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Old 13-04-2012, 08:31 AM
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The Nikon 14-24 was my first choice, I baulked at the price however. The Nikon 14-24, is widely used by (Canon) DSLR film makers, there's a wide range of adapters available (some of which don't support metering etc) so you need to do some research before buying. Lois (IIS member luigi) uses the Nikon 14-24 on his 5DII and has posted some of his work. Do a search for some of his work to get an idea of how the 14-24 performs.

To put the Canon 16-35 in perspective, mine at least is razor sharp at the centre but very soft over the last 10% at the edges, it doesn't improve much stopped down and never comes anywhere near the sharpness of my 24-105 wide open.

Many photographers aren't worried about the edge softness because the 16-35 is often used for portraiture, in that application edge softness isn't really an issue, speed is, so F2.8 aperture is attractive even at the expense of edge sharpness. Some users report good performance from the Canon 17-40 L but again you have to get a good copy.

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