Been actively checking prices and reading on various lens, and checking other photoshoot and videos, it seems it boils down on what u intend to use for.
For leisure usage, i will definitely want a macro lens and a wide angle lens.
For business usage, a F-stop of less or equal 2.8 is the minimum, qn is what range.
Using a crop body, 17-55mm with 2.8 seems to be the technically right choice.
But in terms of lens, glass, and range, a additional of 24-70mm L lens seems to gd to let go with a top up of about 600 bucks more.
Having tested both n looking at the review, 17-55 is the clear winner...but my heart just cant stop resisting the L red ring temptation.
Going to decide when my pay check comes in...the determining factor will be, what is the range i often use...17-55 or 24-70.
5 years ago