Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L Series Lens

ZanucK

ZanucK

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Hey Everyone,

I would like some advice regarding lenses.

I own a Tokina 11-16mm 2.8f and a Canon 24-105mm L 4f.

Would it be worth buying the Canon L 16-35mm? The Tokina works great at 16mm. But I'm interested in a wide lens that could go up to 35mm to film indoors and low-light.

I am also looking to buy the Zeiss 50mm 1.4f and the 85mm Primes.

I use the 24-105mm L outdoors. I am looking to get lenses that could handle low-light well.

What other lenses would you recommend?

Cheers!

Zan
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That lens is very nice. Are you looking to build up collection of lenses to use for full frame stills/video on canon for years to come? If not, you may want to carefully consider how much you want this lens for video vs stills. If you dump tons of money into L series glass and red scarlet comes along and you decide to change platforms, those lenses will not really work well due to lack of manual iris rings.
 
Also if you want almost the same lens (sharpness, build, range etc) the 17-50 F4L covers you for half the money (the main difference is the 16-35 is 1mm wider and 1 stop faster for double the money).
 
morgan_moore said:
if course it woud if you have the cash

im not sure its best use of cash however

5 or 7 camera?

S
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Hey everyone, thanks for the fast responses. I am filming with the 7D.

Let me know what you think. I'm also looking to buy the Canon 24mm L Prime.
 
on a crop cam the 16 seems overkill you are paying for extra unused image circle in both $$$ and KG

Tokina 16-50 2.8 is my choice

good focus (end stops)

fat barrell to grip

good friction on the travel of the focus

50-mm good for heads and cutaways

image quality ? similar to the 11-16
build quality ? similar to the 11-16

they are brothers

used for $500 ?

S
 
morgan_moore said:
on a crop cam the 16 seems overkill you are paying for extra unused image circle in both $$$ and KG

Tokina 16-50 2.8 is my choice

good focus (end stops)

fat barrell to grip

good friction on the travel of the focus

50-mm good for heads and cutaways

image quality ? similar to the 11-16
build quality ? similar to the 11-16

they are brothers

used for $500 ?

S
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Do you find the way the 16-50 extends to be annoying or is it a non issue. Thinking of trading my 17-40 F4L for this lens. I have seen edge crops side by side with the Tamron 2.8 everyone uses with this range (can't remember if it is 16-50 or 18-50 with VC) and the tamron was sharper wide open. Not that that matters for video anyway as it is far sharper than the camera resolves. I like to take stills too. I just got the 11-16 and I am impressed with tokina build quality. I would put it up against an L lens in how solid and chunky it is. I probably will end up keeping the 17-40 since I also shoot full frame :) I have to say this seems like the perfect lens for aps-c sensor. May be able to do 90% of your shooting with just this lens.
 
I like the 17-40 canon I think it is well built, covers FF good for stills etc

The Tokina is a nice video lens for the price

Basically I have the tokina as a walkibout for video only - I use primes for stills and am lucky enough to be able to afford the tokina as a handy extra tool

It virtually lives on my 7d however

S
 
To the person stating that getting a red scarlet would force you to switch lenses. RED has stated they will have both Nikon and canon mount with a data connection meaning that you don't need a hard aperture ring. Putting money into L lenses make sense if you want to move up to RED.
 
ryansheffer said:
To the person stating that getting a red scarlet would force you to switch lenses. RED has stated they will have both Nikon and canon mount with a data connection meaning that you don't need a hard aperture ring. Putting money into L lenses make sense if you want to move up to RED.
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WOW!!!

That is great news!

Thanks.
 
ryansheffer said:
To the person stating that getting a red scarlet would force you to switch lenses. RED has stated they will have both Nikon and canon mount with a data connection meaning that you don't need a hard aperture ring. Putting money into L lenses make sense if you want to move up to RED.
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RED does a lot of talking about what the camera will do, but so far......
 
I know. But I just heard of people using the RED mx sensor. People who hated the RED are raving about the camera with sensor upgrade. Hopefully more releases to come.
 
After shooting with full frame DOF, I do not think Scarlet's ~2/3" DOF is going to make people as happy.

It can be overused, but it is nice to have the option.
 
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