Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L USM II
The Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L II USM has a lot to offer. It is water resistant and has a wide angle. With improved image quality, you can use to shoot professional grade photos. It comes with three high-precision aspherical lens elements. The circular aperture delivers a natural background blur when shooting at wider apertures. With this lens, you also get a ring type USM, internal focusing, and new AF algorithms for better autofocusing.
With the Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L II USM, you get high quality images with excellent color. This lens does an excellent job of capturing natural colors and reproducing them.
This lens is well constructed and worthy of its L Series designation. The best part is that the lens is lightweight.
The large 82mm filter size is a new feature. High quality filters offer many advantages. The larger end helps to reduce the comfort of holding the lens a little. However, it delivers better image quality and is worth it. The focus and zoom rings are easy to use and the perfect size.
This lens is weather sealed to protect against moisture. The inside of the lens is gasketed, but the filter is needed to completely seal the lens. The lens remains the same size, but the inner barrel expands from 28mm from just 16mm.
Typically Canon L lenses have an 8-blade diaphragm. The Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L II USM only has seven blades. The circular shape of the 16-35 L II's blades help create desirable round-shaped OOF highlights.
The f/2.8 maximum aperture is perfect. It is fast and delivers the desirable results. A variety of lenses add different parameters for shooting wide open. This lens provides exposures that are wide open and can remain the same over the full focal length range.
Anyone looking for a high quality lens will love the Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L II USM. It is fast and accurate. The best part is that you can use it to take photos in the rain or underwater. There is a lot to love about the Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L II USM.
A newer model Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8 L USM III was released in August 2016.
$1,099.00
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Just What We Needed
We were looking for a new lens for our Cannon, this fit the bill and the bundle package is a great feature!
Exceptional Lens by Canon
The quality of the lens is above what I expected. I have a Canon 24-105 lens that came with my Mark III and while I love this lens when I took a test photo with the 16-35 against the 24-105 the 16-35 was sooo much crisper.- Consistent Output
- Durable
- Easily Interchangeable
- Fast / accurate auto-focus
- Lightweight
- Nice Bokeh
- Rugged
- Strong Construction
A Wonderful Engineered Product
It is hard to expand upon the positive reviews others have said. This lens adds great versatility to the range of pictures I am able to capture. It complements by EF 24-70mm f2.8 that I have used for years. It is well engineered.
Superb!
Brilliant lens. Fast, silent and very wide. Not had proper chance to use it to full potential but shows great promise. Surprised Very don't sell appropriate 82mm filter size given that they sell products that need them. They sell other sizes. Great service as usual though.
Best Wide Angle
I bought this lens for the Canon 5DM3 with the purpose of capturing wedding parties. This wide angle is great and you can capture a very wide patch even standing close to the target.- Durable
- Strong Construction
- Expensive
Excellent lens and good value
Lovely clear shots with this lens, which is great for landscapes. I used it taking some shots of Salford Quays one evening. Very accurate colours and sharp images.- Consistent Output
- Durable
- Easily Interchangeable
- Quick Focus
- Sharp Focus
- Strong Construction
Great Wide Angle Lens
This is a great wide angle lens. If you're looking at L glass you probably already know you're going to pay an arm and a leg but you also probably already know the quality as well. I bought this lens to go wider than my 24-70 and man does this do a great job!- Wide angle High Optical Quality Fast focus
- Price
Love this lens!
Loads of fun on a full frame sensor. F/2.8 makes for a bright viewfinder and great for astrophotography as well in low light settings. Very fast AF, and rather accurate in low light. Excellent construction - weather sealed, smooth and perfect weight.
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM ($1,699 direct) is a 2.2x zoom lens, compatible with both Canon APS-C and full-frame cameras. Even though its zoom range is limited, the change of field of view from 16mm to 35mm is a drastic one.
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM ($1,699 direct) is a 2.2x zoom lens, compatible with both Canon APS-C and full-frame cameras . Even though its zoom range is limited, the change of field of view from 16mm to 35mm is a drastic one.- Ultra-wide field of view
- Fixed f/2.8 aperture
- Sharp throughout the zoom range
- Some distortion
- Soft edges at f/2.8.
