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06/03/2007 10:03:58 PM · #1
...the better lens?

Ignoring price which one?

The Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8L USM Lens....OR

the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM Lens?

I am curious about distortion, clarity, and crispness.

Thanks.
06/03/2007 10:05:19 PM · #2
Just a clarifying question: are you sure that second one is USM?

It doesn't say that on the DPC Canon lenses page: //www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?MANUFACTURER_ID[]=1

Message edited by author 2007-06-03 22:05:42.
06/03/2007 10:07:50 PM · #3
Originally posted by levyj413:

Just a clarifying question: are you sure that second one is USM?

It doesn't say that on the DPC Canon lenses page: //www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?MANUFACTURER_ID[]=1


To double clarify you mean the first because the second is listed!
06/03/2007 10:08:36 PM · #4
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:

Originally posted by levyj413:

Just a clarifying question: are you sure that second one is USM?

It doesn't say that on the DPC Canon lenses page: //www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?MANUFACTURER_ID[]=1


To double clarify you mean the first because the second is listed!


LOL. Right!
06/03/2007 10:10:51 PM · #5
Originally posted by levyj413:

Just a clarifying question: are you sure that second one is USM?

It doesn't say that on the DPC Canon lenses page: //www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?MANUFACTURER_ID[]=1


I just copied and pasted the lens, so I think so.

Let me check out Canon directly.
06/03/2007 10:14:45 PM · #6
Directly from canons web site.

EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
06/03/2007 10:15:54 PM · #7
From FredMiranda.com
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM review
Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8L USM review

Message edited by author 2007-06-03 22:16:47.
06/03/2007 10:17:08 PM · #8
Originally posted by levyj413:

Just a clarifying question: are you sure that second one is USM?

It doesn't say that on the DPC Canon lenses page: //www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?MANUFACTURER_ID[]=1


For a $1600 Canon L series lens, it better have a USM drive...

As far as I know, the 16-35 is going to be better. It's newer and therefore has the latest in lens technology and construction. I haven't used either so this is just my assumption.

Here's a direct comparison
//www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/16-35.shtml

Message edited by author 2007-06-03 22:18:19.
06/03/2007 10:18:13 PM · #9
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:

Directly from canons web site.

EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM


LET ME YELL SINCE U MISSED IT

I had already corrected him he meant the first!

17-35 isnt listed on DPC as USM
06/03/2007 10:19:37 PM · #10
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:

LET ME YELL SINCE U MISSED IT

I had already corrected him he meant the first!

17-35 isnt listed on DPC as USM


It is a USM lens, every site that I've looked at says it is and all the photos say "Ultrasonic" on them.
06/03/2007 10:22:26 PM · #11
Originally posted by MrEd:

From FredMiranda.com
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM review
Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8L USM review

06/03/2007 11:25:34 PM · #12
Does anyone have personal testimony on these lenses?
06/04/2007 09:27:53 AM · #13
bump
06/04/2007 10:16:37 AM · #14
It's going to be almost impossible to find someone who has experience with both, and even harder to find someone who's done a direct comparison. The 16-35 II has been shipping for just a few weeks, and the 17-35 is a discontinued model, replaced by the original 16-35.
From initial reports of the 16-35 II, it's better than it's ancestor, and if it's not decidedly the best of the three, I'd be extremely surprised.
06/04/2007 10:19:07 AM · #15
Originally posted by kirbic:

It's going to be almost impossible to find someone who has experience with both, and even harder to find someone who's done a direct comparison. The 16-35 II has been shipping for just a few weeks, and the 17-35 is a discontinued model, replaced by the original 16-35.
From initial reports of the 16-35 II, it's better than it's ancestor, and if it's not decidedly the best of the three, I'd be extremely surprised.


Ooh Ooh and you get that whole 1mm of wider angle viewing! Sory I had to.
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