{"id":4146,"date":"2014-06-22T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canonpricewatch.com\/blog\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2014-06-22T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T16:52:23","slug":"ef-16-35mm-f4l-is-astounding-corner-performance-reasonable-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/ef-16-35mm-f4l-is-astounding-corner-performance-reasonable-price\/","title":{"rendered":"EF 16-35mm f\/4L IS: Astounding Corner Performance, Reasonable Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4L IS USM<\/a> was first announced we wondered why anyone would pick it over the cheaper 17-40L<\/a> or similarly priced but faster 16-35L II<\/a>. Many of our readers have written in and asked that same question!<\/p>\n

We’re now seeing early reviews confirming what the MTF charts said: astounding corner performance<\/b>. One of the most clear examples is a sequence of test shots<\/a> taken by Australian photographer Phil Aynsley<\/a>. It’s not a scientific study, but clearly shows wide-angle corner performance is significantly improved over the 16-35L II and TS-E 17mm, even when stopped down. (Center performance is about the same.)<\/p>\n

The performance is quite impressive, and I’m also pleased Canon set a reasonable price for it instead of the usual bleeding-edge premium (remember the 70-200 II<\/a> introduction at $2499?).<\/p>\n

Profeel via eBay<\/a> has a limited quantity of the Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4L IS USM<\/a> in-stock and ready to ship. Order today and it ships on Monday, price is $1199.00<\/a>. We’re also hearing that the first B&H Photo Video<\/a> pre-orders have shipped and their website shows a general availability date of June 24th<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4L IS USM was first announced we wondered why anyone would pick it over the cheaper 17-40L or similarly priced but faster 16-35L II. Many of our readers have written in and asked that same question! We’re now seeing early reviews confirming what the MTF charts said: astounding corner performance. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[408],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-canon-ef-16-35mm-f4l-is-usm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4146"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4160,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4146\/revisions\/4160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpricewatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}