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Q: Why would anyone bother using an EF 16-35mm f/4L IS on APS-C?

Started Dec 24, 2014 | Photos thread
Jobber56 Regular Member • Posts: 146
Re: Q: Why would anyone bother using an EF 16-35mm f/4L IS on APS-C?

janlive wrote:

hotdog321 wrote:

Actually makes good sense if someone has a FF camera or is planing on going FF in the future.

I don't quite get this reasoning. I tried my 16-35mm f/4 lens on my crop camera and found no real advantage to the 18-55 STM kit lens, which I bought earlier last year. The kit lens on the other hand is lighter and has a more versatile zoom range, esp. towards the tele end. The L lens on the crop camera is simply bulky and heavy.

I understand the point that this means: two EOS cameras with different sensor size - two lenses (instead of one), but it's simply just like two different worlds, where the possibility of using the heavier lens on the crop camera is just a bad compromise, at least in my opinion.

Have I missed anything?

Yeah! You obviously do not appriciate quality glass, and the reason quality glass is used whether mounted on an APS-C sensor or full frame sensor.

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