Ben Rubinstein
Active member
Hi,
Wedding photographer been shooting with 17-40L (3 copies due to thefts) for 7 years now from the 10D through to the 1Ds, 5D and 1Ds mkIII. Georgous lens, sharp and very good for distortion. I just got the 16-35L II. I needed a faster lens at that FL. I've only shot one wedding and a couple of commerical jobs but the distortion is horrendous compared to the 17-40L. I haven't got any side by side as I sold the 17-40L but after years of using it I've never seen anything like this. I have to be really careful using this lens to be honest as when a subject is anywhere near the corners and close-ish up to the camera they are stretched very nastily, far worse than my 17-40L's ever did and it's not even at 16mm, anywhere from 16-30mm shows this..
Is it just me?
p.s. it's still a very sharp lens, just the distortion that's bothering me.
Wedding photographer been shooting with 17-40L (3 copies due to thefts) for 7 years now from the 10D through to the 1Ds, 5D and 1Ds mkIII. Georgous lens, sharp and very good for distortion. I just got the 16-35L II. I needed a faster lens at that FL. I've only shot one wedding and a couple of commerical jobs but the distortion is horrendous compared to the 17-40L. I haven't got any side by side as I sold the 17-40L but after years of using it I've never seen anything like this. I have to be really careful using this lens to be honest as when a subject is anywhere near the corners and close-ish up to the camera they are stretched very nastily, far worse than my 17-40L's ever did and it's not even at 16mm, anywhere from 16-30mm shows this..
Is it just me?
p.s. it's still a very sharp lens, just the distortion that's bothering me.