I bought the 2.8 70-200 USM years ago, and I absolutely love it. Price was a factor, but I can't say that there's any difference in build quality enough to make a difference, and if there's a difference, it doesn't seem to show in the results.

http://img1.focus-numerique.com/focu...gma-70-200.jpg

Solid lens and that's the reason they've sold so many of them to those of us who don't make a living with the lens.

And mine all but lived at dusty baseball fields for 8 years, and compared to gyms (wrestling), and grass fields (football), these dusty baseball fields are a good test.

And mine, like you work with kids, has been the starter camera for any number of "team kids" (player's brothers and sisters and parents), and even more scouts. All I have left for photography is to pass-along my love for it. WHile some just loved holding a big rig (compared to some), and to shoot "like motor drive" (I'm dating myself!!), some learned to love it. Many went on to do it in school, but all knew they could come ask for the camera and 999 times out of a 1,000 I'd hand it over and let them go discover. The beauty of digital!!!

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE film, but it's time to let go. My darkroom gear is all but gone, and that's OK. But I still love the memories of plate film (in the periscope), shooting 2-and-a-quarter, smelling like fix, and knowing what DoF is and how circles of confusion make if happen. I still teach them all the latter, and most get it, but more importantly they learn how to use it to their advantage. LOL, much like the AP v SP "sports pics" debate that'll never be won... It's all good as long as you're in the debate... And it's even more fun to debate B&W over color, nobody loses. LOL, sepia!! But hell, I'm finding that unless it's a big deal (and there are fewer of those coming by these days), I'm loving the portability of my Samsung S5 "camera"! LOL, I'm going to hell!!!

And I meant to ask and can't remember if I did, but did you ever buy the 20Da? You being into astronomy, I was just wondering..

So, that means it comes set to Aperture Priority by default, right???

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So the EF 50mm on an EF-S camera like the 50D is actually like a 80mm zoom-wise? Is that correct?

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Yes.

Crop factor x focal length. So 50D is 1.6.

50x1.6=80

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It has a USB docking station to change about anything you want but your camera has the aperture priority setting on it. I'm thinking they call it a "Sports" lens due to the weight. Its a work out to hand shoot :)

I bought this lens a few months ago and haven't regretted not getting the Canon for even a second.

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I should be getting the 24-70 f/2.8 today. I sold the Canon 28-70 f/2.8L (old model) earlier this week.

So for Hawaii next week, we'll take the Tokina 16-28 f/2.8, the Tamron 24-70 f/2.8, the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8, and the Canon 100 macro f/2.8. Bodies: 6D and 60D.

I'm pretty happy with my gear bag right now. I will eventually want something like a 300mm or one of the 150-500 lenses, but that's a ways away, I think.

I'm enjoying the shit out of that macro lens.

I ended up ordering the Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM. I think it will work better for what I need it for, which is just little shots around the house. If I had a full frame camera I probably would have gone with the 50.

I require that you start a thread for this event!

I find myself wishing my 50mm was in the 24mm range on a regular basis.

Can do. The wife and I are both shooting, and I'll probably set us up to do RAW+JPG so we can do some quick posting of the JPG without doing a full edit. I booked us for a sunrise photo tour on Friday, looking forward to that!

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