Something has been missing from my camera bag since I switch from Nikon to Canon. When I shot Nikon, I had two go to lenses in my bag, the 24-70mm f/2.8 and the 80-200mm f/2.8. When I sold the Nikon kit and moved to Canon, I made sure to buy the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8, but I thought that I needed to get a longer zoom for my action work and didn’t buy the Canon 70-200 f/2.8, instead I opted for the Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6.
I did this for two reasons. The first was because I was shooting a lot of action photography at the time and wanted to get closer to the subject, but many times fences, security guards or guard rails kept me from getting closer to the action, so I went for the 100-400 to help me get those tight shots.
I have since moved away from being a sport and action shooter, to more of a studio and portrait photographer and the necessity for the 100-400 has gone away. So far away, that it is no longer in my everyday camera bag and only comes out when I got out for the sporadic action shoot, and it may soon find its way on the used lens market.
The second reason that I didn’t buy the Canon 70-200 is because I really didn’t understand and appreciate lens optics at that time. While many photographers use the lens as a middle ground piece of glass that fits between their wide angle lenses and their super telephoto lenses, many more know the true power of a 70-200, its amazing qualities as a portrait lens.

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