CANON EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ PRO WIDE ANGLE ZOOM LENS - EXC!

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‘LIKE NEW’, mint condition,
CANON EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ Pro
Wide Angle ZOOM Lens
ONE OF CANON’S SHARPEST AND FASTEST PRO SERIES WIDE ANGLE ZOOM LENSES!

Comes with ALL of the following:
CANON EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ WA Zoom Lens
Canon Rear Dust Cap E
Snap-on 77mm Front Lens Cap
Canon EW-83E Lens Hood
Canon Soft Lens Case LP1319 (Unused)

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The CANON EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ Wide Angle Zoom Lens is for many one of the best wide angle zoom lenses available, capable of producing clear, contrasty and SHARP images. Certainly, image quality is on a par with even the legendary Carl Zeiss and Leica lenses but at half the cost.

The Canon ‘L’ series professional lenses have build quality and reliabilty second to none and the handling of the Canon 17-40mm F4 is excellent. Auto focus is accurate, quiet and fast and if you need manual focus it is smooth and intuitive.

This lens is beautifully made, with the typical Canon high quality finish that the company is renowned for. From the moment you lay eyes on it you know this is a lens which is made of quality materials.
The black finish is immaculate and the weight and feel is that of a precision instrument and a fine photographic tool.

Images produced by the 17-40mm F4 are superb!
Clear and smooth with a wide tonal range and fantastic shadow detail, producing a lovely “3D” look to your images.
The razor sharp, beautiful depth of field helps you produce stunning images.

Being one of the fastest wide angle zooms with a fixed F4 aperture makes this lens sought after by low light shooters.
However, being able to shoot in low light is only one of the attractions of a fast lens - at F4 wide open and when shooting closeup, the images produced by the Canon EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ are outstanding.

This is a no-nonsense professional lens which concentrates on the essentials a professional photographer needs; high build quality, exceptional image quality and a fast aperture.

One thing that this lens does really well is produce SHARP, SHARP, images! Great to have with any lens but essential in a wide angle zoom lens, especially for landscape work where fine detail gets down to pixel level and every bit of resolution is needed to produce convincing “real life” images.
Prints from images taken with this lens look like they’ve been taken with medium format rather than digital and they have a wonderful tonal range and that “wow” factor that you won’t get with many lenses - simply stunning!

OK, I won’t go on anymore about this fantastic photographic tool because there are plenty of writeups and reviews, as well as all the technical information you could want, easily available on the web.

Try here for one: http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-17-40mm-f-4.0-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

If you are thinking of buying this lens, you are obviously a discerning photographer who knows what a high quality, professional lens this is.

So, you must be asking yourself, if this is such a great lens, why is this guy selling it?
I bought the CANON EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ Wide Angle Zoom Lens for my landscape work. I have now upgraded to the 17mm TSE & the 24 mm TSE lenses and I know that the 17-40mm zoom will end up sitting on the shelf.
Therefore, I am offering this great 17-40mm zoom up for sale (along with Canon items and other photographic gear - see my ‘other items for sale’) at a great price and a fantastic saving for anyone wanting to buy a Canon legend. I hope it will go to someone who appreciates what a great photographic tool the CANON EF 17-40mm F4 ‘L’ Wide Angle Zoom Lens is.

Here is some technical info:

While an excellent ultra-wide zoom lens for film SLR cameras, the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens is especially well suited for use with EOS digital SLR cameras, which usually have an imaging sensor size smaller than the 35mm format.
When used with such digital SLR cameras, the 17-40mm focal length range gives an angle of view approximately equivalent to that of a 27-64mm lens upon 35mm cameras, making it an ideal medium-aperture standard zoom lens.

The EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, like all of the Canon "L" lenses, delivers optical performance equal to similar fixed focal length lenses, with silent, high-speed focusing.
Distortions and aberrations are remarkably small for a lens of such amazing capability.
It combines 1 high-precision molded glass aspherical lens and 2 replica aspherical lenses to achieve the extended zoom range, while also correcting for common aberrations that arise during zooming.

A Super UD (ultra-low dispersion) glass element minimizes the chromatic aberration of magnification which tends to occur with wide-angle lenses, to help eliminate color bleed along the edges of the subject and achieve high image contrast and resolution.

The 17-40's minimum focusing distance is just 11" (28cm) throughout its entire range of focal lengths, which makes it very useful for close-up work. All of the focusing and zooming action is done internally, with no changes of the size of the lens.

It only uses lead-free optics to help the environment, and features a circular diaphragm for improved background blur.

The housing is water and dust resistant to help ensure reliable performance for both professionals and enthusiasts.
Like many "L" lenses, it uses 77mm filters.

• An autofocus super wide angle zoom lens for both film and digital cameras

• Produces 27-64mm equivalent focal length with "APS-C" size digital EOS SLR cameras (such as the EOS 20D, EOS 30D, EOS Digital Rebel, EOS 50D, etc.)

• Uses 3 aspherical lens elements and Canon Super UD ultra-low dispersion glass

• Provides professional levels of moisture and dust resistance

• Internal zooming and focusing

• Circular aperture diaphragm for better, more natural looking background blurring

• Accepts 77mm filters