Hi guys, sorry for another spec me thread. I find myself on the wide end of my kit lens a lot doing landscape shots, but it's just so soft at small apertures and on a crop body it is sometimes a bit limited. I'm not too fussed about huge apertures etc as I usually use a tripod, but I just want something sharper (and wider) that allows me to get enough dof without losing too much sharpness. The canon 10-22mm looks nice, but there are quite a few other lenses in this category and they seem to have pretty similar spec. What do you guys use?
Which wide lens for landscape? (canon)
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I have heard the tokina 11-16 is supposed to be really sharp and has a constant 2.8 aperture but it does have a smaller zoom range and slower autofocus than the canon.
Another vote for the Canon EF-s 10-22mm.
Expensive compared to other lenses of a similar range but well built and optically very good.
If you're going to be taking shots of Landscapes then you really don't need fast apertures such as f/2.8. A lot of people swear by the excellent Canon 17-40mm f/4.0, but in your case you clearly want to go wider than 17mm.
If youre going to be taking interior shots where you want to get everything in at a relatively high shutter speed and the light is limited, such as a Concert, then go for a fast Aperture wide lens.
Focus speed isn't that much of an issue when it comes to Landscapes, since most movement occurs over millions of years
I'm fairly certain that whatever the speed of the different lenses that they will be able to cope.
Expensive compared to other lenses of a similar range but well built and optically very good.
If you're going to be taking shots of Landscapes then you really don't need fast apertures such as f/2.8. A lot of people swear by the excellent Canon 17-40mm f/4.0, but in your case you clearly want to go wider than 17mm.
If youre going to be taking interior shots where you want to get everything in at a relatively high shutter speed and the light is limited, such as a Concert, then go for a fast Aperture wide lens.
Focus speed isn't that much of an issue when it comes to Landscapes, since most movement occurs over millions of years
I'm fairly certain that whatever the speed of the different lenses that they will be able to cope.
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+1 for 10-22mm
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Was that 2nd hand?