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Originally Posted by milou
Hmmm...tempting as I've just sold my 300D USM kit lens and a Tamron 28-300 on eBay. All I have now is the 50mm f/1.8. The 17mm aspect would be perfect for landscape. Hmmmm......
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I'll admit I'm biased but if this helps these are 100% crops from near the centre. First is straight from the camera, second has a slight unsharp mask applied. Taken at 40mm and F4.0 ISO 100. I looked at almost every wideangle there is before choosing this. Originally I intended getting the tokina 20-35 ATX F2.8 but chose the canon for a number of reasons.
1. I dont need 2.8 for landscapes, usually working at f8 or smaller.
2. This had a better range, longer and wider than the other wide angle zooms.
3. it's an "L" :P
4. I want to use it for outdoor sport as well, checking old shots showed the minimum aperture I ever used was about 5.6
It would be the ideal lense if it was something like a 17-80. At the moment the 40 to 70 range is covered by my 28-105 which is okay but not in the same league as this.
Anyway, just my opinions.
Edit: can't help it, I really like this lens
another of my cliches 40mm f6.3, ISO 100
