FF wide angle choice ?

Unfortunately camera gear can be very expensive in the UK, in part because of a 20% VAT, so a direct exchange-rate conversion of a US price is not in fact that useful to the OP.

A quick look at one online retailer I found in the UK (canon.co.uk have a list of links) shows the 16-35mm f/4 IS at £999 and the 24mm f/2.8 IS at £459, both including VAT. I have no idea whether that's good or bad, but that price for the zoom is quite a bit more expensive than the price in Australian even after adjusting for our lower VAT (the 24mm price is not).

melcat wrote in post #17166460
Unfortunately camera gear can be very expensive in the UK, in part because of a 20% VAT, so a direct exchange-rate conversion of a US price is not in fact that useful to the OP.

Should also point out the the US cost is not always that simple either....If you are a US citizen buying in the US, you have to add an additional State Tax to the final cost. We in the UK have a simple VAT system that's the same cost for everyone so simple to include it in the final cost.

That said, I belive their State Tax is less than half of our VAT.

Thanks for all the replies.
Ive had a good look through flickr at the images from the canon 17-40 and decided to try that lens.

flthere wrote in post #17165759
Per Ken Rockwell, the best FF wide angle lens is the 16-35mm or 17-40:

http://www.kenrockwell​.com …d-cameras.htm#canonlense​s

Don't think KR has updated his list, wgt the 16-35 f4 IS.

Apart form this: I bought a mint 17-40 this summer, and am happier with it than with my 24-105/4