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>>289440 I've shot with (though I don't own) top-quality Canon L zooms. They give technical results that are more than good enough for anyone who isn't masturbating to test charts.
But honestly? I'd rather shoot with an old uncoated piece of shit with visible aberrations and distortions than a 24-70. Zooms just feel weird to shoot with for me. Stepped zooms (the Tri-Elmars, zooms on most digicams, etc.) are fine because there's those clearly defined spots. They're no different than a set of primes. But continuous zooms feel weird, and they're only really useful if it's some tele zoom and it's far away and the only way to change your composition is by changing focal length.
Other circumstances? I'll take lenses that give me the fields of view I'm used to, that I can frame with my eye before the camera's even up to it, whose perspectives I know and like.
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