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Canon - EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra-Wide Zoom Lens - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.6
Rating breakdown 36 reviews
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
5
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91%of customers recommend this product.
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29 out of
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Customer Reviews for Canon - EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra-Wide Zoom Lens - Black
Customer Rating
5
Great Lens
on February 13, 2009
Posted by: Ben
from Traverse City MI
I bought this lens for landscape photography and group pictures. Boy does it deliver. The auto focus is great, the image quality is among the best. It is an expensive lens but you get what you pay for. The 2.8 aperture is great for low light photography. It's one of my favorite and I couldn't be with out it. There are other lens options out there but I am glad I paid the extra dough for this one. Over all probably the best lens I own.
Pros: Super-sharp images, Superior build quality, Fast auto-focus
Cons: price
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Gets everything you expect to see
on February 14, 2009
Posted by: LifeIsDesign
from Scottsdale, AZ
I remember looking at Canon's sample picture taken by this lens and thinking "that's nice" and "I would like a lens to do that." Then I got the lens and took my own picture, WOW! It delivered an image better than I expected. I love using this lens indoors. It really helped me capture the size of a customer's showroom. I prefer zoom lenses and enjoy the range this lens provides. It stays on my 50D for about 75% of any hike I go on, and you have to really look to see any major distortion in the final pictures. Great lens for outside and indoors. And L series lens is the only way to go.
Pros: Super-sharp images, Superior build quality, Fast auto-focus
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Superb Lens at a Premium Price
on September 13, 2012
Posted by: Benthic
from Honolulu
This is a large, heavy, high quality lens. Focus is fast. Build quality is in line with other Canon L-series lenses. This lens is sharp from corner to corne, and has excellent contrast. If you're shooting with a high quality full frame sensor, the lens is so sharp in the center that you can crop 50 to 90% and still retain reasonable sharpness for small objects. Last week, I shot a one-inch long harlequin shrimp with the lens at 35mm in a fisheye dome port, and was able to crop the image to the shrimp with enough detail to where it was suitable for posting on the web. It's expensive, but if image quality is paramount, is worth it!
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Superior build quality, Super-sharp images
Cons: premium price
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Professional Performer
on March 31, 2014
Posted by: Crosswind
from Orange Beach, Alabama and Gatlinburg, Tennessee
I have used this lens for almost four years. With the understanding that objects at the edges will have wide angle distortion. This lens is a "professional performer." It produces images that sell and please the most discriminate... excellent color, contrast, sharpness... Canon engineers have created a lens that can exaggerate or render true the images you are capturing. I highly recommend this lens for the novice or skilled professional. Well worth the money spent. A precision image capturing instrument.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
A Wonderful Engineered Product
on September 26, 2015
Posted by: Macp
from Alexandria, Virginia
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. I have used for family/friends pictures in tight locations inside, as well as landscapes I was never fully able to capture before with my other lens.
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Customer Rating
4
Excellent Lens Except One feature
on January 31, 2012
Posted by: Revup67
from n/a
This is truly a fast and fantastic lens. I've reviewed the MTF charts beforehand and as compared to its predecessor (Mki) the edge detail is greatly improved. it's lightweight, comfortable to hold and works well in low light. My one and only and biggest gripe is the 82mm filter size that is needed. 82mm is not only the most expensive but also very difficult to find as of 1/31/12. As an example try and find the B&W #110 neutral density 10 stop filter..forget it and if you can find it the price is over $200 as with the polarizers being about $100 and the list goes on. This would be my only caution to you on this lens before buying. Not s smart move on Canon's part.
Pros: lightweight, sharp, fast
Cons: filter size
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Outstanding Lens
on December 26, 2009
Posted by: Tripod
from Tarpon Springs Florida
Used this lens for one year now (primarily on my 5D Mark II) and it is absolutely amazing. Ultra sharp images and minimal barrel distortion at the edges. I don't think there is a better wide angle lens in the world. Expensive, but well worth it for the professional or amatuer wanting the best possible image quality to complement both the full frame or APSC camera.
Pros: Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
It's Worth The Money
on March 12, 2014
Posted by: The watchman
from Framingham Ma
I love to take a lot of pictures lighthouse and a lot of landscape shots. I also have the EFS 15mm to 85mm lens as well, and even though I love that lens. The ef 16 to 35mm extra wide angle l series lens is a superior lens for landscaping and also if a person wants to take indoor low light pictures for a function it worth it. I am going Israel this year and I am going to be taking that lens with me. It's my one of my favorite Lenses that I have and I use the most. I recommend this lens to anyone. Plus you can't beat canon products, and also because I have two cameras an EOS 60D and an EOS 6D, and I love both cameras and all my other lenses from Canon
Also Canon tech support department is great also. When I was looking into purchasing this lens, the tech person had said if your going to spend this kind of money, then he wanted to make sure I knew what I was buying. I am very pleased this lens and also pleased with them.
Also Canon tech support department is great also. When I was looking into purchasing this lens, the tech person had said if your going to spend this kind of money, then he wanted to make sure I knew what I was buying. I am very pleased this lens and also pleased with them.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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