New Mk III Owner Lens Question

[Judy Becker]

I am looking at getting a wider angle lens than my 24-70 f 2.8 and was wondering if anybody has been using the 10-22 on the Mk III and are you satisfied with the results.

[William Malacarne]

The Canon 10-22 is an EF-S lens and will not work on a 1D series camera. The 16-35 MKII is a pretty good lens if it is wide enough for you.

Bill

[Steve Ashton]

Take a look at the 14mm F2.8L Its great on the MKIII

[W T Lloyd]

The 16-35 II is reported to be a fair improvement over the original version. The 14mm II is reported to be a MAJOR improvement over the original, but it would be impossible for it not to be. That said, I would take the new 14mm for interior use, and the 16-35 II for exterior use. Either one is suitable for both uses, just my thoughts. For Landscape panos, I would prefer to use something like the 24-70 you already have, and stitch multiple shots together into a pano. Better resolution than a ultra-wide angle lens, and I prefer the compression a normal to medium telephoto lens gives to a scene over too much sky and foreground. The 14mm gives a 114 degree view, that is reduced on the Mark3, of course, but to me it puts the center of the compositon too far away in Landscape...

[Robert O'Toole]

This site is always a good read for wide angle lens tests http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/
BTW I always recommend trying a lens out on your own before buying.

I would forget about the EF14mm II for $2000 retail price and go for the $1500 Nikkor 14-24mm G with an N to C adapter. The N 14-24 is steller and the WA lens acheivement of all time (in performance and cost + performance) I read.

Robert

[Gib Robinson]

Robert,

Interesting idea. I have never thought of adapting Nikon lenses to my 1DIII. I do have a WA 21-35 Leica that I use with an adapter. What is the best adapter to use and what are the limitations? I assume it's manual focus but that light metering works.

Thanks,

--Gib

[Robert O'Toole]

Here are 2 more links from the same site with some good info. I have never used a Nikon G to Canon EF adapter so I am just passing along some information and not recommeding anything :)
Let us know your experiences if you do try one, thanks.

http://www.16-9.net/nikon_g/

http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/compatible.html

Robert

[Gib Robinson]

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I would forget about the EF14mm II for $2000 retail price and go for the $1500 Nikkor 14-24mm G with an N to C adapter.
Robert

Robert,

Thanks for the links AND the compelling idea of using the 14-24 on my Canon 1DIII. But as far as I can tell, there would be no aperture control of a Nikkor G lens on a Canon using the common Nikon to Canon adapters. One would need to buy the not-yet-available adapters from England. Is that your understanding?

Thanks again.

[Robert O'Toole]

Yes you are correct as far as I can see, no AF, no Vr, no auto aperture control using the N to C adapters. So manual focus and stopped down shooting. These factors definately limit the use of the combination. Would work well for landscapes though.

I should probably add that I use both systems currently so I am not locked into using just the EF mount thankfully.

Robert

[Gib Robinson]

Robert,

Lucky you with both Nikon and Canon. I use more than one system but they are not as much alike as Nikon and Canon. I use Leica M and R as well as Canon. While they are all 35mm they serve very different purposes and have very different strengths.

As for the N to C adapters. If there is no way to change aperture, the lens wouldn't be very useful even for landscape. Since the G lenses don't have an aperture ring then "stopped down" would mean just F/22 and nothine else. Is that your understanding?

[Robert O'Toole]

Robert,

Lucky you with both Nikon and Canon. I use more than one system but they are not as much alike as Nikon and Canon. I use Leica M and R as well as Canon. While they are all 35mm they serve very different purposes and have very different strengths.

As for the N to C adapters. If there is no way to change aperture, the lens wouldn't be very useful even for landscape. Since the G lenses don't have an aperture ring then "stopped down" would mean just F/22 and nothine else. Is that your understanding?

Since I have never used the adapters I dont really have any experience, but a quick look at the 16-9 site:

"The Lever-Operated Version features a custom-machined aperture control ring that stops down the lens mechanically; the Lever-Free Version enables the lens to be stopped open or stopped down simply by rotating the lens in the mount through a stepless 10mm range. Legends on the adaptor indicate f2.8 / f8 / f22, though all apertures can be selected. Both versions have AF-confirm chips, stepless diaphragm operation and guaranteed infinity focus."

According to this info you can select the aperture.It would be interesting see and try one in action.

Robert