Quote Originally Posted by Kayaker72 View Post
So, my question to those of you that have the EF 16-35 II....is it really that bad? Or is it actually a really good UWA zoom and at least a pretty good lens for nightscapes/milky way shots?
We've owned a 16-35II for about five years, and a EF-S 10-22 for about two years. Now that we're moving to FF (she has a 5D3, I have two 1Dx), the 10-22 is on loan to my dad, the 16-35 is in my bag, and the 14/2.8 is in her bag, but honestly I "steal" the 14/2.8 whenever she's not using it because it's got a nice magic to it. That said, I'm looking to get into more sports photography, and while shooting a HS girls basketball game Friday night, the 16-35 was a fun alternative to the 24-70/2.8 (alongside the 70-200/2.8IS) and the zoom versatility was very useful. In prep for tonight's game, I've decided to put the 14/2.8 on my "old" 1D3 as a floor remote, partly to overcome crop factor and partly to keep zoom functionality available to me.

If someone asked me for advice, I think I'd tell them to either go big to get the 14/2.8, go small and save their pennies with the 17-40/4, or go balls to the wall with the Zeiss 15.