17-40L test images - these look ok to you?

Raider

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Ok i'm feeling slightly better about the 17-40L now, managed to snap a few test images in the front garden. The following are the full images, then 100% crops of the area where I tried to focus. Both are at F4.
100% crop is "as is", no sharpening, no jpeg compression.

17mm F4:

17mm-full.jpg


17mm-crop.jpg


40mm F4:

40mm-full.jpg


40mm-crop.jpg


And one more 100% crop at 31mm F4:

31mm-crop.jpg
 
SDK^ said:
They look perfect :)
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Ok maybe i'm just paranoid :)

I'm still a bit stuck as to what I should do with my kit bag. I currently have:

Sigma 10-20mm
Canon 17-40 F4 L
Canon 70-200 F4 L
Canon 50mm F1.8

I still think that the 17-40L is a bit short for it to be my main lens, and I wouldn't mind something faster than F4 in a zoom in the sub-100mm range.

If I'm keeping the 17-40L and 10-20mm (and I think I might), then I don't want to spend £750 on the 24-70mm F2.8. Oh I don't know. Maybe i'll just stick to using the 70-200L as my 2nd zoom along with the 17-40L. :p

That or try the Tamron 17-50 F2.8, and if that's anygood then I can ditch the 17-40L. Think i'll be happy then :D
 
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Dude, you've got great kit which would make many photographers envy. Just get out and start taking photos... no, just get out and start making art.

Photography is about the photo, not the equipment. You should learn the individual quirks of the equipment you already have and find ways of improvising and getting around problems rather than trying to solve it with more gear. I've seen fantastic photos taken with much lesser equipment... e.g. Canon G2. :)
 
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