Choice of Wideangle lens for a 400D

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Rob200sx

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My birthday is coming up soon so I was thinking of treating myself to a decent wideangle for my 400D.

I was thinking of the following

Tokina 10-17mm AT-X 107 AF DX -
Tokina 12-24mm AT-X 124 AF Pro DX -
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Canon EFS 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

They all fit within the budget, does anyone own any of these lenses? Am interested in your thoughts as to which one I should get :)

Thanks!
 
I bought the Canon 10-22mm from a place online in HK, came quickly and the lens is absolutely amazing, cannot fault it.

If you want to save a bit (/a lot) of money, the Sigma 10-20mm would be my second choice.

I took most of the photos on my flickr page with the 10-22mm, examples here at the wide end (which is lots of fun):

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There's a new Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 that's getting people rather excited about. Stock is slowly finding its way to the US (not very useful).

Photozone review

The Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX is currently the best ultra-wide angle zoom lens for Canon EOS APS-C DSLRs. The resolution is impressively high throughout the zoom range (albeit a short one) and across the image field. Vignetting is really only a problem at 11mm @ f/2.8 but otherwise the issue is very well controlled. The level of distortions is comparatively low. Typical for most Tokina lenses it has one weakness: lateral CAs which are very high at all settings. The build quality is on a very high level and its a joy to handle the lens out there. All-in-all a very sound package especially when considering the quite affordable price (around 600EUR/US$).
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A lot of people consider the Canon to be relatively overpriced, but it holds value better than the third party lenses. Also, the Canon doesn't include a hood.
 
thats just thrown fuel on my fire - still debating between the sigma 10-20 and the canon 10-22 and wondering if the canon is worth the extra.

Now with this lens puts a third contendor in my options basket!
any idea of when they are due here!
 
33L said:
it might have to be the sigma just on the price point basis - i know there is 'soft' copies of this lens and jsut hope i dont get a dud one.
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I got three duds in the end of the Sigma.

You get what you pay for in the canon, thats what im getting if I decide to get that Vs a 70-200 F4 IS + 1.4 TC
 
how did you tell they were dud - was it noticable on back of camera screen or when you had the pics at monitor.
Just wondering if there is anyway to tell in store
 
33L said:
how did you tell they were dud - was it noticable on back of camera screen or when you had the pics at monitor.
Just wondering if there is anyway to tell in store
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At home, never looked at the screen tbh.

But I did a comparison of the 10-22 vs 10-20. On the far left the sharpness of the 10-20 was **** while center to right they were pretty equal.

Same story for the others, poor on one side or the other where one was poor all over.

Oh well. :)
 
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