Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L Lens Review: Worth Buying in 2024?

[@domjong6329]

Version 2 is one of my most used lenses! It's great to see people still reviewing the old EF L lenses!

[@_kamkodak]

Thank you! I love EF glass and will continue to buy Ef glass unless there's a huge price cut on RF lenses

[@zie404]

Had this lens for the majority of my wedding projects this past year and it has no doubt been a life saver!

[@_kamkodak]

@@zie404 dude that is awesome! I wish I could do more weddings but I’m very grateful for my portrait and family shoots haha

[@zie404]

@@_kamkodak if i'm not mistaken we literally have the same setup eos R with 24-70 hahaha. Take it slow and keep on marketing your work dude! I would love to work with you but unfortunately it might not be possible for now. But maybe in the future who know hahaha. I just followed you on IG!

[@aaaaa44455]

Great video, needs a bigger community. Would only do the voice a bit louder and the background music a bit quieter

[@TheRolexSlayer]

Just got back into photography and really do it as a hobby. I used to focus on all types of media when I was a kid and would develop film and make videos with friends back in 2012. Here was my journey getting back into it. Now that mirrorless has taken over, I looked at the r6 mark 2 and was looking like I was going to spend about 2k on the camera. Then a good rf lens was another 1600, so I was considering almost 4k to get back into what will be a hobby. After looking into it deeper, noticed that the mirrorless is really good for video and autofocus and the pictures are great but the r6 at 24mp and a lot of great features I would not use probably was not the best use of my money. So I looked back into the DSLR that I knew growing up. I found a 6d mark 2 for a little less than 500 that was practically new with less that 5k shutter count, and I chose the 24-70 f2.8 version 1 that I found for a little less than 400. I really liked what I was getting for the money with this set up. So long story short, as a budget set up I look at it like, if this was 2012, I have a 4k dollar set up that would just be so awesome to have back then and still am getting great shots now. If you are getting a budget set up to just have fun I highly recommend these older L zoom lenses just for the fact that it is so convenient to get different shots instead of changing out lens after lens. It was a hard toss up to get the 24-105 f4 but the 2.8 is what had me sold being that the 6d does not have flash and I need all the help I can get for low light. My next lens will be a 70-200 f4 and I feel like my hobby rig will be complete!!!

[@_kamkodak]

Dude, that is awesome. I was considering the f4 70-200 at one point. and I'll be honest with you, I've been rocking with the 24-70mm 2.8 and 70-200mm 2.8 and I really don't carry anything else in my camera backpack! Though I have a very good photographer friend who upgraded to the Canon 6D MkII and he loves that camera to death haha.

[@TheRolexSlayer]

@@_kamkodak Is the 70-200 f2.8 the heaviest lens ever? I was thinking going f4 just to be lighter because the 24-70 is surprisingly heavy. My only complain about it

[@_kamkodak]

@@TheRolexSlayer it is heavy though I always carry a camera strap so it does not bother me

[@adphotomagic]

Thanks I check that out....

[@alchemythroughsisterhood]

I’m going to see if I can find it on marketplace 🎉 I only have one lens and it’s the one my camera came with 😂 I think it’s time to add more depth to my photos

[@jarvismorrison9328]

bought a new in 2014 and it's still a Boss lens...

[@adphotomagic]

Just got this lens 2 days ago...used and got a 5d mk2 body... notice I can't get crisp focus should I calibrate or just go through the motions.. checking all that what I'm doing wrong first thanks

[@_kamkodak]

it depends on the wear and tear of the camera, but the 5dmk2 is an amazing camera. I have heard calibrations may be needed for DSLR cameras. I would try the lens first and make sure it has full contact on the gold pins.