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Lens Help: 16-35mm or 17-40mm for video?

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paul13walnut5:
If you are going to be shooting FF and APS-C then it makes sense to me that every lens you use should work on both cameras.

Therfore, forget the Tokina 11-16 f2.8.  I have this lens and love it, but I'm shooting exclusively APS-C.
It was never designed to be used on FF and so is wraught with compromises.  You are better buying a fixed focal fast UWA prime instead.

I used to own the 17-40 and loved the focus speed and build quality.  Images were really so-so.  To point where when i got a 550D with kit lens, I actually found myself using the kit 18-55 more and eventually sold the 17-40.

This is more a reflection on how much the IS version of the kit lens has improved over the original versions than a particular sleight on the 17-40.

But thats for stills.

For video you have less control over the shutter speed, as such you are more dependent on filtration and aperture to control exposure than with stills.   It makes sense to buy as versatile a lens as you can, and this means as fast an aperture as you can.  In a choice between an f4 and an f2.8 the f2.8 is always going to win.

It is a lot more money, so consider used...  look out for a 16-35L mk1, or a 17-35 f2.8L or even a 20-35 f2.8L

All going to tick the UWA box for your full frame and serve as a decent fast walkaround for the APS-C camera.

The 17-35 and 20-35's are a bit older now, and aren't all that common, but they do come up used and the resolving power of these lenses is certainly up to 1080 video.

If you really want to buy new then look at something like the Tokina 16-28mm f2.8.  Will work on both FF and APS-C and is considerably less expensive than a new Canon 16-35 II.

risc32:
so you are planning on using the 24-105 on the 5d, but you feel that you want something even wider. wider for what, the crop frame camera, or the 5d or both? are you sure 24mm on FF isn't wide enough for you? is f4 fast enough? want to loose IS to go wider/faster? Personally if i was in a dark enviro doing interviews with your gear i'd think about a 50mm 1.4 and or lights. ... since you have the 50mm 1.8 probably lights. yeah, i probably didn't help you any. sorry.

paul13walnut5:
rotolights are great for close interview work, & cheap.  Ish.  Great for the subject.

iseowl:
I decided I'm going to buy some L primes instead. Thank for the comments & suggestions.

Drizzt321:
I'd go 16-36 over the 17-40 (I have the 17-40), on FF the corners can be pretty soft, especially wide open. From everything I've seen online, the 16-35 is much better in that regard, and also opens up an extra stop so you can get more light.

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