Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Customer Review: Excellent all round lens
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a solid piece of equipment. Motors are ultra quiet, can't even hear them work. Autofocus - lightning fast. Quality of pics - unbelievebale. I have this mated to a Canon 20D body. I use this everywhere now. Looks like all my lenses will be L from now on.Customer Review: Versatile lens...a workhorse!
Summary: 5 Stars
I do a lot of night long-exposure photography and this is my lens of choice. For long exposure photography, you don't necessarily need a "fast" lens so this f/4 L glass works great. Perfectly priced!
PROS:
- Tack sharp! (especially between f/5.6 and f/11 at night!)
- lightweight for L glass
- non-extended zoom
- good zoom range...makes it a versatile walk-around lens during the day
- excellent performer on a 1.6x FOVCF body (I used it on the XTi, 10D, 30D, and 40D). On a full-frame body, I have heard of some vignetting and soft corners when wide open or even close to it.
- comes with the hood and bag (although the hood is quite useless on a non-full-frame body)
- fast focusing
CONS:
- hood is useless on a crop sensor...still get some flare
Customer Review: Couldn't Be More Pleased
Summary: 5 Stars
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Just about every thing that can be said about this lens already has been said, and yes it is as good as it sounds.I just received this lens yesterday, Christmas present to myself. I have drooled over this lens for six months and finally couldn't stand it any longer. Went out early this morning and took about 100 shots. It was worth the wait and the bucks. I plan to move up to a Canon 5D within the next six months or so and this will be a great lens for the full frame camera, I currently have a Canon 350D which is a good camera for the money, but I miss the full frame of 35mm film cameras.
All I can say is,if you want it, get it, you won't be sorry. This is my second L glass lens, the other is a 70-200mm f/4L USM. It looks like there will be more L glass in the future, as soon as I can scrape up the extra bucks.
Thanks Amazon for the reliable next day shipping. I have ordered a lot of camera eqipment from Amazon and they have never let me down yet.
Customer Review: What a great lens!
Summary: 5 Stars
Prior to this lens I consistently found myself struggling to fit everything into the picture and found myself stepping further and further back just to fit it all in.. Sound familiar? I was also looking for a "walk about" lens to take with me on an upcoming trip to Europe that would enable me to easily capture large landscapes while also having the ability to take great portrait shots. After reading many of the helpful reviews on Amazon I decided to go with the 17-40mm f/4L and I can now say that all the accolades are warranted. This lens is sturdy, yet light, and when combined with the 5D produces some spectacular photos. Image quality is great and I love the perspective at 17mm. I know this is a wide angle lens but I can't believe how much this lens pulls in.. My stepping back days are over! And a previous reviewer is right, even in very low light situations I can bump up the ISO on the 5D and still take great photos at f/4. This lens will stay mounted to my 5D for along time. I can't wait to take it traveling. Customer Review: Legendary Canon lens lives up to its name
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been an amateur/professional photographer for years and have used dozens of lenses. The 17-40 f/4L is amazing. Extremely sharp and a great range of zoom no matter if you're on a 1.6 crop factor or full frame. I have had absolutely no complaints about this lens and I have found no fault. My only words of advice are to slap a high-quality (B+W or heliopan or top of the line hoyas) UV filter on the front to protect the front element, that's about it.
Enjoy this lens guys, can't go wrong with it.