17-40 ---> 16-35 f4

[Hjalmarg1]

Hi everyone...

Tomorrow I hope to be getting a 16-35mm f/4. I currently have the 17-40 which I have been more or less happy with and has served me well over the past few years. I owned a 16-35mm f/2.8 II for a short period of time, but decided to sell it because I could not justify the price difference (17-40 Used - $550 vs. 16-35 Used $1200 - at the time for good clean copies). I ended up going back to the 17-40.

The 16-35 f4 seems to be somewhere (~$950 Used) in the middle and has gotten great reviews all around. The chart numbers seem great and the example look good. I am particularly excited about testing the corner sharpness, which is supposed to be a big improvement over the 17-40 and 16-35 2.8. I like that the filter is 77mm to share filters with my 24-70 2.8 I.

Please let me know what you think about your 16-35 f4. Any and all opinions are welcomed...

Congrats, you will never regret this purchase. It provides contrasty and sharp images at all focal lenghts and appertures. I also sold my 16-35mm f2.8L II and pre-ordered the f4L IS version. Very happy.

 

[JoFT]

Congratulation. It´s a great step forward. love this lens...

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[privatebydesign]

Congratulation. It´s a great step forward. love this lens...

And some more:

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Is there an actual reason, other than shameless self promotion, that you are going round posting all these direct links to your blog?

You are making no further comment in the threads, you are inking to badly written misleading posts that you could just as easily leave here directly.

 

[mrsfotografie]

I'm still chugging along with my 17-40L. Together with the 24-105L it is the core of my travel lens kit, and with a EW-83H hood of which I've trimmed the side petals I am able to use the same modified hood on both lenses, very convenient because it actually saves a lot of space.

Mind, if I required a wide angle zoom more outside of travel, I would consider the 16-35 f/4 but as a kit I prefer the 17-40 with the 24-105. For day to day shooting I more often use wa primes but who knows at some point I may get the 16-35 f/4 too.

OK update, I will be travelling to China this year and the trip will focus on cultural heritage so there will be many massive sights, (forbidden city/great wall/terracotta army and the Yunggang and Longmen buddhist cave complexes for instance) so 'L fever' has been sneaky again and now I'm now seriously considering getting the 16-35 f4 L IS for this trip and beyond.

However that brings me to a problem that is becoming more common as my lens collection improves and expands: How to distance myself of lenses that I truly love but which I have effectively replaced? This is what's likely to happen to the 17-40L. Because it has served me so well and it is the single best handling lens on a gripless 5D* body that I use for travel.... I think I would be really sad to see it go.

 

[tgara]

However that brings me to a problem that is becoming more common as my lens collection improves and expands: How to distance myself of lenses that I truly love but which I have effectively replaced? This is what's likely to happen to the 17-40L. Because it has served me so well and it is the single best handling lens on a gripless 5D* body that I use for travel.... I think I would be really sad to see it go.

You're thinking about this too hard. I did the 17-40 to 16-35 upgrade and have not missed the 17-40 one bit. Once you see the vast improvement in image quality and performance enhancements that the 16-35 gives compared to the 17-40, you won't think twice about the 17-40.

 

[mrsfotografie]

However that brings me to a problem that is becoming more common as my lens collection improves and expands: How to distance myself of lenses that I truly love but which I have effectively replaced? This is what's likely to happen to the 17-40L. Because it has served me so well and it is the single best handling lens on a gripless 5D* body that I use for travel.... I think I would be really sad to see it go.

You're thinking about this too hard. I did the 17-40 to 16-35 upgrade and have not missed the 17-40 one bit. Once you see the vast improvement in image quality and performance enhancements that the 16-35 gives compared to the 17-40, you won't think twice about the 17-40.

Haha thanks, that's the kind of comment that gives me confidence. Still I think I'll probably buy the 16-35 f/4 before selling the 17-40L. When the difference becomes clear it'll be a lot easier to art with my beloved 17-40 ;D

 

[mwh1964]

I bought the 16-35 at full asking the first day of availability. I don't regret a second.

 

[mrsfotografie]

I bought the 16-35 at full asking the first day of availability. I don't regret a second.

This lens gets the same sort of acclaim the Sigma 35mm did/does. That lens also does not disappoint me.