Wide Angle Lens for Canon 6D: I would love to have a 2.8 or faster wide angle lens for my 6D. I have the 24-105, and the 16-35 II or III are both awesome, but out of my price range.

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

I would love to have a 2.8 or faster wide angle lens for my 6D. I have the 24-105, and the 16-35 II or III are both awesome, but out of my price range. Does anyone have any suggestions, other than the Rokinons? My 'Hopeful' price is around $800.00.

Haydon

Canon 16-35 F4 Best choice
Canon 17-40 F4 On a budget

Opinions will vary. I can't comment on any 3rd party. I don't own any.

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

Haydon wrote:

Canon 16-35 F4 Best choice
Canon 17-40 F4 On a budget

I looked at this one, but didn't get it because i would like to do some occasional night sky shots. I'm just not sure if F4 would be bright enough, what's your opinion?

Bill Emmett Loc: Bow, New Hampshire

You may want to take a look at the Laowa 12mm, or 15mm prime lenses. The 12mm is a f2.8 and the company touts zero distortion. There are a few reviews of the lens. Those reviews may be on Google. I do know the lens is for sale at B&H, and possibly on Adorama and Amazon. Rokinon makes pretty good products, but in this level super wide angle, distortion is always possible. I've seen samples of the Laowa 12mm shots, and the lens is as advertised. Check for reviews on Google, and you may want to check Youtube also. Good Luck.

B

Haydon

Tom Kelley wrote:

I looked at this one, but didn't get it because i would like to do some occasional night sky shots. I'm just not sure if F4 would be bright enough, what's your opinion?

My mistake Tom...you're quite right, you will need 2.8 or better to keep the stars from trailing and to keep your ISO down to a respectful level. Bill has the right idea. A prime would be prime here :)

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

If you don't want to spend the money for a f/2.8 lens and an f/4 is too slow for night sky shots due to star trails, pick up a decent used f/4 lens and a Polarie star tracker. The Polarie will allow you to take much longer exposures than just a camera on a tripod. Set up properly, you may take multi hour exposures without star trails.

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

Bill Emmett wrote:

You may want to take a look at the Laowa 12mm, or ... (show quote)

Thanks, i had never heard of this one. I'll look at it.

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

rmorrison1116 wrote:

If you don't want to spend the money for a f/2.8 lens and an f/4 is too slow for night sky shots due to star trails, pick up a decent used f/4 lens and a Polarie star tracker. The Polarie will allow you to take much longer exposures than just a camera on a tripod. Set up properly, you may take multi hour exposures without star trails.

Thanks, i have seen these but I'm not the most savvy guy when it comes to that kind of thing. Are the trackers hard to set up?

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Tom Kelley wrote:

I looked at this one, but didn't get it because i would like to do some occasional night sky shots. I'm just not sure if F4 would be bright enough, what's your opinion?

You might want to watch this you tube review. It seems like a good lens.

https://youtu.be/JkkGQJowJ6I

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Tom Kelley wrote:

I would love to have a 2.8 or faster wide angle lens for my 6D. I have the 24-105, and the 16-35 II or III are both awesome, but out of my price range. Does anyone have any suggestions, other than the Rokinons? My 'Hopeful' price is around $800.00.

Lots of choices if you want a prime:

EF 20mm f2.8 $539
EF 24mm f2.8 $549
EF 28mm F1.8 $509
EF 28mm f2.8 IS $499
EF 35mm f2.0 IS $549

Just depends on how wide you want to go...

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

TriX wrote:

Lots of choices if you want a prime:

EF 20mm f2.8 $539
EF 24mm f2.8 $549
EF 28mm F1.8 $509
EF 28mm f2.8 IS $499
EF 35mm f2.0 IS $549

Just depends on how wide you want to go...

Haven't looked at these, will these work on full frame?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Tom Kelley wrote:

Haven't looked at these, will these work on full frame?

Yep, these are all EF lenses. I have both the 24-105L and the 17-40L, but it seems that I've been shooting a lot of available, low light subjects recently, so I'm considering the 28 f1.8. Here's a link to the Canon wide angle lens page:
https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/wide-angle-lenses

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Tom Kelley wrote:

Thanks, i have seen these but I'm not the most savvy guy when it comes to that kind of thing. Are the trackers hard to set up?

They’re quite easy to use. Even easier if you have the optional sight and vixen tripod but it will work on a regular tripod and you can aim it without the expensive optional sight. You place the Polarie unit on a tripod and with the aiming hole, you point the device directly at Polaris, the North Star. You then mount your camera on the device and aim the camera toward the part of the sky you want to photograph, then you turn it on in star tracking mode. As long as you did a good job of aiming the device at Polaris, assuming you are in the northern hemisphere, it’s a different star for the southern pole, it will move your camera along with the rotation of the planet and no star trails. It also has a moon setting to keep in sync with earth’s moon and a setting for doing time lapse video.
The unit will support several pounds of camera and lens. I think the heaviest weight I ever mounted to mine was a Canon 5DSr with an EF 100-400L II zoom mounted and that’s a combined weight of around 4 pounds.

Bill Emmett Loc: Bow, New Hampshire

Tom Kelley wrote:

Haven't looked at these, will these work on full frame?

Hi Tom, I took a look at the list, and all the lenses listed will mount to a full frame, such as your 6D. With Canon lenses, those that are preceded with "EF" are for either full frame, or can mount to a cropped sensor, like the 7D Mark II, and all the Rebel cameras. Those lenses that are identified by the prefix "EF-S" will only mount to a cropped sensor camera. You do have to watch 3rd party lenses, those makers will mention in their ads what type of sensor the lens is made for.

B

Tom Kelley Loc: Roanoke, Virginia

Thanks so much man, i just had never considered a prime lens. I think my 24-105 is plenty wide for landscape shots, so i could just use the prime for occasional night shots. Sounds like a plan!