CANON WIDE ANGLE LENS FULL FRAME MANUAL

The Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM Lens is a great wide-angle lens option for photographers looking to get the most out of their Canon full-frame camera. I believe the best overall wide-angle lens for Canon and best wide-angle Canon EF-mount lens is the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.

Image stabilization: Yes (up to four stops).

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Integrated USB Port for Firmware Updates.

Short Minimum Focusing Distance of 5.9″.

Compatible with EOS M Mirrorless Camera.

1:2 Magnification, 2″ Working Distance.

Weather-Sealed Design, Fluorine Coating.

Otherwise, this lens probably isn’t for you. If you need an ultra-wide angle lens for your kit and can’t justify paying $1,500 to $3,000 one of the larger f/2.8 ultra-wide options with autofocus, then I could see it. Additionally you can nab the $1,299 Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 Art DG DN or if you are willing to jump up a fair bit, the $2,998 Sony 12-24mm f/2.8, the $2,497 Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 or the $2,299 Canon RF 14-35mm f/2.8 are all solid options for their respective mounts. These include the $699 Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 C-Dreamer FE and the $899 Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL. The good news is there are quite a few alternative options for the ultra-wide angle lenses for mirrorless systems out there, and some are even close to the same price as the new Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6. I think if Laowa was to improve the design by making it sharper wide-open while also providing some electrical connections to allow for the transmission of EXIF data it would be much more appealing, even if the price had to move up a little bit to accommodate the improvements. The Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 C-Dreamer gets some points for how affordable it is and it can provide some interesting and fun images, but beyond the low price, you will most likely spend most of your time with this lens living in the f/8 to f/11 range to get the most out of it, and that feels pretty limiting for a lens that is already fastest at f/5.6. Much like the “cookie” lens I reviewed recently, there are definitely use case scenarios for this lens, but I didn’t really find much joy in bringing it out to shoot with compared to many of my other lenses. While the lens is useful and affordable, it isn’t the sharpest of lenses, leaving me feeling like it wasn’t so much of an actual “dream” to use. For most users this shouldn’t be much of an issue, but for people like myself who do a lot of testing and need to keep track of the f-stop and focal ranges, it can get rather frustrating to monitor.

CANON WIDE ANGLE LENS FULL FRAME MANUAL

Still though, sharpness overall disappointed me.įinally, since this is an entirely manual lens with no electrical components built in, you should be aware that there will be no EXIF data transmitted to the camera. Stopping down to f/8 or f/11 helps clean this up pretty significantly as well. It’s nothing huge though and is very easily corrected in post. Chromatic aberration is very minimal in the corners of this lens, yet there can be some flare-ups near the center of the frame in certain situations. Sadly though, the corners still tend to fall off noticeably across the board. Overall, the lens is sharpest all around at about the f/8 to f/11 range and this is pretty consistent from 12mm to 24mm which is a pretty big improvement from the other wide angle lenses from Laowa which previously have been best performing at the widest field of view.

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