16-35 or 24-70

[Daniel Browning]

Daniel, I looked at Bryan's comparison of the 200 f/2 lens, between the 50D and the 5DMk2, and the chart is noticably clearer with the 5DMk2.

The ISO 12233 charts are not intended to be compared accross different sensor sizes. Full frame lenses on full frame cameras generally have higher contrast than full frame lenses on crop cameras enlarged to the same display size. This is because the MTF is being sampled at a higher spatial frequency with the 1.6X crop cameras. For shooters whose needs can be met by inexpensive EF-S glass, the difference is much smaller and often not enough to offset the difference in price of the body and glass together, perhaps depending on how frequently the body is upgraded. I think I explained as much in the linked thread.


Kind regards,

[SupraSonic]

Honest opinion i would go 100% 24-70 F2.8 L ... eventhough if you go FF it is wide..

[Colin]

With a crop body, the 16-35 is, for me, a useable walk-around lens for general purpose pictures. Wide to pretty normal. If I was going to upgrade to full frame later, when I did, I would pick up a 24-70 or 24-105 at the same time, because 16-35mm is entirely wide angle on a full frame camera, and unless i'm doing landscapes or other applications where I want the wide angle perspective, and can get close enough to subjects to actually put a bunch of them in the picture, I can't really see having it as my standard lens of choice. I've got a 16-35mm and a 24-105mm, and the 16-35mm gets use far less than the 24-105mm.


If you like wide shots on the whole, then you might get by sticking with a 16-35mm on a full frame, but if that was the case, you wouldn't even consider a 24-70 on a 1.6x body.

[Jeff]

I have both the 16-35 and 24-70. My 1D3 sees the 16-35 more whereas my 5D2 sees the 24-70. If I need superwide, I will put the 16-35 on my 5D2, and it can almost see around corners


Both are great lenses, so depending on what situations you find yourself facing routinely depends on which works best for you.

[Fred Doane]

I don't have either of the mentioned lensese but what I learned about any of the Canon L series is you'll love either one but you'll always wonder what it was like if you had went with the other one. I bought the 24-105 L and LOVE it but I still wonder to this day what is was like to have the 24-70 L instead with the extra f-stop.


Fred~