John Riley reviews the new Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM lens for full-frame Canon DSLRs. Used Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L III USM. Like New £1129. Sell or trade used photo and video kit with MPB.In real world testing the sharpness at the edges of the frame when wide open on the older f/2.8 lens seems sharper at 16mm and softer at 35mm. Ironically, the inverse is the case for the f/4 which seems to be sharper in the center of the frame but softer at the edges at 16mm than the f/2.8, yet much better than the f/2.8 lens at 35mm. The RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM lens is the final member in a trio of stabilised, L-series f/2.8 lenses announced by Canon at the end of August in 2019. We reviewed the RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM lens in December 2019 and the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens in January 2020. All three lenses include built-in stabilisation, with up to five stops of 16-35 f2.8 L III; 16-35 f2.8 L III and retain the old 24-70 f2.8 L Series 1, in case it's worth it !) Thanks. K. The 16-35 / 4L IS is much smaller, lighter, and less expensive than the 16-35 / 2.8L III and for landscape photography, you'll likely be at f/5.6 or higher f-numbers. Where to buy. The new benchmark for wide angle zoom lenses. Wide angle zoom lens. Broad landscapes. Constant f/2.8 aperture for great low light. EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM. Features. Specifications. That's right. I dropped my Canon EOS 5D Mark III with an EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens attached into the Caribbean Sea. Fortunately, it was in an Ewa-Marine U-B 100 Underwater Housing. As I have mentioned, my landscape photography plans did not work out as well as planned on my recent St John, USVI photo trip, but I had a backup plan.
The first and the most obvious is the Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS lens. The f/2.8 lens is sharper than the f/4 lens at any aperture combination and while the f/4 lens is very good, it doesn’t reach the lofty heights of the f/2.8 version. The f/2.8 version also focuses faster, especially in low-light and has a better bokeh.
Prepare to be impressed: The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM Lens delivers outstanding image quality, far surpassing its predecessor, in a very well built, great-to-use lens that features a range of focal lengths that I consider a critical part of most full frame (and many APS-C format) kits.