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The Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM is a wide-angle lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2014 to 2024 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1390 €;
267 users have given it an average vote of 9.6 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.
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Pros: very sharp even wide open, solid constuction, helpfull IS
low price for such a great Canon L lens!
Cons: none....
the small lens hood will not give much protection but that's typical for most wide angel zooms
Opinion: By far the sharpest of all Canon wide angel zooms!
Solid construction and image stabilizer will make this gerat lens a real bargain!
Visibly sharper in the image corners at 16mm than the 16-35 2.8 L II on full frame and way much better than the 17-40L that had mushy and soft corners form 17-20mm even at f11 (f4 or f5.6 was unusable soft from 17 to 20mm on two copies of the 17-40 I used some years ago)
Pros: There's an important notice in Opinion section! Incredible sharpness across a frame on every focal length and aperture. Low price that seems to be the lowest in connection with sharpness it delivers among all L lenses I've ever used. A weather sealed body with a gasket, a comparatively small and convenient lens hood (takes not so much space in my bag like 17-40 lens hood), popular and affordable 77mm filter thread, image stabilization that's quite handy, image quite compact for an ultra-wide zoom.
Cons: Can't make coffee & toasts.
Opinion: https://yadi.sk/d/JRe0ArOkhL6nr
Here are some raw (*.CR2) test shots with 16-35/4 L IS lens on my 6D at apertures 4.0 and 8.0. These shots are more telltale than words. Simply download files (find and press a downward arrow) and open locally with smth like DPP or ACR.
I must only add that having experience of using 5 L lenses and 2 ZE lenses I was shocked by sharpness of this gem from Canon when I took first shots. Natural color reproduction, high contrast, uniform sharpness across a frame with only slight degradation in outermost corners, not a trace of softness of any visible CA, low and easy correctable distortion and vignetting.
Beware of minor field curvature esp. on the long end. For max acuity nail focus on a side-located object through LV.
Speaking emotionally I think I'm lucky with the lens or Canon finally made an almost perfect and affordable ultra-wide zoom or both.
P.S. check on my flickr page for shots taken with this lens (still pending).
An important notice (for pixel peepers)!
I've been shooting with the lens for a week and that's what I found.
1. IS may and does degrade IQ making sharpness across a frame non-uniform. I believe IS in a ultra-wide lens acts like a tilt-shift unit making unfavorable and uncontrolled shift movements at the moment of capturing a shot. OTOH IS on mode is fine for videographers. With disabled IS the lens still captures sharp images as usual.
2. The lens has got a mild field curvature on focal length between 24 and 35 mm maximizing at 35mm. Hyper focal focusing is not effectively applicable with this lens. Corner objects are sharper if they closer to the camera. Increasing aperture makes close objects more sharper than ones on distance. So keep this in mind and use LV focusing or focus bracketing techniques. It must be mentioned that it is common for wide and even normal lenses.
N.B. I won't decrease the lens rating because I think that these aspects are not negative yet rather its peculiarities. Simply keep them in mind and produce great pictures with this great lens.
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Opinion:I bought this optic because everyone spoke well of it, but obviously at this point, I have to think that they came from really poor lenses, I tried this optic and honestly it is not much. Of course we start from the assumption, that I also own the 15-30 tamron 2.8 and the 11-24 canon .. So the difference can be seen. And in my opinion the point is precisely this. You can't give a grade of 9.6, to a scope that still costs 1500 new, because you also have to evaluate the cost, not of the used but of the new. And honestly 1500 euros is not worth us, at best it could be worth 300 euros as used ... not a penny more. Even the 12-24 sigma "plasticone", second version is more detailed... Disappointed...
Pros:Everything you want to find from a special lens of this kind, second-hand price.
Cons:I didn't find the cons.
Opinion:When I bought this lens I asked a friend of mine who does wedding shoots for a lens that never betrayed me, he replied to me "Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 L USM you mount it and you forget to take it off" it was love at first use and Roberto was right you can mount it for eternity, in fact it is always with me when I do my photographic outings. Right now I'm using it with the R6 and adapter ring, performing at the TOP as with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III I don't mind carrying it around like all the equipment I have, I recommend it to all those who don't want to break the bank for the RF lens. Sharpness, MAF speed, well-controlled backlight, stabilization everything you want.
Pros:Quality, colors, very fast af, used price, 77
Cons:If I really have to find a "flaw" I would say F4.0 but you know and that's okay.
Opinion:I bought this beautiful used lens in the store for less than 600 euros, after the very kind salesman made me try it for a few shots, I was undecided between this and the Sigma 12-24 f2.8, but I had no doubts, I immediately found a feeling difficult to explain, it is one of those lenses that you mount in the camera and you would never take off. Excellent on aps-c, superlative on FF, does what it has to and does it well,
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