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Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II

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Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II

I’ve had a chance to shoot this extensively now, and I agree with the reviews: the Mark II is a significant improvement over the original 16-35—but only if you’re on a full-frame camera. The lens is markedly sharper at the edges and corners and more flare resistant. There’s not a big difference in center frame sharpness (which wasn’t a problem with the original version). For this reason, we don’t think those of you shooting T2i or 7D cameras are going to find this a worthwhile upgrade from the original.

For 5DMkII and 1DsMkIII shooters, this lens addresses those issues that had some of us (myself included) using manual-focus, exotic wide-angle lenses to get good edge and corner sharpness. There is still a little distortion at extreme wide angle shots, but nothing that isn’t easily corrected in post processing. Summary: this is the best wide angle zoom Canon has ever made. The others aren’t even close.

Roger’s Take: This is a very good wide angle zoom, and improved over the Mark I in the edges and corners. Its the wide zoom of choice for f/2.8 on a full frame camera. My hesitation with this lens has nothing to do with quality, it is very good. But if you’re doing landscape work and shooting at f/5.6 or higher the Canon 17-40 will provide every bit as good an image at a lower cost. If you’re shooting on a crop sensor camera (T2i, 7D), the 17-55 f/2.8 IS offers nearly as good an image quality plus the added benefit of image stabilization. If you need to go as wide as you can get, the 14 f/2.8 is wider and at least as good in image quality with probably less distortion. If you’re shooting wide in dim conditions, the 24mm or 35mm f/1.4 lenses are more than twice the aperture.

All of this sounds very negative and it isn’t meant to be: the 16-35 MkII travels with me everywhere because I need the convenience of a zoom, sometimes I need f/2.8 and I shoot full-frame. In my mind it is to the wide end what the 100-400 IS is on the long end: a very good do-it-all lens in this focal range: there are specific lenses better for specific tasks, but the 16-35 is good at everything.

PLEASE NOTE: This lens requires 82mm front filters.

Specs:

Filter
82mm

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Pricing

LensRentals.com offers rentals of every length between 4 and 90 days. Some common selections are:

Rental Period Price Day Rate
4 days $46.50 ~$11.63 per day
7 days $62.00 ~$8.86 per day
10 days $83.75 ~$8.38 per day
14 days $108.50 $7.75 per day
21 days $145.75 ~$6.95 per day
30 days $183.00 $6.10 per day
45 days $238.75 ~$5.31 per day
60 days $279.00 $4.65 per day
90 days $359.50 ~$4.00 per day

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LensRentals also offers an optional damage waiver on this product, limiting your expense should it get damaged while in your possession.

Rental Period Waiver Price Total Price Day Rate
4 days +$7.50 $54.00 $13.50 per day
7 days +$10.00 $72.00 ~$10.29 per day
10 days +$13.50 $97.25 ~$9.73 per day
14 days +$17.50 $126.00 $9.00 per day
21 days +$23.50 $169.25 ~$8.06 per day
30 days +$29.50 $212.50 ~$7.09 per day
45 days +$38.50 $277.25 ~$6.17 per day
60 days +$45.00 $324.00 $5.40 per day
90 days +$58.00 $417.50 ~$4.64 per day

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