Not really lar, u need a 12-24mm for that. Or 10-22mm lagi better. :devil:AReality said:different focal length different uses.
17mm on a digital body is quite suitable for landscapes, especially during travel.
Buy buy buy?Garion said:Not really lar, u need a 12-24mm for that. Or 10-22mm lagi better. :devil:
17-40mm f4L has many uses, esp. on a 1.6x crop body, not only for landscape and travel, can be used to shoot weddings, events etc. Not exactly super wide tho on 1.6x crop body but still great as an all round general purpose lens.
Of course, buy only if you really need it and intend to use regularly for whatever you shoot. Else it will end up sitting in the dry cabinet.
It is an outstanding lens for almost anything you can throw at it, nite scenes, fireworks, landscape, weddings, as Virgo said even portraits (more to the 40mm end tho). And costing abt half of what a 16-35mm f2.8L costs, with consistently great image quality, its almost a no brainer. If you have the moolah, and need the range, just get it. :devil:jsbn said:Buy buy buy?
Constant f4 aperture... I suppose it's outstanding for those night scenery shots as well?
Damn! I WANT ONE!!!
Wasn't it lens of the year for 2003 too? :think:Virgo said:The 17-40 f/4 L has been awarded Lens Of The Year 2004. So why hesitate? Buy! Buy! Buy!
I'm using this lens more and more, for landscape, weddings and even certain portraits. Sharp at all apertures.
Yah, I think so.nickmak said:Wasn't it lens of the year for 2003 too? :think:
fotoME said:Umm.. seems like alot of people uses the 17-40mm F4L lens during vactions. More like a holiday take along lens. Other then that, seems like its been kept at home.
Not sure, looks like more ppl using telephoto here in Singapore. Ture? :dunno:
I checked out the official 1Ds MkII samples taken with the 17-40, it is pretty soft at the corners even stopped down. "16MP becomes 6MP" if you want to do quality prints and include the corners.RossChang said:and if Canon EVER manage to push down manufacturing cost of CMOS resulting more full frame DSLR at affordable price, it's a superb wide angle as well
At that kind of resolution (the highest so far for 35mm format DSLR) and with a full frame chip, it is brutally revealing of any deficiencies of just about any lens save for the very sharpest optics, and wide angle lenses are no exception. The 16-35mm f2.8 L would probably show up with soft corners as well.2100 said:I checked out the official 1Ds MkII samples taken with the 17-40, it is pretty soft at the corners even stopped down. "16MP becomes 6MP" if you want to do quality prints and include the corners.
Need da range (dun you juz LOVE those great scenery photos?), no moola.... *sob sob*Garion said:It is an outstanding lens for almost anything you can throw at it, nite scenes, fireworks, landscape, weddings, as Virgo said even portraits (more to the 40mm end tho). And costing abt half of what a 16-35mm f2.8L costs, with consistently great image quality, its almost a no brainer. If you have the moolah, and need the range, just get it. :devil:
It'll sure be a great lens to be used on a 1v camera (considering the fact dat most of us prolly can't afford a $15K 1DsMkII or a $8K 1DMkII)...RossChang said:V.good lens considering the 1.6x crop...
and if Canon EVER manage to push down manufacturing cost of CMOS resulting more full frame DSLR at affordable price, it's a superb wide angle as well
Buy Buy BUy... :devil:
2100 said:I checked out the official 1Ds MkII samples taken with the 17-40, it is pretty soft at the corners even stopped down. "16MP becomes 6MP" if you want to do quality prints and include the corners.
2100 said:I checked out the official 1Ds MkII samples taken with the 17-40, it is pretty soft at the corners even stopped down. "16MP becomes 6MP" if you want to do quality prints and include the corners.
All also metal barrel too... Those L's are meant to last... ;Pnicholas1986 said:those L lenses (telephoto) are all having metal barrel but what about those wider angle lenses such as the 17-40 and the 24-70L