The old 5D is a heckuva buy these days, and getting better.

Just so you know, I had a 24-105 that I liked so much that when I lost it in Vegas last year (don't ask), I bought another. I considered the 24-70 F2.8 for a while, but I just couldn't get over how much I liked that 24-105 as my all-around lens. It's what sits on the camera 90% of the time.

My experience is very limited, especially compared to some of the guys on this thread, but I gotta say that a lens that throws a rookie more than an occasional bone image-wise is not a bad thing. I like the IS a LOT!




"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine