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Tested: Three of the Best Canon Lenses for Travel Photography

Brett Day
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12/12/2019
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There’s no denying that Canon lenses are some of the best around for travel work.

Some of Canon’s most legendary lenses are perfectly suited to travel photography. Photographers who use Canon’s camera bodies have been privy to the pure delight of Canon’s L series lenses. Canon’s L series lenses offer tank-like build quality and incredibly sharp optics: two characteristics that come in to play if you partake in both landscape and cityscape photography. After the break, we will take a quick look at three Canon lenses that will help bring gorgeous landscapes and bustling cityscapes to life.

Captured with the Canon RF 24-105mm f4L IS USM

The three Canon lenses listed below are more than capable of capturing all the detail you could ever want in your landscape and cityscape images. You’ll find your pictures will exhibit incredible sharpness with the Canon colors we have all come to know and love, and they will survive just about any kind of inclement weather you may find yourself caught in while you’re out and about. We listed two EF lenses and one RF mount lens, but don’t forget you can quickly adapt Canon classics like the 16-35mm f2.8 L III USM to your EOS R or EOS RP with the use of Canon’s affordable adapter. Check out the three Canon lenses we would pack before we head into the great wide open.

Canon 16-35mm F2.8 L III USM

Canon lenses 16-35mm f2.8

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Great image quality
  • Weather sealing
  • A big, beefy body that feels nice in the hand
  • Fast autofocus
  • Pretty versatile range if you’re the type of shooter who aims more for the 35mm end of things

Cons

  • Expensive
  • Big and heavy

Buy now: $1,899

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Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Canon lenses - RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Nice image quality
  • Fast-focusing abilities
  • Fantastic image stabilization
  • Very good weather sealing
  • Fairly portable

Cons

  • We think Canon would have hit this out of the park if they just made it a 24-120mm f4 lens like Nikon has
  • We’d love to be able to lock the lens at various focal lengths

Buy now: $899

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Canon 70-200mm F4 L IS USM II

Canon lenses 70-200mm f4 IS USM II

Here are the pros and cons from our full review:

Pros

  • Sharp output
  • Fast and accurate focusing
  • Beautiful colors
  • Lightweight
  • Small – can be stuffed in a bag attached to the camera with ease
  • Weather sealing
  • $1,299 price tag isn’t bad

Cons

  • Honestly, not a thing

Buy now: $1,199

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