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Best lenses for cruise/ vacation Istanbul, Myconos, Valetta, Pompei & Rome

Started Jun 13, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Pietro Marchesi Regular Member • Posts: 266
Re: Inside Hagia Sophia with 400mm

dil wrote:

That's good news. Was an UWA helpful - especially inside? What do you think about the picture quality of the 16-35/4L IS?

Hi dil, yes the 16-35/4L IS was very useful inside, especially in dimly lit smaller rooms in the Topkapi palace, inside Hagia Sophia museum and the pitch dark Basilica Cistern, a stunning ancient 1500 year old underground water reservoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_Cistern.

The picture quality of the 16-35/4L IS is very good for a UWA, a lot better in the corners than my earlier 16-35f/2.8L II. At 16-24mm the 16-35/4L IS even comes close to the excellent picture quality of the 24-70f/2.8L II.

All three lenses are really, really very good. After a week I used the 16-35/4L IS nearly only at 16mm or if IS was really essential to get a WA shot. Inside the Grand Bazaar's 5000 shops I used the 24-70f/2.8L II 99% of the time.

The 24-70f/2.8L II is very versatile, having it as my primary lens on my 6D and only changing when UWA (16mm) or a real tele (200mm) was really needed saved me a lot of lens changes.

Hope it helps

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Pietro M
Stockholm

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