Surprised it's not listed on L&S' website, but they have it in the store. I was at the West Broadway location 2 weeks ago and it was there.

tamron for the f2.8. if you're staying 1.6x
canon if you want to go to full frame in the future, it'll be your investment.

I borrowed the Tamron 90mm macro, and it works on my full frame. Its great... but loud... and it hunts when i was walking around in the evening at the night market.

Yes the Tamron 90's focusing is super slow and is a bit noisey, however it's quite sharp and pretty nice bokeh for the price. I just used it today for some portraits and was quite impressed. The poor man's Nikkor 105mm F2.8 AF-S micro lens.

I feel the same way about this lens, its very very very good at what it does.

if i got a 50mm f/1.4 prime lens, would it be able to take indoor pictures? what are the chances i might still be able to require a flash?

ie. dinner photo, as dim enough that maybe just candle style lighting.

If you use a high ISO setting (depending on camera body) you should be ok, but if your camera is a crop body, 50mm may be too long. With candle light, your subjects will still need to be relatively still.

ditto.

I'd get a 30 or 35mm lens for indoor shots using a non-fullframe body.

Just get the 24mm f1.4. Problem solved! :p

Looking for a ultrawide,
Looking at these two options:

Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX
or
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

Edit:
K ignore me, i went with the tokina. haha

Any opinions regarding the Canon 80-200 F2.8 L? It's an oldie with no USM but 2.8 and an L droool.. Wonder if I should move into this from my 70-200 F4 L?

yay tokina.

Great lens, the 24L! Get the Sigma 30mm f1.4 if you are crop body and have less $$. And go with a local retailer so you can pick a lens that doesn't have focus issues. :haha:

I have one, and I love it! The color, contrast sharpness and bokeh doesn't lose to the 70-200 f2.8IS that my friend has, and the black is cool IMO. I would even say that color might be a little bit better. AF speed is pretty fast though it's not USM-fast. If you have a 70-200 f4L though I'm not sure if I'd want to move to this one. F4 and F2.8 isn't that huge of a difference, IMO, unless it's like indoors with no flash and desperately dark, in which you'd rather have IS anyways.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/diondit...7619158977831/
This set was shot with the 80-200L during an ultimate game. No sharpening added in post, just a few WB/color tweaks if even that. Body was 5D2... the AI Servo ain't bad! :)

Just a note, the 80-200 is no longer serviced by Canon. If something goes wrong, your stuck looking for third party repairs. great lens for the money, but its a gamble.

Yeah the servicing was what worried me the most since my F4 L is almost new. Guess I'll stick with what I got :D

Yah, I know. I'll take it when it happens. ;)

So i took the plunge and purchased a new Canon 24-70 F2.8 L yesterday...

my wallet is hurting a bit, but i'm blown away by how good the image quality is with this lens!!!! :thumbsup:

I love my 24-70mm, congrats. That and my 70-200 2.8 IS are the only lenses that leave my bag anymore.

Yah dood, i love the lens! i've also got a 70-200 F4 and the pics out of both lenses are just amazing!

i was deciding between the 17-55 F2.8 IS (yup, i'm on a APS-C body), the 24-105 F4 L IS, or the 24-70...i'm glad i went with the 24-70 over those 2 lenses.

it would be nice if the 24-70 came with an IS version, but i'm sure they're working on it and it'll probably be a $2K lens at that point.

now it's time to look for a wider angle to fill the lower gap :)

I find I don't really need IS on the 24-70 since it is a fast and mostly wide lens.

That is true and that was also another selling point for me to go with the F2.8 :)

i'm guessing you must be on a FF body? i like the 24 as a walk around, but i find it a bit narrow for landscape shots (compared to my 17-85mm kit lens of course).

perhaps it's time to save up for the 16-35mm? or perhaps i should just go with the 10-22mm EF-S....

Not FF yet, still on the 40D, but I'd love to get a 5D soon tho. I was thinking about he 10-22mm myself, but I wanted more distortion than it gives so I've pretty much decided on the 15mm 2.8 fisheye.

the fisheye's are alway interesting to shoot with!

i just don't like the cost of the 10-22 EF-S...reviews seem kinda so so as well on that lens...guess i'll just use my kit lens in the meantime for wider shots. :)

If you're impressed with the canon version, don't try the Sony Zeiss & Nikon 24-70 f2.8 lenses - you'll be disappointed.

Tokina 11-16 beats every other APS-C wide angle zoom. Period.