Canon 17 - 40

dazftw

Anyone using this lens? Ive got the canon 15mm fish, the 50mm and the sigma 70 - 300..

Ive really been noticing 15mm fish is not going to work for landscapes so im looking at the 17 - 40 off ebay for about 500ish just wondering is it a good deal or should I be looking at something else? The sigma 10-20 maybe?

I rarely shoot long at all... Like I dont use the 70 - 300 at all really.. once or twice every few months.

Will be used on a 5D..

Thanks peeps

Borderfox

17-40L is an excellent lens and has much more resolving power than the Sigma 10-20

bmcgrath

I can only comment using the 17-40 briefly on a 30D and the results from it were fantastic. IQ was brilliant and overall build quality is upto the usual L standards

On a 5D it will be awesome!

WheresMyCamera?

I've just bought one. Had it sent to my friend in London so I can't pick it up until I make my way there on the 12th. It was at my friends place within two days.

Bought it from a Scotish based seller that a few people here have used. It worked out at £429, around €503 brand new. (Conns Cameras €830!!)

You could email him to see for yourself kerso1123@msn.com

dazftw

WheresMyCamera? wrote: »

I've just bought one. Had it sent to my friend in London so I can't pick it up until I make my way there on the 12th. It was at my friends place within two days.

Bought it from a Scotish based seller that a few people here have used. It worked out at £429, around €503 brand new. (Conns Cameras €830!!)

You could email him to see for yourself kerso1123@msn.com

Did he buy it from ebay for you? Or did you buy it? Ill have a look on ebay.co.uk now and see if I can find anything...

WheresMyCamera?

I bought it from a guy that I found using ebay. He has a store there but also deals off ebay too for a cheaper price. With the nature of my job I travel around a lot and I decided just to have the lens mailed to my friends place in London cause I knew I'd be there soon enough and that the lens would be waiting for me.

I had tried to arrange to pick up the lens directly from the seller as I was passing near Fife where he's based but my schedule didn't allow me the time to do so on the day.

I felt totally confident buying from this guy as I was bothing him for a few weeks with questions and he always was very prompt with his replies. Animalrights on here has delt with him too awell as others.

Again I must stress I decided to buy from this guy away from ebay because he very much welcomed a cash on collection sale but was also more than happy to post and lastly he did offer a reduced price away from ebay as he'd not encour any ebay charges as a result.

Hope this helps.

edit: his shop on ebay is called Flash Camera

dazftw

Will I give him your details when emailing him? He doesn't have any of the lenses on ebay now atm.

PaulieC

I got my 17-40 off kerso a few weeks ago (I think it was around 450). His service and ther lens are both top notch. Email him and just ask him for a price on the lens

houseoffun14

The 17-40f4L is my work horse. Be careful some variants of the lens suffer from barrel distortion.

shepthedog

Yep I have one aswell and to continue the good reviews I find it to be excellent.. Combined with a 70-200 2.8 and a 50mm 1.8 they meet nearly every single challenge I have...
Its a great walk around lens and will cover relatively wide angle landscapes no problem.

Good luck with it..

kensutz

Daz if you're around during the week and want to try out mine, give me a shout.

dazftw

kensutz wrote: »

Daz if you're around during the week and want to try out mine, give me a shout.

Yea im around monday thursday and friday. Ill give your man an email see what I can get!

Thanks lads!