Light Machinery
Senior Member
All three lenses are equally sharp in the centre wide open. What differentiates them are the sharpness from centre to the edges of the frame when they are stopped down to their optimum aperture for landscape type shots. I have used all three lenses and kept the 14-24mm
In this respect, the 14-24mm f/2.8 leads the pack followed by the 16-35 f/4 VR and lastly the 17-35mm f/2.8. With due respect to the 17-35mm f/2.8 it is still a very capable lens and still hold its own when used for event photography due to the wider aperture of f/2.8, many event photographers still uses the 17-35mm f/2.8 compared to the 16-35m f/4 when they needed the faster shutter speed.
The new 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G is also very capable. Image quality is quite close to the 16-35mm f/4 VR.
As a departing note. Have you looked at the older manual focus AIS wide angle primes?
In this respect, the 14-24mm f/2.8 leads the pack followed by the 16-35 f/4 VR and lastly the 17-35mm f/2.8. With due respect to the 17-35mm f/2.8 it is still a very capable lens and still hold its own when used for event photography due to the wider aperture of f/2.8, many event photographers still uses the 17-35mm f/2.8 compared to the 16-35m f/4 when they needed the faster shutter speed.
The new 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G is also very capable. Image quality is quite close to the 16-35mm f/4 VR.
As a departing note. Have you looked at the older manual focus AIS wide angle primes?
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