 Teresa K. Canady |
Wide Angle Lens I am in the market for a good wide angle lens for my Canon Digital Camera. Does anyone have any suggestions? What is considered "wide angle"? 28-200 mm or 19-35mm?? Does anyone have any advise for me?
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Karma Wilson |
Define "good". For me good is a lens that will not rotate when focusing so I can use filters, and provide me with a good overall quality image but that won't break the bank. I'm searching for a wide angle too and I think I've settled on the Tamron 17-35mm. It's fairly fast with a 2.8 at the short end of the zoom and 4 at the long. It compares favorably with the canon 17-40 L lens in image quality and is a couple hudred dollars less and it's fairly wide, which on our cameras (your 10D and my 20D) means we have a true wide angle, where a 28 mm would not give true wide angle with the crop factor. I've also not ruled out the Sigma EX 17-35. I'm continuing my research. Now, if cost is no concern then I would get the Canon L 16-35mm which is by all accounts a darned sweet lens. But it's also $1200 and I can't justify that cost as I'm also going to be getting a long zoom for wildlife in the next year or so and must conserve my funds! The Canon 17-40 is $679. The Tamron is $499. Not sure on the Sigma. The only wide angle I have currently is the Canon kit lens which I'm really starting to not like. I can't use a polarizer with it and it's too soft in a lot of circumstances. Karma
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Teresa K. Canady |
Karma, What do you mean too soft? The only one I have is the one that came with my camera body. It is 18-55mm. The guy at the camera shop told me that it is considered a "wide angle". He was telling me about a 10mm-22mm lens that is real nice, but it's a bit more $$ than I wanted to spend. $799.00, OUCH!! I just dont know enough about lens to make an educated decision. That's why I posted my question. I have put all of my faith in the guy at the camera shop, but I would like to have another opinion.
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Karma Wilson |
By too "soft" I mean it can't produce a sharp enough image. I also love to use filters for wide angle and the kit lens rotates. That won't allow you to use a polarizer filter because the filter goes on a certain way and if it rotates it gets messed up. The kit lens is wide angle, it's just not that great of a lens. I'm pretty sure I'm settling on the Tamron. Karma
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Teresa K. Canady |
Karma, What is a set of dioplers?
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Andrew Laverghetta |
The lens that I'm looking at is the Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8. It is around $400 I think. On the Canon digital cameras with the 1.6x crop, the widest is around 38mm. I delt with 35mm as my widest setting on film and that was fine for me. Not as wide as many would like though. Sometimes it's hard to get family pictures in smaller rooms in a house. If you're using a Canon 10D camera, you cannot use any of the Canon EF-S lenses. They will say EF-S on the lens. You can only use the EF-S lenses if you're using any one of the Digital Rebel Cameras, or the 20D. 17mm on a lens would be about 28mm on one of these digital cameras. To find the effective angle, multiply the focal length by 1.6. Hope this helps too!
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