hogesinwa Loc: Dalyellup Western Australia

Many thanks for all the advice received on first the Canon 5D IV, then on the tripod and finally on the lenses.

After all the deliberation and assessing, I pulled the trigger on my rearrangement of gear and bought the Canon 5D IV, a Vanguard AltaPro 264AO, the Canon EF L 28-300 and a Sigma EX 10-22. (the Sigma is 2nd hand and was cheap enough for me to buy just to see how it is)

I will have some later questions on a couple of topics but enough for now as I reorganise my storage space (I like everything to be where it stands alone and can be readily seen. I hate rummaging for stuff)
Thank you all again for your assistance.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

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Congratulations on a world class system, a fine tool that should last you for many years and deliver outstanding results. Of course, you now have no excuses for not delivering (and posting) some fine work 😸.

Cheers

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

The Sigma is a crop frame lens and the 28-300 is a very expensive/heavy niche lens .......just sayn'

hogesinwa Loc: Dalyellup Western Australia

Thank you for that. Have advised the seller that since it was not advertised as a DC, if it is a DC I want the transaction voided. Many on eBay are listed as EX DC. This one was listed as EX for an EF mount. His problem if it's misrepresented and I'll go get another. Thanks for the heads up. I simply assumed it was a FF version of that lens.

queencitysanta Loc: Charlotte, North Carolina

Check woth MT Shooter, Carter's Camera Cottage, https://www.cameracottage.com/tripods He has been on this sight quite a while Take Carter's Advice to the bank

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I'm not sure who advised you, but they appear to have steered you wrong...

Sigma has never made a 10-22mm lens. Canon has made a 10-22mm for some years. Sigma has made several different 10-20mm lenses.

HOWEVER, these are "EF-S" and "DC" lenses for use on "crop sensor" cameras.

Canon 5D Mark IV is a full frame camera and requires full frame lenses (Canon EF, Sigma DG, etc.)

A Canon 10-22mm will not even fit onto the 5D-series cameras. The lens uses a modified EF-S mount designed to prevent that.

Sigma 10-20mm DC will fit, but will vignette very heavily and might interfere with the mirror movement in the camera and cause damage to the camera. Sigma has never made a DG version 10-20mm. They have all been DC "crop cameras only".

Ultra wide zooms I would recommend for use on Canon 5DIV are:

- Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM... the widest of all.... $2699.
- Sigma DG 12-24mm f/4 Art... also super wide... $1599.
- Sigma DG 14-24mm f/2.8 Art... $1299.
- Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 G2... $1299.
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.... $999.
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM III.... $1999.

Lower priced, though not as sharp...
- Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8... $499.
- Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM... $749.
- Tamron 17-35mm f/2.8-4... $599
- Tokina 17-35mm f/4... $429.

Some of the above lenses have convex front elements that prevent using standard filters on them. Oversize filters and special holders may be available, but are costly and bulky.

Prices are U.S. $ for new... probably can find some of these for less used. Be cautious buying off eBay. I'd only consider sellers with lots of positive feedback and a reasonable return policy.

hogesinwa Loc: Dalyellup Western Australia

Thanks for all that. The Sigma is indeed a 10-20 but has been misrepresented on eBay as NOT a DC, and for EF. I am aware of the difference between DG and DC, between EF and EF-S and Tamron's Di 1 and Di II lenses.
I have another APS-C camera, a 7DmkII and the Sigma would fit that but I already have a Tamron 10-24 for that camera.
I have instructed the eBay seller to void this Sigma transaction as he/she/they have misrepresented the lens as being for full-frame when I am being reliably informed it cannot be. Previously I thought it might be but as you have pointed out, Sigma have never made a FF version.
Provided that a lens is correctly advertised, I am able to select correctly - it is only when it is not labelled accurately.

Your list of recommendeds is interesting and will occupy me for a while. Since I travel extensively I often find my wide-angle sitting on the front for days, particularly in older cities with narrow streets. I spent 6 years in the Med on my boat and photographing old stuff is my main interest (with the odd Geocache added in).

The Canon sells for about $3200 AUD here, so around the same as your price. The Sigma DG at half the price is attractive, too.

Back to work, and thanks for the information. BTW, I just got a pop-up on the side of my screen that the seller has responded to me re the mis-labelled Sigma.