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Jul 18, 2012 at 13:46 comment added Mike If buying the 5DIII (ie a full frame camera), consider the 85mm f/1.2 L. It's big, fast, and produces lovely photos. Expensive though...
Jul 17, 2012 at 15:36 comment added mattdm @dpollitt — I just put the key part of the edit in the title, in line with the comment above ("maybe I should emphasize this further"). I agree it's a change from the original question, but the original question was, as you noted, either very wide open or too localized to this very particular situation.
Jul 17, 2012 at 14:47 comment added dpollitt @mattdm - I think the recent edit really changed this question entirely. The part about "L series big advantages" wasn't even in the original question, it was added later. With all of the existing answers and comments, would it make more sense to close this and just start a new question? I think this might be full of too much other content at this point.
Jul 17, 2012 at 14:08 history edited mattdm CC BY-SA 3.0
The list of existing lenses as a bullet list draws too much attention there, when that's really not the heart of the question. (If it *were*, the question would be too localized.)
Jul 16, 2012 at 22:42 answer added dpollitt timeline score: 3
Jul 16, 2012 at 21:07 answer added tenmiles timeline score: 2
Jul 16, 2012 at 20:29 comment added daniero @dpollitt I don't think my question is more general that other [equipment-recommendation]s; As my offer is for L-lenses only, I'm especially interested in L-lenses that are much better than the non-L alternatives. I explicitly added this to the edit, but maybe I should emphasis this further.
Jul 16, 2012 at 19:53 comment added dpollitt Well this might get closed as off topic. It is kind of just a "discussion" question, and since any answer will likely be as valid as the next, it doesn't really fit the Q&A style format of stack exchange. I could tell you to buy any one of the current 20 L lenses and it would be a valid response. How about a 135mm f/2 L? It really isn't in the same league as your 70-200mm f/4.
Jul 16, 2012 at 19:43 history edited daniero CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 16, 2012 at 19:40 answer added cmason timeline score: 3
Jul 16, 2012 at 19:38 answer added Jakub Sisak GeoGraphics timeline score: 2
Jul 16, 2012 at 19:35 history edited daniero CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 16, 2012 at 19:34 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackPhotos/status/224950172856233984
Jul 16, 2012 at 19:27 answer added Pete timeline score: 2
Jul 16, 2012 at 18:34 history edited daniero CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 16, 2012 at 18:23 history asked daniero CC BY-SA 3.0