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24mm f1.4 L vs 16-35mm f/4 L for landscape and general use

Started May 15, 2017 | Discussions thread
alan e jones Regular Member • Posts: 206
Re: 24mm f1.4 L vs 16-35mm f/4 L for landscape and general use

Dan_168 wrote:

it's two very different lens, but if I am going for a landscape trip and can have only one lens, between the two you have in question, 16-35L F4 is a easy decision for me. For landscape I often need more than 24mm FOV and some times I like 35mm, also more often than not, I stop it down to F8-F11 because I shoot on tripod 99% of the time, so 24 F1.4 offer no advantage over the 16-35L for me.

Only time I use large aperture in landscape is astro, in this case, 24mm is never wide enough for me for milky way shooting, even with 20mm, i have to stitch multiple picture to cover a full milky Way Arch, and this particular Canon 24L has boat load of Coma, I would call it one of the worst choice for Astro, a really cheap Samyang 14 or 24 would have been a much better choice when it comes to astro, therefore, 16-35 F4L is a easy win for me.

Hi this guy has summed it up very well ! the 24mm1.4 mk2 even is not sharp in the corners untill F2.8 and not useable for astro till f2.8 due to coma and edge softness i just sold my 24 mm 1.4 mk 2 i use a 16-35F4 which is a very sharp lens corner to corner also i have a  tamron 15-30 its the best zoom for astro as it sharp in the edges at 2.8 as well as centre with little or no coma it is better than the samyang 14mm F2.8 too but dearer (samyang/Rokinon have just released a 14 mm f2.4 which is excellent but a premium price too ! off course you do now have the choice of the 16-35 F2.8 Mk3 which is great at 16mm etc for astro (from reviews ive read ) but a humungous price !

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