Out with the old, in with the new.

After much deliberation I have sold my beloved Canon ef600 F4 is lens. It was a superb lens giving top class image quality and performing faultlessly over the four years I used it. The only downside to this lens was its weight, even in a purpose made carrying bag, after a mile or so I really began to struggle. In the end I started to leave it behind because of this. In addition to this it was too heavy to fit into my carry-on luggage on an aeroplane, it had to go into the hold, something I really don’t like doing. Finally I made the decision to sell it on ebay, this is the only realistic option for a lens like this. It was still a hard decision to finally ’ list it ’, and the realization that there was no turning back was a bit unsettling. However, what happened next was even more unsettling - I listed it on ebay at 15.30 and at 19.00 I was being paid cash on my kitchen table. Suddenly for the first time in years I was without a large prime lens…..PANIC!!
I knew what I wanted to replace it with, the Canon ef600 Mkii and even though I had been through this process four years ago I couldn’t prevent myself from entering the 500/600 conundrum once again. Finally I stuck to my guns and bought the 600, I made the right choice then and so I repeated my decision.
In addition to this I bought the new Canon 1.4 Mkiii tele-converter and I then went the ‘whole hog’ and bought a Canon 7D Mkii DSLR.
I must say the new rig looks and feels very impressive and I can’t wait to try them out next week.
I will be writing another comparison between the two 600’s in my equipment review section in the coming weeks.