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Akamera.no Tests Canon 17-40mm Zoom Lens
The Norwegian website Akamera.no has tested the Canon 17-40mm f/4 L zoom lens, which sells for around �600 in the UK, against the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and 3 Canon prime lenses. The article is worth looking at even if you can’t speak Norwegian, as there are a lot of comparitive sample images.
Website: Akamera.no - Canon Zoom Lens Test
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#1 seanB
Thanks for the link Mark. An excellent side-side comparison of the 17-40 vs primes and the 18-55. I ordered the 17-40 on Monday as I decided that this L lens would give me a versatile and high quality wide angle zoom. I considered buying some of the primes (35mm f2.0, 28mm f2.8, etc) but I would end up paying nearly as much so I went for the zoom in the end.
From the samples on this site, it looks like the 17-40 is a good all round performer, only in some extremes do the primes seem to have a noticeable advantage.
I am just waiting for the postman (well CityLink....) to deliver mine and then I can find out for myself.
sean
11:01 am - Wednesday, March 31, 2004
#2 David Lau
I am very suprised at the result that the 17-40mm is better than the 28mm and 35mm prime even when stopped down to F5.6 or 8. I also have these 3 lenses but I got just the opposite result. I think either:
(i) they got a faulty 28 and 35mm prime or I got a faulty 17-40mm zoom; or
(ii) their way of testing wide angles at their closest focusing distant (taking shots of a PC motherboard) does not reveal the normal result that most people are getting from these lenses, as they usually focus wide angles at infinity instead. I think taking shots of buildings at infinity will be more representing.
1:53 pm - Thursday, April 1, 2004