot. I bought a 16-35mm L f/4 this past spring and am absolutely head over heels with its quality. I do a fair bit of landscape shooting, so this lens is the one most commonly found on my 5D Mark II at the moment. I also love the 100L macro. It's a great lens. I also have the 70-300L and the 300L f/4. I love them both and would recommend either. I owned the 400 f/5.6 for a while. It took great pictures but I didn't have as much success as I'd liked with handholding it. The 300 with the 1.4 Mark III extender does a great job as a replacement. I'm thinking about the new 100-400L Mark II as a replacement for the 70-300 and possibly the 300. Decisions, decisions. Sometimes I think it's just about having something new. I feel the pain. 8) :

 

[Tsuru]

I went to "L" in the opposite direction as most here starting with the 24-105mm f4 IS then purchasing the 70-200mm f2.8 IS II. I'm hard pressed to say which I like more as they fill such different roles for me. Yes I could get a 24-70 f2.8 to replace the 24-105mm but I'm in no hurry.
I'm currently saving up for a 16-35mm f4 IS although the 100mm macro non-L might be next.

 

[Joey]

Next on my list is to upgrade my EF-S 60 to the EF 100L macro.

Okay.... The 100L gives you a little extra reach over your EFS 60, always welcome with insects and suchlike, and it has very useful IS (but are you going to use it for macro photography handheld?). The image quality is only superb, by which I mean the EFS 60 has similarly superb image quality and although it's not weatherproofed it's very well built and like the 100L doesn't extend or rotate its front element or anything distasteful like that.

You shoot crop, so the 60mm will double as a very good portrait lens while the 100mm will be a bit long for many portrait purposes.

Can I encourage you to focus your L envy at a different L? I think you'll get more benefit...!

 

[sulla]

Ouch, another L-GAS case, someone call Dr. House, perhaps he's got a clue how to treat this in its early stages?

This is my anamnesis:

• I started out with the 28-135 on an EOS 5. In the analog age this was just about fine.
• Then I went digital with the 5D and my L-addiction was started with the 24-105L kit lens. Canon really is a clever company.
• After this I found I needed a few primes because f/4 just wasn't enough. So I got the 50 1.4 and the 28 1.8.
• Needless to say that I couldn't stick to them for very long, as the build and IQ just didn't match the 24-105...
  So, I ditched the non-L primes to settle for the 2.8 trinity zooms...
• OMG, what should I tell you, not long until I found 2.8 just wasn't fast enough...
  Luckily Canon really has a few decent, fast primes. So far I've only got the 24 1.4 but...
• the 85 1.2 is sure to follow this year...

Dr. House, where art thou?