So my New Year resolution not to buy any new kit lasted less than 2 months. I finally succumbed today and ordered the 16-35 mm f/4 EF L IS. It's the most expensive lens I've bought, though relatively low priced for an "L". I realised that having bought the 6D for "landscape" (in the broad sense) it's really essential to have a wider angle lens. For example, I plan to take many environmental portraits of plants this year, flowers close up in the foreground with the woodland, meadow or whatever in the background. I spent a lot of time (as always) reading test reviews of various lenses and this one came out top overall. Some are sharper and have larger apertures and are cheaper (e.g. Tamron 15 - 30 F2.8) but they have bulbous front lenses which preclude the use of filters while I would never photograph flowers or foliage without a polariser, it makes a huge difference. Yes, tests do show some issues with vignetting and distortion, but generally these are lower than with comparable lenses, every review gives it "highly recommended", "editor's choice" or similar.
This is a good lesson for anybody thinking about upgrading to FF, allow plenty for new lenses even if, like me, you get a well-priced good used FF body. Now I have 16 -35, 50, 85, 105 (macro) and 200 mm (plus 1.4x TC) for FF and can't see me needing anything more, I'll stick to the crop bodies for longer reach with the 150 - 600. However, remembering that I have continuous coverage from 10 - 250 mm on the crop bodies, equivalent to 16 - 450 FF, with the three IS STM lenses (better quality than many give them credit for) that cost me just £350 in total, the difference is considerable. Beware before you take the plunge into full frame
This is a good lesson for anybody thinking about upgrading to FF, allow plenty for new lenses even if, like me, you get a well-priced good used FF body. Now I have 16 -35, 50, 85, 105 (macro) and 200 mm (plus 1.4x TC) for FF and can't see me needing anything more, I'll stick to the crop bodies for longer reach with the 150 - 600. However, remembering that I have continuous coverage from 10 - 250 mm on the crop bodies, equivalent to 16 - 450 FF, with the three IS STM lenses (better quality than many give them credit for) that cost me just £350 in total, the difference is considerable. Beware before you take the plunge into full frame
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