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: Overall good lens
Summary: 5 Stars
We travel a lot for our wedding and travel photography and we utilize this lens quite extensively.
Canon's 17-40mm f/4L lens is one of the most affordable and lightest L class lenses out there. We also utilize the more expensive Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras; however, this particular lens is a favorite among female photographers who have smaller grips.
PROS
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1. The lightweight design allows you to take photographs without getting any aches and pains on your wrist.
2. Maintains f/4 and consistently sharp picture across the 17-40mm range.
3. Relatively low cost.
CONS
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1. You will need to adjust to a high ISO or have good flash in order to take good shots in low light. This isn't a problem for 20D, 30D, 40D, 5D, and up. Rebel XT / XTi users will need to utilize a noise reduction program.
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Refined Touch Photography
Customer Review: This is my favorite Lens
Summary: 5 Stars
I like landscape and interior photography and this is definitely my favorite lens of those I own; with the 10D's 1.6 crop factor this lens has a nice equivalent range of 27.2mm - 64mm.
I use it all the time and the images are nice and sharp--considerably better than the images I got from the Sigma 14mm.
If you're into portraits 64mm (with a 1.6 crop factor) is maybe a bit too short but for landscapes and interiors I would highly recommend this lens. I love it.
Customer Review: Wonderful for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I've gotten so many nice complements on pictures I've taken with the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens. The pictures are crisp and sharp. Canon does not disappoint!Customer Review: My favorite lens!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this lens to use on a Canon EOS5D, full frame 12.5 Megapixel digital camera. This is my favorite lens! The expressiveness of pictures taken with it is beyond description. It bring the viewer fully into the scene, almost as a virtual reality setup. I think the best next thing would be an IMAX type lens with the appropriate displays... but that is beyond the scope of us mere mortals.
I use the lens for aerial photography and for taking pictures of my favorite subjects: airplanes. In Airventure 2007, at Oshkosh, WI, I didn't have this lens and I lost several very interesting pictures for the lack of it. I purchased it shortly thereafter. On a recent trip on a Cirrus SR22 with a friend, I took dramatic pictures of my pilot friend doing his preflight, and once in the cockpit, doing all his clearance and pre-flight chores. The pictures do do justice to the reality of the scene, even when you take a composition of the airplane panel with the view outside the cockpit on the same picture. Some Photoshop - Shadows and Highlights - is all that is needed to bring it all into the dynamic range of the photographic papers we use.
This is my favorite lens because of its perspective, the reality view you get at the 17mm extreme. For my girlfriend, this is her favorite lens because it's the only L-lens I have that's below 1 pound!
NOTE: The lens hood is almost useless. Be careful with flare of the sun hitting the lens or a filter. The circular polarizer introduces weird artifacts because of the wide angle - part of the sky will be dark, part will be bright... better not use a polarizer.
The other lens I have, all L-glass from Canon:
* 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS - for the best airshow pictures you can fathom! Extremely fast lens, it works with the Autofocus on the 5D in the sub-second range, letting you use it almost as a point and shoot. Your only concern is the framing, everything else is done by the camera + lens.
* 24-70mm f/2.8 L - extremely fast, extremely sharp. Sharp as a tack! If you take portraits of women, you will need to use the "heal brush" in Photoshop a lot, this lens doesn't forgive any wrinkles, pimples, large pores on the skin. For night scene photography, just let the camera at ISO 800 and you can do without a flash, for indoors night photography, even in an extremely dim restaurant.
* 2x Extender - OK this is not a lens but it's an accessory that makes my 70-200mm into a 140-400mm f/5.6. AWESOME! At Airventure it's used to take pictures of the planes at the extreme end of the runway getting ready for take off. Or for capturing the vapor trails on the leading edge of the F22 Raptors as they defy the laws of physics. For daytime use unless you have a tripod and the scene accepts a 1sec or more exposure.
Customer Review: Excellent wide angle lens
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this lens specifically for wide angle shots. The image quality and sharpness are what I expected from a Canon L Series lens. If you're looking for a reasonably priced, wide angle Canon L Series lens, you should strongly consider the 17/40 L.