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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2.8 Wide Angle is the way to go!
So why do I like this lens... The most important thing about this lens is it's flexibility. A constant f/2.8 rocks. It's very difficult to make a zoom wide angle with such a low apature. The image quality is amazing and is really fun to shoot with on dark days or even at night.- f/2.8
- Great Clarity
- Price
- weight
Please Mr Canon can we have more
This is a terrific wide lens that allows you so to have a sharp focus a great background and most important no distortions.- High Quality
- Expensive
Please Mr Canon can we have more
This is a terrific wide lens that allows you so to have a sharp focus a great background and most important no distortions.- High Quality
- Expensive
I shoot a fair amount of sports images. I have a 15 mm FISHEYE but wanted something with some range and less distortion. I have a 1D MARK IIn and also a 40D and the old 20D. I typically shoot DH mountain biking, motocross and some kids sports.
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- Build, 2
- Colors it captures so well, 3
- Short zoom, 4
- fits full frame, 5
- Constant F2.8, 6 WATERPROOF
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- HUGE 82mm Filter, 2
- Needs filter to be waterproof
Love the lens
Needed a wide angle lens. This fit the bill perfectly. It does have some slight vignetting at the wide end but for me that's an aesthetic I like. Only had it for a month or so so can't really talk about durability but it handles and feels as well built as many of my other exceptional canon lenses.- Fast lens
- Great image
- Slight vignetting at wide end (very slight
Great canon lens
this is a great canon L series ultra wise angle lens !! it is very versatile because one can use it insignificantly for making films and for spectacular landscape photography. at 35mm it also works very fine for portraits and in studio shoots.. in all its a very good investment to make.
Oh yeah
This is Canon's premier wide angle zoom. It has ground aspheric elements, and UD glass for colour correction and less distortion, which can be huge problems on a super wide angle lens. As an L lens, the build quality is superb. It is weather sealed against dust and moisture.
When they say ultra wide-angle, it is !
When they say ultra -wide they mean it , this is an awesone lens, i can get up-close or go wide and get everything in the shot, and super fast auto focas, i love it.- Consistent Output
- Easily Interchangeable
- Fast / accurate auto-focus
- Lightweight
- Strong Construction
Upgraded from the Tamron 17-35 2.8-4 This lens is the sharpest zoom I've ever had. Sharper than my 70-200 2.8L. It also bests my 24-70 2.8L at 24mm and 35mm...hands down. Focuses fast and lock on with the first try. Great focus ability in low light. Built like a tank.
Better than 17-40 with one exception
I've had the 17-40 f4 L for a few years from BuyDig and loved it. I bought the 16-35 f2.8 L II and found that it may have better color correction at the edges and a pleasing color overall which, so far, I do not think is due to diffraction limited blending of contrast.- Easily Interchangeable
- Rugged
- Nice Bokeh
- Strong Construction
- Blurry Focus
