Canon® Canon 14mm F/2.8L II

The Canon 14mm f/2.8L II is an ultra-wide angle rectilinear lens that’s ideal for architectural photography. Key features include:

• Completely redesigned optics

• 114° field of view

• L-series build quality

• Perfect for architectural work

High-Quality Redesigned Optics. The Canon 14mm f/2.8L II is an ultra-wide angle rectilinear lens has completely redesigned optics and is extremely sharp without much chromatic aberration. With a 114° field of view and low distortion, this lens is ideal for architectural photography.

If you want to shoot a Canon full-frame really wide, this is the best lens you can pick up. It’s much sharper than the 16-35 f/2.8. For a 14mm lens it has a very reasonable 2% barrel distortion (ha…

If you want to shoot a Canon full-frame really wide, this is the best lens you can pick up. It’s much sharper than the 16-35 f/2.8. For a 14mm lens it has a very reasonable 2% barrel distortion (half of what the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 zoom has, for example). It’s an excellent lens. Pricey, but then there’s really nothing else this wide and this sharp for Canon shooters.

If I was shooting architecture, though, I’d really consider the which has virtually no distortion and the added benefits of tilt and shift.
March, 2013