So sánh canon 17-40 và 16-35 f4 năm 2024

The Canon 16-35 F4 IS is Canon’s newest Ultra-Wide Angle Zoom with F4, Image Stabilization and like the 17-40, has an all-internal focusing design.

The 16-35’s optical design incorporates new optical elements, image stabilization and more. But does all of this actually translate into significantly better performance over the Canon 17-40 F4 in the real world as the marketers at Canon would have you believe? That’s what this review is all about.

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Key Features

  • F4 to F22
  • Optical Image Stabilization
  • USM AF Motor
  • Full-Time Manual Focusing
  • L-series Weather-sealing (with UV filter)
  • Nine Round-Bladed Circular Aperture
  • MFD of 11″
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Features

Canon’s official verbatim feature list:

  • High performance L-series ultra-wide zoom lens in a compact design and Optical Image Stabilizer for up to four stops of correction.
  • Three aspheric lens elements, including a large-diameter aspheric lens, help correct aberration.
  • Two UD lens elements help reduce chromatic aberration from the center to the periphery throughout the entire zoom range for excellent image quality with high resolution and contrast.
  • Optimized lens coatings help provide excellent color balance while also helping to minimize ghosting.
  • Highly resistant to dust and water intrusion, enabling shooting even in harsh conditions**.
  • Inner focusing and ring USM for silent, fast and accurate autofocusing.
  • Circular aperture (9 blades) delivers beautiful, soft backgrounds.
  • Minimum focusing distance of 0.92 ft/0.28m across entire zoom range.
  • Full-time manual focus allows manual focus adjustment while in AF Mode.

MTF Chart

So sánh canon 17-40 và 16-35 f4 năm 2024

Tech Specs

Focal Length 16 – 35mm Aperture Maximum: f/4 Minimum: f/22 Camera Mount Type Canon EF Format Compatibility 35mm Film / Full-Frame Digital Sensor Angle of View 108° 10′ – 63° Minimum Focus Distance 11.02″ (28 cm) Magnification 0.23x Elements/Groups 16/12 Diaphragm Blades 9, Rounded Filter Thread Front:77 mm Dimensions (DxL) Approx. 3.25 x 4.44″ (82.6 x 112.8 mm) Weight 1.35 lb (615 g)

16-35 F4 User Manual

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Download 35.7GB of Canon 16-35 F4 Images & Video

Due to all of the images on the internets being highly compressed and optimized, and simply because you’re awesome, I have uploaded a majority of the images that are in this review. If you’re reading this review you’re probably interested in knowing what the optical performance of this lens is like, and there’s no better way to determine that for yourself than to see hi-res images captured with the lens at actual size on your computer.

In the past when I’ve uploaded hi-res images for reviews and photographers loved them, but I’ve gotten quite a few emails asking for different filetypes, so this time around I’ve uploaded original RAW files (.CR2/.ARW), 16-bit TIFFs, DNGs and Original Size JPEGs.

A majority of the tests were shot with a Sony A7R, simply due to the 36MP sensor. With nearly double the available resolution of my Canon 6D and 5D3, I’m able to deliver to you incredibly clean 100% close-up images that are almost twice the size – unencumbered by a low-pass filter. This is review is based on my hands-on experience and results – results that you can download and confirm for yourself.

6-Section Review

1. Optical Performance: Sharpness Shootout Part 1

In the first part of the Sharpness Shootout I’ll present the first set of results between the 16-35 F4 vs. 17-40. We’ll dive into center-to-corner sharpness, chromatic aberration and more to see which performs best in the center of the image, and at the extreme corners.

2. Optical Performance: Sharpness Shootout Part 2

In the second part of the Sharpness Shootout I’ll present the second set of results between the 16-35 F4 and 17-40, focusing on sharpness at various F-numbers throughout the focal range to determine at which focal lengths and F-number combinations resolve sharpest.

3. Optical Performance: Landscape Photography

Ultra-Wide Angle Zooms are undoubtedly more essential to landscape photography than any other niche. Although still a complete amateur when it comes to shooting landscapes, in this section I’ll present to you images that I captured in landscapes, from the sea to the mountains, throughout the USA. This section is all about real-world test results from 16mm to 24mm, and I’ll present results for sharpness, color rendition, chromatic aberration, thoughts on how it handles for landscape photographers and more.

4. Optical Performance: Travel Photography

Here I’ll present results from images taken with the Canon 16-35 F4 IS on my journeys throughout China and Hong Kong to see how it performs as a travel and street photography lens – without a tripod. I’ll also share my completely unsolicited thoughts on the use and function of this lens without a tripod while using Autofocus and Image Stabilization. I’ve included results on what you might be able to expect using IS, and even some photographs that can only be captured critically sharp with the use of IS at better exposure settings than otherwise possible.

5. Design & Build Quality

After 10,000 shots with the 16-35 F4 and close to a quarter million from the 17-40, I’ll lay down some thoughts on the design of this lens, materials, construction quality, weather-sealing, image stabilization and other features worth mentioning, and how thoughts on how they may different in both good and bad ways from the 17-40.

6. Conclusion

Skip to the conclusion if you only have 60 seconds or less – here I’ll distill all the details down into my completely unsolicited opinion of the 16-35 F4, why you might want to buy it, or skip it altogether.

So sánh canon 17-40 và 16-35 f4 năm 2024

What’s an Ultra-Wide Angle Zoom Anyways?

Ultra Wide angle zooms have been an essential tools for photojournalists and landscape photographers ever since the early 1990’s. Expansive landscapes, ease of operation in tight quarters and small lens construction are hallmarks of Ultra Wide Angle Zooms.

On a 1.6x crop factor camera 16mm translates roughly into 25mm – not so wide. So if you’re a cropped sensor user interested in ultra-wide angle zooms, you should know upfront that the 16-35 F4 is not your best choice for going super wide. Look for a cropped-sensor specific wide-angle lens. Although it won’t likely resolve as sharp as an L-series lens, it’ll give you the field of view you’re looking for.

Note: to prevent reader fatigue from this point forward I’ll refer to the Canon EF 16-35 F4 IS L simply as 16-35 F4 and the Canon EF 17-40mm F4 L simply as 17-40. (If Canon ever releases a 16-35 F4 non-IS, I’ll come back and update this review!)

Canon 16-35 F4 Review Overview

Optical Performance: Sharpness Shootout Part 1

Optical Performance: Sharpness Shootout Part 2

Optical Performance: Landscape Photography

Optical Performance: Travel Photography

Design & Build Quality

Conclusion

Gallery

LENS GALLERY

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