wide angle lens
Nov 2, 2014 20:22:27 #
canarywood1
Loc: Sarasota,Florida
Would anyone have thoughts good or bad about wide angle lenses other than canon, with or without is.
Nov 2, 2014 20:28:16 #
I own a Tamron 10-24MM F/3.5-4.5 zoom, and am quite pleased with it: http://www.tamron-usa.com/lenses/prod/1024_diII.php#ad-image-0
Most of my photography is hand-held. I do appreciate Image Stabilization.
Most of my photography is hand-held. I do appreciate Image Stabilization.
Nov 2, 2014 20:33:29 #
Normally, on wide angle lenses, you can do without VR or VC on whatever brand you are buying.
Nov 2, 2014 22:12:18 #
Two very good and reasonably priced ultrawides are the Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 HSM and Tokina 11-16 f/2.8. If you do much low light shooting the 11-16 f/2.8 is a good choice.
Nov 3, 2014 06:08:46 #
I know that you are looking for non canon lens BUT. I just bought the canon 10-18 for 350 bucks and love it.
Nov 3, 2014 06:53:15 #
Nov 3, 2014 07:31:04 #
mborn wrote:
Tokina is an excellent wide angle lens I have the older 10-17 mm lens
Absolutely love mine. the Tokina 11-16 fits very nicely with my Tamron 17-50
Nov 3, 2014 07:31:19 #
mborn wrote:
Tokina is an excellent wide angle lens I have the older 10-17 mm lens
Absolutely love mine. the Tokina 11-16 fits very nicely with my Tamron 17-50. Both 2.8
Nov 3, 2014 07:49:03 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I own a Tamron 10-24MM F/3.5-4.5 zoom, and am quite pleased with it: http://www.tamron-usa.com/lenses/prod/1024_diII.php#ad-image-0
Most of my photography is hand-held. I do appreciate Image Stabilization.
Most of my photography is hand-held. I do appreciate Image Stabilization.
I have the same lens and love it. Two notes about it though. 1. it is for DX(cropped only) Fx (full frame) has to use it in cropped mode. 2. at the 10 mm it tends to fisheye just a tiny bit where the Nikon 10-24 is absolutely flat across the zoom.
Having said that I love my Tamron 10-24 which was half the price of the Nikon and (as long as I keep that 10mm issue in mind when I shoot) works great. It even close focuses and I love it for shooting flowers and insects up close...
Nov 3, 2014 07:51:41 #
I don't know if it is the lens or the stabilization, or both, making the difference, but I sold my EF 17-40mm f/4 L, which has no IS, and bought the EF 16-35mm f/4 L IS a few months ago and I can definitely see an improvement in many of my shots. Especially in the low-light shots possible with my 6D. I my usage I doubt that IS makes much difference in good light and high shutter speed on a wide angle, but it sure seems to in low-light.
Nov 3, 2014 08:23:52 #
juicesqueezer wrote:
Normally, on wide angle lenses, you can do without VR or VC on whatever brand you are buying.
Unless you are doing street work esspecially at night, in which case it can give you a couple stops.
Nov 3, 2014 08:24:15 #
I love my Tokina 11-16 mm 2.8 lens. Very crisp images. No image stabilization, but not needed.
Nov 3, 2014 08:26:41 #
Fleckjohn65 wrote:
I know that you are looking for non canon lens BUT. I just bought the canon 10-18 for 350 bucks and love it.
I also have the 10-18 and love it. However, we do not know if the OP is using an APS-C camera or a FF. The 10-18 and the Sigma 18-35 are both APS-C lenses. It is another case of not enough information in the original post.
Nov 3, 2014 08:38:06 #
To the Sigma 10-20 and the Tamron 11-16, I would add the Sigma 8-16.
Nov 3, 2014 08:55:02 #
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