Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

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Canon 5D3 + Zoom (EF 17-40L, 24-105L & 28-300L, 100-400L II) & Prime (24L II, 85L II, 100L, 135L & 200 f/2.8L II; Zeiss 1,4/35)
Sony α7r + Zeiss 1,8/55 FE
Nikon Coolpix A; Nikon F3 & F100 + Zeiss 1,4/50
Retiring

OK, after another day with this lens, I'm finally starting to feel the love. Today there was better light, and I kept away from 17-19, and was very happy with the results. Very sharp, and a lot of fun to use! I think this lens and I are going to be very happy together.
Nothing special, just wandering not too far from my house.

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Stamen DOF by calvincairo, on Flickr

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Corner Building by calvincairo, on Flickr

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Sun by calvincairo, on Flickr

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Corner Flower by calvincairo, on Flickr

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You don’t have to have a great lens to take great pictures—but it sure helps. –Ben Long

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Porsche 356 "Ferdinand" (1950) by JEF 96, on Flickr

Canon EOS 1DX | Canon EOS 6D | 16-35mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-70mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-105mm f/4.0 L | 100mm macro f/2.8 L | 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS MKII | 400mm f/5.6 L | EF 2x II | 580 EX II | MR-14EX |

My gear

R7, 7D, Canon RF 14-35 f4L, Canon RF 50 1.8 STM, Tamron 70-200 G2, Canon 100-400LII, Canon EF-RF

Mookalafalas wrote in post #11998288
Thanks for the comments and advice. I need it right now! I am a bit distraught. I bought a super cheapo "vivitar 19-35mm" lens for $57 on ebay about a month ago after reading a lot of praise for it from POTN's own "thatkatmat" and others in review sites (actually, he had the tamron, but cosina, Promaster, tamron, Phoenix, and Vivitar all just rebranded the same glass). I loved it! I had so much fun I decided to shell out $700 for the "real thing". Now I'm quite horrified! After comparing the Vivitar and Tamron at 19, there is almost no difference. The Vivitar actually has much better corners at wider apertures, and is half a stop brighter wide open (F3.5). I have no doubt the Canon can crush it at longer focal lengths, but one reason I bought the canon was for the extra width...
Anyway, I'll work with it for a couple of more days and hopefully I'll come to appreciate it's strengths. So far I've barely used it from 20-39mm! Guess I had better start exploring that range.

Mine is sharpest at f/14. Ive not noticed any softness in the corners yet at 17mm but Ive only been using it a week or two. Mine is pretty much at 17mm f/14 all the time.

Leica M11 | Leica Q2 | Sony α7RV
Voigtlander 28 f/2 Ulton II | Leica 50 Summilux ASPH
16-35GM | 24GM | 35GM | 85GM | Tamron 35-150 | Sigma 105 Macro Art

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The First Porsche 911 by JEF 96, on Flickr

Canon EOS 1DX | Canon EOS 6D | 16-35mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-70mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-105mm f/4.0 L | 100mm macro f/2.8 L | 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS MKII | 400mm f/5.6 L | EF 2x II | 580 EX II | MR-14EX |

Some recent threads suggest that I'm a fool for using a 17-40 on a crop body but I love it!

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Dachau Concentration Camp by zerind, on Flickr

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Heidelberg, Germany by zerind, on Flickr

Zerin Dube
Canon 7D & 40D - 17-40 f/4L - 24-70 f/2.8L - 70-200 f/2.8L IS MKII - 300 f/2.8L IS - Canon 1.4x III - 580EX

This lens has such great colour saturation and contrast, even in difficult lighting conditions.

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Porsche 356/2 Coupé (1948) by JEF 96, on Flickr

Canon EOS 1DX | Canon EOS 6D | 16-35mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-70mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-105mm f/4.0 L | 100mm macro f/2.8 L | 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS MKII | 400mm f/5.6 L | EF 2x II | 580 EX II | MR-14EX |

Zerin Dube
Canon 7D & 40D - 17-40 f/4L - 24-70 f/2.8L - 70-200 f/2.8L IS MKII - 300 f/2.8L IS - Canon 1.4x III - 580EX

zerinS4 wrote in post #12001954
I shot the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart in October with my 17-40L as well

Post some shots; love to see them

They look like toy cars in these pics, don't they?

Canon EOS 1DX | Canon EOS 6D | 16-35mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-70mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-105mm f/4.0 L | 100mm macro f/2.8 L | 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS MKII | 400mm f/5.6 L | EF 2x II | 580 EX II | MR-14EX |

Zerin Dube
Canon 7D & 40D - 17-40 f/4L - 24-70 f/2.8L - 70-200 f/2.8L IS MKII - 300 f/2.8L IS - Canon 1.4x III - 580EX

Sagrada Familia @ 17mm w 400D

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Canon 5D3 + Zoom (EF 17-40L, 24-105L & 28-300L, 100-400L II) & Prime (24L II, 85L II, 100L, 135L & 200 f/2.8L II; Zeiss 1,4/35)
Sony α7r + Zeiss 1,8/55 FE
Nikon Coolpix A; Nikon F3 & F100 + Zeiss 1,4/50
Retiring

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Porsche 959 Coupé (rear) by JEF 96, on Flickr

Canon EOS 1DX | Canon EOS 6D | 16-35mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-70mm f/2.8 L MKII | 24-105mm f/4.0 L | 100mm macro f/2.8 L | 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS MKII | 400mm f/5.6 L | EF 2x II | 580 EX II | MR-14EX |

Ash ~ Flickr |5D2, XSi - 17-40L - 50 1.8 - 55-250IS

Treat me like a tourist wrote in post #11997570
Thanks. I used a Lee CPL, Lee 0.6 hard grad and SinghRay 3 stop reverse grad.
I didnt use an ND, the CPL is worth two stops of light and i use iso50 so the shutter speed was pretty long from that alone.
Google lee filters, and for singhray its www.singhray.com they also have a great blog that links from their website, its a great read you should check it out.

thanks for the info, and a newbe question, is it a cokin p that you used to house the filters.

50D, 15-85mm, 50mmf1.8, 70-200mmf4, 580EX2 & 430EX2