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

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?

Hellow dil! Sorry for my late reply.

First, I want to send a big Thank you! To all in this thread for guiding me to buy this lens. Having owned a 17-35/2.8L and a 16-35f/2.8L II I was skeptical, but this time Canon really nailed it.

Was an UWA helpful?

Yes absolutely! I used my new 16-35/4L IS a lot, both outside and inside. It was used a lot inside rather dim and large palaces, huge cathedrals and huge mosques. Also in- and outside the ship, dim rooms inside 2000 year old Roman villas in Herculaneum and countless other places.

Picture quality?

IS is very good and useful. IQ is very close to my spectacular 24-70 f2.8L IS II. This zoom rivals my now sold Leica lenses. I am very happy with my decision to buy 16-35/4L IS.

I used all my three lenses a lot. When leaving the ship with one lens I used the 24-70 f2.8L IS II. Carrying two lenses it mostly was 16-35/4L IS and 70-200f/4L IS. For som shore excursions I carried all three lenses and my 20D back up camera mounted with 70-200f/4L IS. My son always volunteered to carry this kit and took some good shots too.

Today I use 24-70 f2.8L IS II as my main lens and its used around 60-70% af the time. The other lenses are used when needing wider than 24mm and my tele gets to work when 70mm is to short.

All three are very sharp and have good contrast.