Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III Coming in June [CR3]

[mnclayshooter]

;D From my experience, when the sun is right behind you, with the wide angle lenses... you see your own shadow in the frame.

 

[GMCPhotographics]

What pray tell is the most glaring weakness that this new lens solves?

Hopefully, V. II's poor edge/corner performance.

What Rick said plus it's uncanny ability for sun glare (different from sun flare) If the sun is directly behind you and the camera, if you swing the camera 1 inch left or right from center, you will have sun glare in the photo. I may be exaggerating a little, but only a little. I hope the new lens coatings will tame that down a lot.

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I found the 16-35IIL to be the least flare / glare lens in my lens bag. I'm sure the newer coating will improve this even further. With an ultra wide lens it's harder to exclude over bright elements in the frame, such as street lights, the moon or the sun. I have seen a few odd ghostings where there's a really bright object in the frame. But that's down to internal reflections and the 16-35IIL is a lot better than any other wide lenses I've tried. Certainly better than the 17-40L and Tamron 16-35mm dii. Way better than the 24-70L and 24-70IIL.

 

[Ryan_D]

Any more rumblings about this lens? Crossing my fingers that we will get official word on it any day now