Is a 16-35mm on full frame equivalent to a 10-22mm on Canon APS-C?
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I shoot with a Canon Rebel (1.6x crop). If I compare an EF 16-35mm used on a full-frame Canon body with an EF-S 10-22mm used on my APS-C camera, are they essentially equivalent in focal length/field of view once crop factor is taken into account? I understand the math is close, but does that mean they behave the same in practice?
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A 16-35 on a full-frame body will for all intents and purposes be the same as a 10-22mm on a crop body. It's an f/2.8 lens instead of f/3.5-4.5 so it will let in more light and allow a shallower depth of field, but field of view will be just about identical.
And, by the way, it will work just fine on your Rebel too, although the zoom range will be a bit awkward, neither fish nor fowl. Too short at the long end for a general-purpose walkaround lens really, and simply not wide enough to do as a wide-angle lens.
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For field of view, yes: they’re very close. On Canon APS-C, multiplying 10–22mm by the 1.6 crop factor gives an angle of view roughly similar to 16–35mm on full frame, so the framing from the same position will be about the same.
But they are not fully equivalent in every way. A 16–35mm f/2.8 on full frame can gather more light than an EF-S 10–22mm f/3.5–4.5, and at the same framing it can produce shallower depth of field. So while the wide-to-normal coverage is similar, exposure options and background blur are not identical.
Also, an EF 16–35mm will mount and work on your Rebel, but on APS-C its range becomes about 26–56mm equivalent, which is no longer ultra-wide and may feel awkward if you wanted a true wide-angle zoom.
So the short answer: similar field of view, but not the same overall look or shooting flexibility.
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