Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM

This second version of a 16-35mm zoom lens from Canon features a fast constant aperture of f/2.8, weather sealed construction, virtually silent ultrasonic focusing with full time manual override. It costs around £1120 and promises to produce higher quality images at the wide end than its predecessor.

The only similar third party offering available for Canon cameras at present is Tokina's 16-28mm f/2.8 AT-X optic, which costs around £895 but lacks weather sealed construction and full time manual focus override. Instead the manual focus ring can be moved back and forth to quickly engage or disengage manual focusing. The front element on this lens protrudes within a permanent metal hood, so filters cannot be used on this lens. Due to the lower price it looks like a very interesting alternative, if the performance is up to scratch.

Here we'll take a look at how this ultra wide offering from Canon performs.

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