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Brand | Canon |
Focal Length Description | Wide Angle 16 to 35 millimeters |
Lens Type | Wide Angle |
Compatible Mountings | Canon EF |
Camera Lens Description | 9 |
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- Full-time manual focus permits critical focusing precision, even in AF mode. Help provide excellent color balance
- Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF covers Approx. 100% Area with 1,053 AF Areas
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Auto focus | 4.8 | 4.3 | — | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
Image stabilization | 4.8 | 4.6 | — | — | 5.0 | 4.5 |
Picture quality | 5.0 | — | — | 4.7 | 4.7 | — |
For landscape photography | 4.8 | 4.2 | — | — | — | 4.5 |
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lens type | Wide Angle | Wide Angle | Wide Angle | zoom | Wide Angle | Fisheye |
compatible mountings | Canon EF | Canon RF | Canon EF | Canon RF | Canon EF | Canon EF |
lens design | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom | Zoom |
focus type | Ring-type ultrasonic | — | Manual Focus, Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | manual only |
minimum focal length | 16 millimeters | 35 millimeters | 16 millimeters | — | — | 16 millimeters |
max focal length | 35 millimeters | — | 35 millimeters | — | — | 35 millimeters |
fixed focal length | 35 millimeters | 35 millimeters | 35 millimeters | 70 millimeters | 35 millimeters | 35 millimeters |
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Product Dimensions | 4.45 x 3.27 x 3.27 inches |
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Item Weight | 1.36 pounds |
ASIN | B00K8942SO |
Item model number | 9518B002 |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #897 in SLR Camera Lenses |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | May 12, 2014 |
Manufacturer | Canon Cameras US |
Country of Origin | Japan |
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Product Description
Delivering the ultimate combination of wide-angle, low-light performance, L-series optics and compact construction, the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4.0L IS USM Lens is a phenomenal complement to any EOS SLR Camera. This L-series ultra wide-angle zoom incorporates an Optical Image Stabilizer, and offers up to four stops of correction for admirable performance even in dim light. It features three aspheric lens elements and 2 UD lens elements to minimize aberrations throughout the zoom range, plus optimized coatings to help minimize ghosting. A circular 9-blade aperture delivers gorgeous background blur. The EF 16-35mm f/4.0L IS USM features inner focusing and ring USM for accurate, discreet and speedy AF. It also offers full-time manual focus and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.92 feet/0.28m across the entire zoom range. Built to function even in unfavorable weather conditions, the EF 16-35mm f/4.0L IS USM is dust-resistant and water-resistant (when used with an optional Canon PROTECT filter) for professional caliber ultra-wide performance, everywhere. Delivering the ultimate combination of wide-angle, low-light performance, L-series optics and compact construction, the new Canon EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM lens is a phenomenal complement to any EOS SLR Camera. This L-series ultra wide-angle zoom incorporates an Optical Image Stabilizer, and offers up to four stops of correction for admirable performance even in dim light. It features three aspheric lens elements and 2 UD lens elements to minimize aberrations throughout the zoom range, plus a fluorine coating that helps to minimize ghosting. A circular 9-blade aperture delivers gorgeous background blur. The EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM features inner focusing and ring USM for accurate, discreet and speedy AF. It also offers full-time manual focus and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.92 feet/0.28m across the entire zoom range. Built to function even in unfavorable weather conditions, the EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM is dust-resistant and water-resistant (when used with an optional Canon PROTECT filter) for professional caliber ultra-wide performance, everywhere. Delivering the ultimate combination of wide-angle, low-light performance, L-series optics and compact construction, the new Canon EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM lens is a phenomenal complement to any EOS SLR camera. This L-series ultra wide-angle zoom incorporates an Optical Image Stabilizer, and offers up to four stops of correction for admirable performance even in dim light. It features three aspheric lens elements and two UD lens elements to minimize aberrations throughout the zoom range, plus a fluorine coating that helps to minimize ghosting. A circular 9-blade aperture delivers gorgeous background blur. The EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM features inner focusing and ring USM for accurate, discreet and speedy AF. It also offers full-time manual focus and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.92 ft./0.28m across the entire zoom range. Built to function even in unfavorable weather conditions, the EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM is dust-resistant and water-resistant (when used with an optional Canon PROTECT filter) for professional caliber ultra-wide performance, everywhere.
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EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM
Delivering the ultimate combination of wide-angle, low-light performance, L-series optics and compact construction, the new Canon EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM lens is a phenomenal complement to any EOS SLR camera. This L-series ultra wide-angle zoom incorporates an Optical Image Stabilizer, and offers up to four stops of correction for admirable performance even in dim light. It features three aspheric lens elements and two UD lens elements to minimize aberrations throughout the zoom range, plus a fluorine coating that helps to minimize ghosting. A circular 9-blade aperture delivers gorgeous background blur. The EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM features inner focusing and ring USM for accurate, discreet and speedy AF. It also offers full-time manual focus and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.92 ft./0.28m across the entire zoom range. Built to function even in unfavorable weather conditions, the EF 16–35mm f/4L IS USM is dust-resistant and water-resistant (when used with an optional Canon PROTECT filter) for professional caliber ultra-wide performance, everywhere.
Specifications
- Focal Length & Maximum Aperture: 16–35mm 1:4.0
- Lens Construction: 16 elements in 12 groups
- Diagonal Angle of View: 108°10' – 63°
- Focus Adjustment: Inner focus system
- Closest Focusing Distance: 0.92 ft. / 0.28m
- Filter Size: 77mm diameter
- Max Diameter x Length, Weight: 3.3 x 4.4 inches, approx. 21.7 oz. / 82.6 x 112.8mm, approx. 615g
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Customers are happy with the quality, sharpness, and performance of the lens. For example, they say it's an excellent lens that produces great images, and the image stabilization is heavenly. They appreciate the wide angle, saying it does not distort or stretch the edges. Overall, customers are happy that it'll produce great pictures.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the lens. They mention that it is an excellent lens, well built, and has outstanding IS. The lens can get nearly 80% sharp pictures even at 0.5 second. It is a very reliable and strong quality lens, with brilliant optical quality. The switches offer enough solidity without being too firm, and the zoom and focus rings have a solid feel. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...It feels well built, it should be, it is an "L" lens. The hood is awesome too...." Read more
"...As to the construction quality, it is so solid. The switches offer enough solidity without being to firm and the zoom and focus rings have plenty of..." Read more
"...The body is plastic instead of metal, but it has a very solid feel and likely allows the lens to be a little lighter and cheaper vs. using a light..." Read more
"...Even out of focus highlights appear crisper and better defined. Build quality, handling and external appearance is nearly identical to the 24-70..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the lens. They mention that it is very sharp all around, has edge to edge sharpness over the whole frame, and is very good even wide open. The light resolution and sharp corners are noticeably better. The center can be pretty sharp, and the glass is crystal sharp. The lens itself seems slightly sharper than my 17-40, but I am not a pixel peeper.
"...It is a sharp lens and it is sharp all the way to the corners, getting only a little softer in the corners...." Read more
"...Whereas on both of these lenses the center can be pretty sharp, the corners is an important consideration for me being as I want the entire image to..." Read more
"...old 16-35 f/2.8 version 1 out of the water and, here's the kicker: sharpness, resolution, color fringing, resistance to flare closely matches my..." Read more
"...Wide open they were quite soft. This new lens wide open remains quite sharp throughout the image...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the image quality of the lens. They mention that it produces great images, with solid pictures. The lens is tack sharp and produces beautiful colors. It shines in video with no aberration. Stopping down, you get improved resolution in the corners. It takes spectacular shots of glaciers and up close wildlife.
"...The hood is awesome too. So much easier and more elegant than other hoods that I have for other "L" lenses, seems like a small thing, but..." Read more
"...Stopping down, you get improved resolution in the corners by f/5.6 and there is much less vignetting...." Read more
"...Otherwise the 16-35mm f/4L IS has better image quality, image stabilization, and costs less, so there's little reason to consider the 16-35mm f/2.8L..." Read more
"...f/2.8 version 1 out of the water and, here's the kicker: sharpness, resolution, color fringing, resistance to flare closely matches my fabulously..." Read more
Customers like the performance of the lens. For example, they say it performs very well, produces awesome results, and is excellent in low light. Customers also mention that it does a decent job on macro and works perfectly for real estate photographs. They say it's fantastic on 5dIII and also great on a 7d.
"...This lens has worked perfectly for me. In both manual and autofocus modes, I have been able to product outstanding photographs...." Read more
"...The IS works amazingly when shooting candid people shots at 35mm at weddings, etc...." Read more
"It has the magic. When you take a picture and you just see that vividness - its here. The colors pop...." Read more
"...if you want to, it's honestly not necessary as this lens already produces great, solid pictures.Daytime photos are also wonderful...." Read more
Customers like the wide angle of the lens. For example, they mention it's a nice lens, excellent, and gets extremely wide on a FF camera. It's good for shooting shots with distortion to exaggerate objects. The face distortion is not as bad as you think, and it'll fit a full frame Canon camera.
"...And the distortion is well controlled as well with some barrel distortion at 16mm and some pin cushion at 35mm, but very reasonable...." Read more
"...The images are tack sharp with good color and much less distortion than I would expect from this much of a wide angle lens...." Read more
"...The face distortion is not as bad as you think. When photographing people I try to zoom out to 35mm...." Read more
"...Very sharp all around. Good for shooting shots with distortion to exaggerate objects as in photo included...." Read more
Customers like the value of the lens. They say it's a great lens and reasonable.
"...16-35mm f/4L IS has better image quality, image stabilization, and costs less, so there's little reason to consider the 16-35mm f/2.8L II...." Read more
"...kudos for producing a truly sharp extreme wide angle zoom at a reasonable price...." Read more
"...For me I am thrilled to find an affordable, gorgeous, technically almost perfect lens that pairs with my full frame camera bodies...." Read more
"...However, for what you get, the price on this lens is just right, and I am sure will be even better when it inevitably drops in the future...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the focus of the camera. They mention it has a very fast auto focus and that it allows them to make the shutter speed even slower.
"...It lets you make the shutter speed even slower. One can already shoot absurdly slow owing to the wide angles...." Read more
"...This lens has fast focusing and is super sharp...." Read more
"...I've used this in very low light hand held and it performed well. Sharp, fast and silent focusing...." Read more
"...amazing tack-sharp images, has great image stabilization, and fast focus...." Read more
Customers find the weight of the lens to be fairly light. They also say the lens is not too large or heavy for what it is.
"...i noticed was that the lens does not weigh much, it's actually fairly light along with my Canon 6D. Had no problems walking around with it and never..." Read more
"...It is very sharp even wide open. Reasonably sized and fairly lightweight...." Read more
"Great lens !! - good quality, size, weight, and price. For me, it's fit much better with APS format, like my 80D. It's the best cost X benefit ! -..." Read more
"...out of the box I was impressed, took it out for a test run and its so light and pretty easy to handle, very happy with the few pictures I took, very..." Read more
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This lens is a bit expensive compared to some other competitive lenses, but if you care about the things I mention above, paying an extra $400–$500 is well worth it. If you're just getting into wide angle, landscape or interior photography you might want to look at some of the less expensive lenses out there. There are some with a lot of fanfare which I seriously considered, but after using many other wide angle lenses including Canon's 14mm prime I settled on this one. There are some primes out there that are better than this lens, but primes should be better, although I didn't love the 14mm as much as I thought I would. I wanted the zoom for that little bit of flexibility that it offers. In interior photography there are only so many places to set up your tripod and gear and being able to zoom in or out just a little is well worth the trade off. Also the fact that you can use filters on a lens this wide is a huge bonus.
I like this lens a lot, but it's not for everybody. I think that Canon priced this lens fairly, although I would like it better if it was around $900. I'm very happy with this lens and would highly recommend it!
I have now taken my new 16-35mm f/4 to shoot those pesky stars and let me say... I was right.
The corners at f/4 are so nice. If you zoom in, you can see that there are still some SLIGHT issues, however, the corners are much better than when compared to the 17-40L. If you have to zoom in to see the problems, then most people who look at your image won't notice. There is virtually no image degradation in the corners and the center is so very clean. And it only gets better from there. Stopping down, you get improved resolution in the corners by f/5.6 and there is much less vignetting. When used with a Neutral Density filter, you can get some very nice looking long exposures. It is a little longer and heavier than the 17-40L, but the improvements far outweigh the size increase.
As to the construction quality, it is so solid. The switches offer enough solidity without being to firm and the zoom and focus rings have plenty of grip on them. On mine, the zoom ring is a little stiff, however, it is a brand new lens. I've only ever bought used lenses until this one so I'm sure it will loosen in time.
I am very happy with my choice over the 17-40L.
Original -- 8-10-2014
Alright, so you're looking at a new wide-angle lens. You've obviously heard about the Canon 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens or you were directed here from another location on the Internet. Either way, you were now looking at reviews for a brand-new lens and possibly wondering to yourself, `How good is this lens really?". Well, let me see if I can help.
Back in 2003, Canon released the 17-40mm f/4L USM lens to the general public and, as of today, you can get a used one from a reputable place here on Amazon or eBay for about $600 to $700. I rented one a couple of months ago and, to be honest, I thought it was pretty good. However, I was shooting some astrophotography and I noticed in one of the corners the "coma effect". If you take a picture of a relatively small circular object such as a star you will see that it looks somewhat deformed. Considering that this is something that I want to do, that's a problem for me.
In reading around on the Internet the different reviews for the 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM released in 2007, I saw that it had the potential of having slightly mushy corners. Whereas on both of these lenses the center can be pretty sharp, the corners is an important consideration for me being as I want the entire image to be clear and stunning. Coming in at about $1500, I really didn't want to look at this one in the first place. Yes, it has the 2.8 aperture, but at 2-3 times the price of the 17-40, I would've much rather purchased the cheaper and older model and still have gotten about the same images.
Now, here comes Canon's release of the 16-35mm f/4L IS USM at a middle-of-the-road $1200. The appeal to me wasn't the $1200 price tag. If that was the only consideration then I would've straight up purchased the 17-40, however, my consideration is based on all-around image quality. This means having to test out my new lens. So I did. As a short term test goes, the clichéd "brick wall" test is a good way to compare two lenses side-by-side. I compared it to my 24-70mm f/2.8L version I (a lens that is known to be very good) and went about looking at those pesky corners. The results give me hope about my new lens. The corners were very good when compared to my 24-70. However, being in the middle-to-end of summer makes it very difficult to want to go outside, even at night, to take pictures for hours. So for now, my short-term test is good enough for me. When I'm able to, I will update my review with my findings in regards to the lens with prolonged use.
So until then, I hope my review helps you a little bit. I know it's not much to read, however, it's an honest review from someone who is attempting to use photography as a way to create something meaningful and amazing. If you want to watch the comparison video I made, then type "canon 16-35mm f/4l is usm review" in YouTube's search bar and look for my name. If you have any questions then please ask them in the comments and I will do my best to help you.
Thank you for reading and happy shooting!
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- Ultra-wide angle
- Great image quality throughout the image
- Includes IS
- Great price for what you get
Cons
- f4, but expected given the price
- Minor barrel distortion, but totally acceptable given the wide angle
- Physically a bit larger than I would have liked, but is acceptable