I would recommend EF 24mm f1.4L II USM if your budget allows.
It is a better choice if just for shooting landscape alone.
Consider 16-35 f2.8 II if:
1) you have more budget
2) sometimes shoot in lowlight conditions - f2.8 lens more able to focus in lowlight
3) don't usually use Flash
4) The 1mm wider angle for landscape (1mm on UWA is quite significant)
5) You will upgrade to Full Frame in the future
Consider 17-40 if:
1) you have less budget
2) Don't mind a F4 as you usually shoot at >f8
3) Seldom shoot indoors
4) Use flash if you shoot indoors
Consider also, 17-55 f2.8 if
1) IS lens
2) more useful on a crop camera like 50D
3) don't intend to go FF
Consider also, 10-22 if:
1) you want wider for your landscape shots
2) Not upgrading to FF
Others will recommend sigma UWAs also, but since you only listed canon lenses, so I only recommended canon EF & EFS lenses
thanks! now I have only one lens 50 1.4 and I dont want a big gap between the foucs length, what is your opinion? my idea is 16~35 F2.8 or 17~40 F4 50 1.4 and 70~ 200 F4. :)
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I would recommend EF 24mm f1.4L II USM if your budget allows.
It is a better choice if just for shooting landscape alone.
thanks! now I have only one lens 50 1.4 and I dont want a big gap between the foucs length, what is your opinion? my idea is 16~35 F2.8 or 17~40 F4 50 1.4 and 70~ 200 F4. :)
thanks~
I don't agree. A zoom would be a better choice for landscape unless you're going for pure image quality, then head for the Carl Zeiss Distagon 21mm f/3.5.
If you can afford the 16-35, go get the 17-40L and spend the remainder of the money on something else like an 85mm 1.8 or save it! 17-40L is smaller and for landscapes you'd probably be stopping down anyway.
i would strongly recommend you go for EF-S 10-22, EF-S 17-55 IS and EF-S 55-250 IS. Yes, all these are not Ls but it sure covers wider focal length than those in your mind.
70-200 f/4 w/o IS is PITA to use. :nono:
You may want to consider EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM as it is one of the best Canon walk-around/all-purpose lenses made.
A Canon 17-40mm f4 user with a Canon full frame body. It's quite wide at 17mm but the F4 is slow for low light situtation. I would love to get Canon 16-35mm F2.8 II but the cost deter me. If you have plenty of bullets, go for the Canon 16-35mm F2.8 II. For used 2nd hand lens at classified, one 16-35mm f2.8 can get two 17-40mm f4 liao ;p Quality wise, Canon 17-40mm F4 lens is quite sharp to me.
yeah. budget is the first thing, beginner should step by step....maybe 17~40f4 is the best choice....
Thanks you all~~ :)
btw, do you use software to adjust the pic above? cause the pic I took is alway a bit bright and likes there is fog on it, is this because of the lens or the cam settings or others ?
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Hi, all:
I am a 50D user and considering a wide angle lens for landscape shooting, Canon 16~35 F2.8 or 17~40 F4 ?
Thanks~
reall? if w/o IS, 70-200 f4 is not acceptable?
because I am a beginner and in my mind I should have 3 lens, 1 WA and one prime and one telescope..... what is the best combination?
thanks~