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17-40L too soft for my 5Ds. What should I get instead?

Started Sep 13, 2015 | Questions thread
Don Lacy
Don Lacy Senior Member • Posts: 2,181
Re: 17-40L too soft for my 5Ds. What should I get instead?

canon35l wrote:

Hi all,

I use my 17-40L for daylight shooting mostly during hikes/trips/vacation in the city and nature, but it's really too soft for my taste. Because of that I've been taking lately my 35L instead of the 17-40, but too many times the 35 is not wide enough...

The natural candidate is the 16-35 f/4L IS, however it is quite heavy and big, so I wondered if anyone has in mind other options I should consider?

17-40 1.05 lb

16-35 1.35 lb

It is worth every one of those extra ounces over the 17-40, the first time I open the images from the 16-35 it's sharpness was clearly evident over my 17-40 it cured me of my Zeis infatuation.

I don't mind getting a prime in the wide side of this range, since the 5Ds allows plenty of cropping.However, I would still appreciate a zoom, since I couple this lens with the 70-300L when I travel light.

Note that I am interested in AF lenses only. Thanks in advance for sharing your opinion!

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