Please critique my Lens List for a 5D Mark III

[nedcam]

Hello,

I have a Panasonic AF100 with the following lenses and I'd like your opinion if they will work well on a Mark III, which I am considering buying. I am 100% documentary/corporate, I do: Interviews, B-roll, Repeat. I like to shoot handheld wide angle.

Zeiss 35mm ZF f/2.0 lens
Zeiss 50mm ZF f/1.4 lens
Nikon 85mm f/1.4D lens
Tokina 28-70mm f/2.6 lens
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens
Tokina 50-135mm f/2.8 lens


Thanks

 

[Samuel H]

It looks pretty solid to me, except that I don't know how good the tokina 28-70 and 50-135 are, and you're missing something at 24 and 200 (which I don't know how often you'd use).
If you're curious about how the tokina 11-16 will work on full frame: it becomes a 16mm f/2.8 prime, but it's a reasonably sharp one: http://www.similaar.com/foto/lenstestsff/lenstestsa.html

 

[jerryrain]

tokina 11-16 has vignette on 16mm on my mk3

 

[Samuel H]

it's perfectly usable on a 5D2

do you see a hard vignette or just somewhat-dark corners? and are you using filters?

 

[greenheron]

My Tokina 11-16 works fine on my Canon 5D III. This with no filter on the front.
I do see some corner fall off at 15mm.

 

[gclark]

Ned, I do a lot of corporate work myself and just bought a MKIII. I really love the look of the Canon 24mm 1.4 L lens with the full frame sensor. Not every client might love it, but for the right project it looks great. Your lens choices are solid already, but the 24 mm might be worth renting to see if it fits with your style.