While photo enthusiasts suffer in the throes of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome)-endlessly buying hot new cameras and lenses, reselling them, and buying the next cool thing-professional photographers stick with what works.

Sharp, fast, compact, and durable—this lens is a pro's best friend.

I have enjoyed using this high quality lens. The pics look amazing and sharp. It does not have IS but has been a joy to use.

The original Canon 24-70 f2.8L has been established as a working photographers go to lens for years. The Mark II version has only improved on an already incredible lens. With greater resolution and sharpness than its predecessor, paired with the same great build quality and robustness, the Canon...

It's just a beautiful quality piece of glass; no noticeable lens distortion or aberration - expensive but you get what you pay for with Canon..

Very expensive

I had a very good copy of the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM but sold it because once I get this gem it never got used.

My sharpest zoom lens and I own several Canon "L"s including the 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS; Only my Sigma ART 50mm f/1.4 is sharper; Super fast focus

Cheap hood; No IS

I use the lens on my 5d MkIII and there is a noticeable difference between it and my Tamron equivalent that I'd been using for 3 years. The Tamron 24x70 has stabilization and I still get better results with this Canon lens in comparison.

Wow! Amazing lens! I thought long and hard before deciding to buy this lens due to its high price but I'm glad I finally bought it. It's razor sharp and the AF focus is deadly accurate. I was a little concerned about the weight but it's not as heavy as I thought. I highly recommend this lens!

AF is deadly accurate; razor sharp; great bokeh

Price

Superb lens. Very happy with the output.

Such a great lens to shoot with, however my ONLY CON is that 3rd party manufacturers are including image stabilization. Wish I could only give 3.5 stars for this reason. Image quality is 5 stars, features are 3.5. For the price Canon, we would like you to meet what the underdogs have achieved.