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16-35 F4. Why on earth did he or she sell it?

Started Mar 13, 2019 | User reviews thread
G Dickson
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Re: 16-35 F4. Why on earth did he or she sell it?

hotdog321 wrote:

G Dickson wrote:

Great picture of the firefighter giving oxygen to the dog!

Yeah, I heard great things about the 16-35 F2.8 version 2. A few things though that made my decision:

- way out of my budget as I was buying used and determined not to really spend too much more than the trade in value of the lenses I was swapping out.

- As I dabble a little bit more in video, the IS for handheld stuff was really attractive.

- Common 77mm filter thread across my 16-35, 24-105 and 100-400.

- Low light/shallow DoF needs can be partially compensated by my Sigma 20mm f1.4 when really required.

Thank you! That was lucky--it was a typical boring apartment fire and I was getting ready to leave when I spotted the fireman carrying the dog. The wide angle let me get super close so I wasn't blocked by the the TV guys.

I think you meant to write 16-35 f/2.8 version 3 above; version 2 was O.K., but like version 1 had real problems with edge sharpness unless stopped down to f/5.6 or f/8.

You're right--IS is quite useful for video. I also own the 70-200 f/2.8L IS II and the IS is valuable for run and gun shooting.

Thanks.  Yes, indeed I did mean version III.

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