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Back from hols with 6d + 80-200/2.8 + 19-35/3.5 + 43/2.8 and very happy with what I got. A few times I wanted wider, and a few times I wanted longer than 200mm (wildlife) but the gap in the middle I had 43-80mm (where most people whack a standard zoom on) I didn't miss at all.
Took many good shots in first ten days, then kind of got bored as was seeing similar stuff over and over.
The 80/200 2.8 "magic drain pipe" really is just that. Only a handful of times was the 1985/1995 arc motor focus drive too slow to grab what I wanted in the moment (but short of the current 70-200/2.8 I don't think anything else would have managed either). Even without the massive lens hood it didn't struggle in strong glarey light.
But mostly I got a lot less attention than waving a big white L around.
It does vignette strongly at 2.8, only realised when I got home that the clear filter I put on wasn't the narrow rimmed one I'd originally ordered, ah well.