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Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens
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| 16-35mm ultra-wide-angle zoom lens with f/2.8 maximum aperture |
| 3 high-precision aspherical lens elements produce superior image quality |
| Circular aperture produces natural background blur at wider apertures |
| Ring-type USM for fast and quiet autofocusing; internal focusing |
| Measures 3.5 inches in diameter and 4.4 inches long; 1-year warranty |
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Customers Reviews
2009-10-14
What's in the box from Amazon!
Ok, here it is fast and dirty and I wish other people would explain whats in the box!
First, the lens! 16-35mm of pure luxury mojo! Its big and beautiful all the girls will Envy you! I'm talking big! 82mm!
Second, the standard rear lens cap.
Third, a very nice leathery pouch with draw strings. The bottom is rounded and has a thicker leather part to better to protect your beast!
Fourth, a lens cap that can choke a horse and yes its my first expensive lens so of course its lot bigger than my starter lens. That is only 58mm a huge difference!
and last the Canon EW-88 Hood.
It has a USA warranty card and with Amazon Prime shipping you'll get it nextday for sure for just 3.99. Its like 80 bucks a year to be a member and I piss that away just breathing lol.
Anything order from Amazon as the seller is pretty much guaranteed overnight if you order it that way. All others beware of 1-5 day processing times even if you order it nextday it will take days! I learned my lesson hopefully you too!
I was not sure how this was going to turn out but I'm really happy with it!
PIC EXAMPLE. If your sitting at your computer right now and you take a picture of your computer screen from about 8 inches away, you'll get the whole screen! Thats how wide of an angle it is! and I got a 24" computer screen how crazy is that from 8 inches?
Now try this with your camera at home using a starter lens like the Canon EF 28-105mm 1:4-5.6 USM and see what happens, not even close!
So again buying this here was the best price and its the same apples to apples if you where buying somewhere else! So now you know
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2009-10-11
I LOVE THIS LENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, this is like, seks. I love this lens. The AF in these L series are so amazing fast! The f/2.8 is great for indoor group shots or scenery. MK2 version has no compression on the edges. If there are, it isnt noticable.
The Filters are very expensive for this lens, but if you make the jump to pick up the lens, youd drop any penny on protecting the glass on this baby.
I've owned this lens a little over 6 months, and it has treated me very well, never failed me, and i would truely recommend this lens to any photographer looking into Wide angle lens.
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2009-10-03
Phenomenal WA zoom - best on the planet!
From the moment I mounted this lens on my 5D it was true love. Build quality was as one would expect for an L-series lens. IQ that is stunning. Sharp as a tack on the 5D and now the 1DmkIII. It is very wide on FF, not so much on the 1.3x crop, but perhaps more useful now overall. This is certainly a lens that I will keep on permanent standby in my collection. That's high praise since the only other lens that I can say that about is the 135 f/2. Now there is a combination that I could live with in a 2 lens arrangement. Very highly recommended.
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2009-09-30
Does exactly what its supposed to...a great UWA Zoom.
I've read some pretty critical reviews of this lens; from my perspective some of these could be due to an occasional bad copy, but others are likely due to the owner expecting way too much from a UWA zoom lens. Most complaints center on lack of corner sharpness and/or light fall off/vignetting at the wide end and wide apertures. I've owned and extensively tested 4 high end UWA Zooms to date now; the Canon 16-35 f2.8 L II, the 17-40 f4 L, the EF-s 10-22, and the Nikon 14-24 2.8 ED (the accepted gold standard for UWA Zooms), and can tell you that the Nikon is the only one that can reasonably (but not perfectly) hold the corners at the extreme wide ends of FL and aperture. Not surprisingly however the Nikon is yet another $400-$500 more expensive than the 16-35II (even more when you factor in the adapter to shoot on a Canon). In real world shooting at f/8 to f/16 however, I can confidently state that you are not going to see any meaningful difference between the 4 lenses without resorting to some serious pixel peeping gymnastics, and even then I'll gladly take bets that most couldn't tell the unlabeled photos apart. So confident in fact that I finally traded in my revered Nikon for an excellent copy of the 16-35II.
Yes, this lens exhibits some corner softness and light fall off at the wide end and/or at f2.8, however this starts to clear up nicely even as low as f/4 and is gone by f/8. By comparison, if you really want an eye opener, look at the vignetting on the 17-40 wide open (f/4) - two thirds of the image is dark with only a small central spot unaffected (incidentally, those that post that the 17-40 suffers no corner vignetting are probably shooting JPEG and not examining the RAW image). Contrast this to the 16-35 wide open at f/2.8 where only the extreme edges and corners are dark. Same with corner softness, it does exist at f/2.8 but clears up nicely by f/8. In all cases, if you shoot this lens at the same settings as the 17-40, it outperforms its smaller cousin in all aspects (and the 17-40 an excellent lens in its own right). The 16-35 is more than just a 17-40 that goes to f/2.8, it is a significant improvement at all apertures and focal lengths.
I did some extensive testing with filters and found, contrary to claims in other reviews, no detectible difference in vignetting between a slim or regular UV filter at the 16mm wide end. Maybe there is a slight difference that some purists can see, but for the life of me I can't tell the difference, so I use a regular thickness filter for the convenience of being able to use the normal dust cap. The 82mm filter size is also often cited as a point of criticism. Yes, 82mm filters are larger and more expensive, but that's the price you pay for a lens with these specifications. At least this lens will accept filters, try that with the Nikon. Finally, I've also heard criticism that this lens starts to go soft above 24mm, but I personally haven't seen any evidence of this either. Maybe those are bad copy issues again? But mine is perfectly sharp (stunningly sharp in the center) throughout the entire range.
In short, if you absolutely must have a UWA Zoom that has razor sharp corners at f/2.8, you're going to need to go to other extreme measures such as the Nikon 14-24 or maybe a Zeiss, but then you've got all of the manual focus/exposure issues to deal with. In most real world applications at f/8 to f/16, this lens easily holds it's own against the Nikon 14-24 and definitely edges out the 17-40. In my experience, if I am shooting at f/2.8, I'm likely trying to blur the background anyway, so why would I care if the corners are soft? And if shooting in low light I can't notice the vignetting in the corners either. In any case, it's easily corrected in DPP anyway.
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2009-09-27
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
a very sturdy lens. pictures came out EXTREMELY clean. if you have ever used the mark 1 16-35mm, you'll notice a world of different. with the previous version, lens flare was so abundant that i had to sell it after only using it for 3 days. this mark II version is much more crisp and clear. hardly ANY lens flare. also, i notice that some people are complaining about how it is less sharp when zooming out. closing your aperture a tiny bit will fix this. anywhere between f/5.6 and f/11, you should experience VERY good images. also, when you buy this lens you should incorporate a SLIM UV filter. preferably the pro1 series from hoya or any SLIM UV filter from B+W. if you dont use the slim filter, then you will most definitely experience vignetting when using a regular filter, because the lens is so wide.
this lens is very solid and i see no problems with it. it they could incorporate the IS system, that would be amazing, but also very costly. other than that, i have no cons.
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Product Details
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Manufacturer: Canon
Model: 1910B002
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Release Date: 2007-03-31
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