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<p>the body should be fine. I've shot with my 7d in crazy rain. whenever I drop my phone in something, I get a airtight jar and fill it with uncooked rice. i put the phone in it, and since rice sucks up moisture, it's helped me all 3 times I've dropped my phone. I don't know if this is the best thing to do with L glass...but just a tip!</p>

<p>thanks everyone! i plan to use this lens as a night time walk around lens or street shooting. I love my 50 but sometimes, especially at night, a wider field of view is very useful. any tips?</p>

<p>i have a 50 1.2 and other lenses<br>

I don't bring my excellent 16-35 unless I'm sure I need it. I want a 24L or a 35L, and to buy it I would sell my 24-70<br>

since i have a 50, perhaps a 35 would be too close to each other that I wouldn't need it so I'm contemplating a 24<br>

and because the 24 mk 2 is a newer lens<br>

I'm not going to wait for the 35 mk2 because i think it'll be a bit out of budget<br>

please help thanks,<br>

Will</p>

<p>16-35 and a 50<br>

i have a similar kit to you, but when I went to the Philippines, I only took a 50 1.2 and got some amazing shots. When I was at the beach, I felt like I could use a wider field of view so I regretted not taking my 16-35 but a wide zoom and a fast prime is what you need, especially in southeast asia</p>

I own a 16-35 and a 50. I have my telephotos covered and not interested in the 85 1.2.

With the 50 1.2 should i purchase the 35 1.4 or the 24 1.4 taking into account i have the 16-35. I use the 16-35 mainly at 16.

Thank you everyone for these responeses.

Im going in mid july so im assuming a lot of people are going to be there.

When is the wildflower season at the canyon?

<p>Anyone have any tips for the grand canyon?<br>

I did some brief searching and found the N.Rim is better than the S.Rim? Is that true?<br>

Also which lenses to bring?<br>

8-15mm Fisheye no filter<br>

16-35 f/2.8 II no ND<br>

24-70 f/2.8 with ND<br>

50 1.2 with ND<br>

100 f/2.8 IS Macro<br>

Is the macro handy at the grand canyon?<br>

I've decided to bring the fisheye and the 16-35 because theyre very wide...but curious if I should also bring the 24-70 for the ND?</p>

 

<p> I used to have the 7D but I sold it to purchase the 100L macro<br>

I currently use only the 5D Mkii and the only SLIGHT drawback I have with it is the autofocus<br>

I didnt have a problem with the autofocus UNTIL i used the 7D's<br>

after i used the 7D's and went back to the 5d's I felt like i was missing out on a lot...<br>

It haven't necessarily lost too many of the "moments" but focus and recompose is slightly annoying with the 9-point af system vs the i believe 19(?) of the 7D<br>

Since you've used the 30D i'm sure you've used the 9 point system and know what its like<br>

Also, I had alot of overlapping focal lengths because at the time I had a 16-35L f2.8 50L f1.2 and a 70-300L<br>

so at times I didnt really know which lens to put on which body when I went out because from 16-35 on a full frame then a jump to 85 with the 50 on a crop sensor kind of left a big gap..<br>

I don't regret having sold the 7D or using the 5D II<br>

but in a few years time, I'm going to upgrade to the 5D III when there is a used copy<br>

If I were you, I would upgrade BUT only if it's in your budget..don't go completely out of your way to upgrade from a 7D to a 5D ii<br>

I did because I wasnt using the back-up body at all..<br>

+it looks cooler to have a 5d II :)</p>

<p>thank you everyone for these responses!<br>

im still holding out on purchasing a lens until the second week of july<br>

but I think i'm just going to purchase the 24 1.4 in place of the 24-70<br>

i like what Peter E mentioned of keeping both but budget cant keep up haha<br>

thanks again everyone</p>

<p>the lens i purchased was the 100 f/2.8L IS USM<br>

its cheap for an L lens and the 180 is expensive, heavy, with the maximum aperture of 3.5<br>

I recommend the 100 f2.8L if u cant afford it im sure the 100 f2.8 non-L will suit you just fine</p>

<p>i purchased the 580 ex ii before it was discontinued but after the 600ex rt was released because of my budget<br>

i dont have any drawbacks with it and i'm planning to purchase one or two 430 ex's as slave units<br>

i'm planning to fire the 430's just through line of sight, but if i don't want to or can't, i would just purchase pocket wizard wireless transmitters</p>

<p>in my opinion the 35 1.4L<br>

i haven't used it personally, but I've used the focal length on my zooms<br>

the fast aperture will be good for interiors and i think 35mm will be wide enough<br>

u should try a 24 prime too to see if you want a little wider shot<br>

what i did for wide angle was get the 16-35 f2.8 (amazing lens)<br>

i don't recommend using wide angle focal length for portraits<br>

what I did was get the 24-105 before I got my primes then i upgraded it to the 24-70<br>

i suggest the 24-70 for an all around 1-lens kit</p>

<p>I have a 16-35 f/2.8L ii and a 24-70 f/2.8<br>

I don't use the 24-70 at all...and although i really like the 16-35, I could use the IQ of a prime and the fast aperture when indoors....<br>

and I'm planning to sell both of them for either the 24 1.4L ii or the 35 1.4L <br>

i'm steering clear of the 14mm f/2.8 I think would have too much distortion if I don't shoot level and the big price tag<br>

I really like shooting wide at 16...so I'm thinking of perhaps selling both for just the TS-E17 f/4<br>

and not cover the 24 and 35mm focal length range<br>

..<br>

I shoot a lot of everything so I'm slightly leaning away from the TS-E since its a manual focus lens or wait to buy it later....<br>

Perhaps a 17-40 and a 24 prime...<br>

I'm in a dilemma..<br>

other lenses I own are 8-15 f/4L fisheye, 50 1.2L, 100mm 2.8L Macro<br>

I use a 5d Mk2<br>

can anybody help? </p>