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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 1200 €;
263 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:Top lens, I still have to try it thoroughly but from the first uses it makes you want to shoot. Lightweight, excellent construction, sharp, optics ef worthy of the 2023 lenses, used with Canon r6 is a wonder, absolutely recommended if bought on the second-hand market. Excellent stabilization, allows shots with relatively long poses even without a tripod.
Pros:Sharp, light, compact, well stabilized and above all quite economical
Cons:Nothing
Opinion:High-level optics for the entire focal range and at all apertures, angle of view that covers the vast majority of situations. Both for the minimum focal length, but above all for the excellent stabilizer, it allows shooting even with relatively long times. Excellent solution for traveling light, with associated a tele zoom you take home everything. If you happen to be used, do not let it escape and will repay you with interest for what you spent.
Pros:Sharpness, lightness, stabilization, colors, af
Cons:Nothing for what was conceived
Opinion:Bought to be used on an eos r with adapter ring, the lens is very well held in the hand, light and not bulky also calculating that it is a stabilized lens not native per ml, used in various contexts has behaved very well in all uses, making me take home 100% of the shots! Of defects I have nothing to list, the sharpness is excellent from f4 and becomes perfect already at f5.6, it is not a bright lens but you know, you buy being aware of this but the stabilizer recovers to the overwhelming, making you shoot in low times even without a tripod. Vote 10
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