Anyone who has done weddings knows he needs shots between 70 and 200mm at something like a meter distance or less in almost every wedding.
Maybe it's less than 10% of the shots but you do need it, for pictures of the bride having her makeup done, a picture of the wedding rings, a closeup of the champaign glasses, the wedding invitation amongst the roses, for all those standard "clichés" you do need good performance at close focus distances.
Wedding photographers either use 24-70 or 105mm macro for those shots, having decent performance at this range is surely a reason for many wedding guys to upgrade.
Maybe it's less than 10% of the shots but you do need it, for pictures of the bride having her makeup done, a picture of the wedding rings, a closeup of the champaign glasses, the wedding invitation amongst the roses, for all those standard "clichés" you do need good performance at close focus distances.
Wedding photographers either use 24-70 or 105mm macro for those shots, having decent performance at this range is surely a reason for many wedding guys to upgrade.