Well I did it, I bought a 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Matblack · 17-07-2010, 13:02

I have a 17-55 2.8 IS on the way, admittedly second hand so a bit cheaper than the excessive new price but I've been researching lenses for a while and finally came to the conclusion that if I am going to be taking shots indoors that this is the lens for me.

Constant 2.8 3 stops of IS and L glass beating clarity, no it won't fit on a full frame but with the advent of the 7D I don't think I'll be going FF and if I do then not for a good while. it was this or the 24-105 f4 L glass which is about the same price secondhand. The 17-55 very rarely comes up I presume because those who have one keep it unless they go FF, it seems to be THE mid zoom for crop bodies.

Should be delivered on Tuesday hopefully it isn't the only thing being delivered this week so I'll have a subject to make the most of it

Consequently I think I'll be selling my Sigma 17-70 and probably the 28mm 2.8 as well, although I be keeping the 50mm 1.8 as it is such a cracking lens and much much lighter than the 17-55mm

It's a big investment but I think it will be worth it

MB

17-07-2010, 13:02	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Well I did it, I bought a 17-55mm f2.8 IS I have a 17-55 2.8 IS on the way, admittedly second hand so a bit cheaper than the excessive new price but I've been researching lenses for a while and finally came to the conclusion that if I am going to be taking shots indoors that this is the lens for me. Constant 2.8 3 stops of IS and L glass beating clarity, no it won't fit on a full frame but with the advent of the 7D I don't think I'll be going FF and if I do then not for a good while. it was this or the 24-105 f4 L glass which is about the same price secondhand. The 17-55 very rarely comes up I presume because those who have one keep it unless they go FF, it seems to be THE mid zoom for crop bodies. Should be delivered on Tuesday hopefully it isn't the only thing being delivered this week so I'll have a subject to make the most of it Consequently I think I'll be selling my Sigma 17-70 and probably the 28mm 2.8 as well, although I be keeping the 50mm 1.8 as it is such a cracking lens and much much lighter than the 17-55mm It's a big investment but I think it will be worth it MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"