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Archive 2014 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

Hello, I need a wide angle lens. I have a mark lll & 7D and trying to decide which lens to buy. Please help!

Feb 08, 2014 at 05:00 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

10-22 will not mount on 5d3

Feb 08, 2014 at 05:25 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

Ultimate resolution on the FF / 17-40mm combo is probably better than with crop / 10-22mm. But, i personally prefer my 10-22mm to my 17-40mm. It has less distortion, it's lighter and gives good DOF at much larger apertures, which for me translates to not having to carry a tripod when skiing. The corner performance on my 17-40mm is definitely inferior, indeed poor unless it's stopped down to f/13 or smaller.

The 10-22mm matched with a small rebel is also a very capable superlight landscape setup, and doesn't involve much compromise as unless you print big you won't miss the extra resolution of the FF / 17-40mm combo.

Feb 08, 2014 at 05:38 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

On crop factor, the 10-22 beats the 17-40 hands down. Mine is for sale only because I sold my crop factor.

On full frame, I bought a Tokina 16-28 f/2.8 for the best combination of sharpness and rectilinear freedom from distortion. I'm pleased. It is a little more than a 17-40 but not nearly as much as a 16-35 II. I have never been impressed by the 17-40 which is a good lens, but one I pass over.

Feb 08, 2014 at 05:52 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

17-40 is a great lens on FF for wide angle and on 7D for general walk-around focal length. That said, the 10-22 is equal to it if you want super wide on the 7D. Really depends on what body you want to use it on. The 10-22 won't work on the 5D3.

If you are shooting at f/5.6 or f/8 then the 17-40 is as good as any other lens in this range. Wide open it does suffer some compared to 16-35 and some non-Canon lenses.

Feb 08, 2014 at 07:43 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

Thank for all the great info. I think I'll be going with the 10-22mm or the Tokina 16-28 f/2.8.

Feb 08, 2014 at 08:03 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 is a good alternative to Canon 10-22. As a bonus, it works at 16mm on the 5D too.

Feb 08, 2014 at 08:13 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

I have the Mark III and the 17-40mm. The image quality of this combo has proved stellar for wide open landscape shots!

cheers,

Gareth

Feb 08, 2014 at 10:35 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

I think they are very similar lenses, btw 10-22 Efs mount could be converted to FF by replacing or shaving rear cover. i like 17-40L when lights is good and for wide focal, I don't think it is very good on 40mm wide open.

Feb 09, 2014 at 02:36 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

I own both the 10-22 USM and 17-40L and greatly prefer the 17-40L. Optically they're in the same ball park but the 17-40L is a lot nicer to shoot with. Somehow the zoom/MF rings are ass backwards on the 10-22 and it feels cheap and flimsy. I've read lots of negative remarks about the 17-40 but my 2003 vintage sample is a notch sharper than my 10-22 and 24-105L. Probably the usual sample variation problems and I lucked out with a good one.

Feb 09, 2014 at 02:57 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

FYI, you can modify the rear baffle of the 10-22 so it will work on 'ALL' Canon bodies; FF, 1.3x and 1.6x. There are threads here on FM, a video or two on Youtube and if I remember Rodger at LensRentals wrote about it on his blog.

You just need to order the baffle from the 24-85, pop out the one in the 10-22 and replace with the 24-85's. There is a usage restriction with this fix, on 1.3 and FF bodies you can only use FLs from 16-22, otherwise the rear lens element may/will hit the mirror...just be careful.

I have both lenses, 10-22 and 17-40; the 24-85 as well, all are good lenses, the latter not as sharp, but very small and convenient...

Cheers,
Jerry

Feb 09, 2014 at 03:04 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

Choice between them on appropriate cameras I would go 17-40.

Imo the 10-22 is a better lens but held back by the crop format.

Feb 09, 2014 at 05:32 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

With FF body and cropped sensor body, I wouldn't invest in an only cropped sensor limited lens. I used the Sigma 10-20/4-5.6 on my old cropped sensor body, but sold it recently after I got rid of my Rebel XT. I have no experience with the 10-22 from Canon, but would rather spend the money on the 17-40/4 instead. I am very pleased by the 17-40 as general wide angle lens especially on FF. On the cropped sensor 7D body, it is not wide enough for some applications. I see a big advantage of the 17-40 lens that is fairly light-weight and easy to take with you on travel, hikes, etc.

Feb 09, 2014 at 06:26 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

tolbenor wrote:
Hello, I need a wide angle lens. I have a mark lll & 7D and trying to decide which lens to buy. Please help!

Which "mark III"? There's three of them - 5D3, 1D3, 1Ds3. The 10-22 won't work on any of them for that matter.

Feb 10, 2014 at 12:14 AM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Canon 17-40mm or 10-22mm

I have both and the 10-22 on a 7D is better than the 17-40 on a 5D2 [cannot comment on 5D3] as far as a lens goes, flare, corner sharpness e.t.c. (the FF sensor kills the crop sensor to me, so depends on what you shoot).....

The 17-40 has terrible corners and needs a lot of correction whereas that 10-22 has zip Distortion. In your scenario, I would go 17-40 if your not into architectural stuff as you get wide on the FF and the 17-40 on the 7D is a great lens as the crop hides the FF issues with it and it's a decent fl in a small package. If your into Arch stuff than I would go the other way and just use the 7D for wide work.

Feb 10, 2014 at 03:30 PM


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