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Canon 17-40mm L vs 16-35mm L for Real Estate Photography

Started Jan 2, 2018 | Discussions thread
Krusty79 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,415
Re: Canon 17-40mm L vs 16-35mm L for Real Estate Photography
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gipper51 wrote:

MjMart85 wrote:

Happy New Year everybody! First of all, I currently own a 17-40 mm and find that it is pretty good, and the price point was awesome when I bought it. I am shooting more and more real estate and a few people have told me to move up to the 16-35mm.. Am I really gaining that much more with that lens? I shoot with a Canon 5d Mark III. Any info you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

-Matt

Do you want to upgrade for business or personal reasons? If for business reasons, save the money. Real estate clients posting to the web won't notice the difference and the new lens won't make you any more money. If you want to satisfy your personal desires and own finer equipment, then upgrade to the newer 16-35 f4 as it's certainly better than the 17-40.

I shot architecture for clients for several years with the 17-40L as my main lens. It took many shots in my portfolio that I'm proud of. The main weakness was soft corners at the wide end, and it took f11 for them to become decent. But nobody cared, and nobody writing a check noticed a difference with the new and improved 16-35 when I upgraded. But it made me happier, so it was worth it

+1 on what gipper51 said. If the images are primarily for web use only, no one will notice the difference.  And prospective house buyers are not going to be pixel peeping your real estate shots and don't care about edge sharpness.

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