Ultrawide on FF

I thought about 17-40L, but some friends dont recommend it due to its price. What are other very good alternatives? <$1,000 ?

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated

Canon 15mm Fisheye f2.8 they can be found for 650. You can find the 17-40's for that much too.

I have a Quantaray 19-35 $60 el-cheapo on my 5Dc that I am quite pleased with. At some focal lengths between 22mm and 33mm it will not focus at all even in manual focus but if I want that range I just use my 24-105/4 L

calvinjhfeng wrote in post #12666770
I thought about 17-40L, but some friends dont recommend it due to its price. What are other very good alternatives? <$1,000 ?

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated

Uhm, No offense, are your friends photographers? Do they have any knowledge of lenses whatsoever?

The 17-40 is pretty much unbeatable in its price range, its a full monty professional-grade lens, it offers excellent image quality, its weather sealed, and its affordable for everything it offers

For the budget <$1000 unless you need speed, the 17-40 is perfect

KenjiS wrote in post #12667214
Uhm, No offense, are your friends photographers? Do they have any knowledge of lenses whatsoever?

The 17-40 is pretty much unbeatable in its price range, its a full monty professional-grade lens, it offers excellent image quality, its weather sealed, and its affordable for everything it offers

For the budget <$1000 unless you need speed, the 17-40 is perfect

+1.
It is one of the better L grade buys from Canon.

As far as ultrawide zooms go, you're not going to find anything better from Canon, Sigma, or Tamron - except for the 16-35 which is really only marginally better and only worth it if you need f2.8.

The 17-40 is a great price and is pretty sharp across the frame when stopped down to landscape type apertures and in the center wide open.

Might find some ultrawide primes for cheaper that offer better IQ, but the 17-40 has the market on FF zooms IMO.

the 17-40 is a fantastic lens and a great value for the money. the only drawback being an f4 but it's never really bothered me.

on FF it is an awesome lens.

For FF, the 17-40mm L is a great lens. It is one of the best price L lens in the L series lineup too. For less than $1000, you are getting one of the best wide angle lens from Canon. Ideally, the 16-35mm will be the best from Canon if talking about wide angle zoom~!

They recommend me the tamron 17-35 f2.8 for ~$300. I dont know if you guys have any experiemce with it.

Thumbs up for the 17-40 and there is one on Canon refurb for $671.

calvinjhfeng wrote in post #12667560
They recommend me the tamron 17-35 f2.8 for ~$300. I dont know if you guys have any experiemce with it.

The Tam 17-35 is f2.8-4, and its discontinued if I'm not mistaken. I don't recall ever finding a review that put it even near the 17-40L on a FF. The price is nice for the Tam, and I've found reviews/opinions that it was a good value lens, but as you can tell by the responses already, on FF the 17-40 is HIGHLY regarded.

zeiss 21mm. it was expensive and i had to save, but man is this thing gorgeous. MF is not an issue at this focal length either imo

Pingman wrote in post #12667660
Thumbs up for the 17-40 and there is one on Canon refurb for $671.

its a decent lens on a budget but no where near L image quality....and i bought mine for 150, they are very cheap now days....get the L for sure if you can afford it!

calvinjhfeng wrote in post #12667560
They recommend me the tamron 17-35 f2.8 for ~$300. I dont know if you guys have any experiemce with it.

well they're broke or full of ****, or trolling you. Get the damn 17-40 and tell them to shove it.

Andy R wrote in post #12669049
its a decent lens on a budget but no where near L image quality....and i bought mine for 150, they are very cheap now days....get the L for sure if you can afford it!

I think you are mistaken, I am talking about the L lens.
http://shop.usa.canon.​com …uct_10051_10051​_282319_-1

http://www.youtube.com …3&ob=5#p/u/18/F​WUjwbJK8fQ