Wide Angle Lens (Landscape Photography) for Canon DSLR ?
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Image quality is good on the Tamron 11-16 but it's weak point is focus. AF is slow (compared to Canon) and noisey. Also the push/pull clutch method to switch between AF & MF is clunky and there is no full time MF.
It's a decent price but its a lens with compromises.
Canon haven't long released the EF-S 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM Lens and is showing as £215 on www.camerapricebuster.co.uk, reviews look good.
I went with the Sigma 10-20mm back in 2012 and seemed to have got lucky with my lens but this isn't always the case with Sigma.
I went with the Sigma 10-20mm back in 2012 and seemed to have got lucky with my lens but this isn't always the case with Sigma.
Why's that then? Because you've owned them?
No because in IQ and build quality terms they are every bit as good as the Canikon equivalents at double the price. OK the AF is a little slower but you don't use these lenses to shoot moving objects so it's hardly a problem.
The purpose of the lens has to be taken into consideration though, focus was plenty fast on both of my Tokina's and as they were used for landscapes and they generally dont move the difference of 0.1 seconds between them meant absolutely nothing, same applies to the lack full time MF I just didn't (and still don't) need such things from a landscape lens and I didn't for one second consider them compromises.
If we were talking about a tele or macro lens then it would be different discussion.
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The canon 10 - 18 should suffice then as i will be using a tripod with a shutter release cable meaning i can do long exposures for the northern lights...? Sorry but quite new to photography so im still trying to learn as much as possible.
Well the 10-18mm is a little slower than the 10-22mm that Genoma said he used since it's F4.5 at the wide end rather than F3.5 on the 10-22mm.
Can't really say how much difference it would make ultimately but you'll need longer exposures
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I have the ef-s 10-18 and find it nice to use. Yes you may have to crank the iso up a little to compensate for the lower f stop but it's a great lens for the money. There is also £25 cash back from Canon depending on where you buy it from.
If you have an android phone or tablet you might want to have a look at the DSLR controller app to go with it.
I find it a great piece of software.
If you have an android phone or tablet you might want to have a look at the DSLR controller app to go with it.
I find it a great piece of software.
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A used Tokina 11-16/2.8 will be around £250. It's probably the sharpest of the crop sensor lenses listed so far, and is built like a tank. Sounds like the best buy to me.
it's a fairly new lens.
The Sigma 18-35mm is faster, sharper and well built but then again it's about £600 a slightly different focal length
awesome lens thoughPS: we had a discussion re: Tokina vs. Canon some time ago which might be of use:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18530581
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18530581
The Sigma 18-35mm is faster, sharper and well built but then again it's about £600 a slightly different focal length
It's a totally different lens though. All the zooms which start around 17/18mm are nowhere near as wide on a crop as the genuine ultra-wide lenses which start around the 10/11mm mark.
For a proper ultra-wide lens on a crop, you need the latter.
It's an 11-16mm lens... Focus is "slow" but it barely has to move so the time it takes to focus is pretty darn quick... It is a little noisy yes, but then why is that an issue?
It is a lens of compromise, however it's also a very bespoke lens with specific uses (hence the f/2.8 aperture and 5mm focal range).
Totally different? I did say it was a slightly different focal length
Totally seems to be overstating it a little.To be honest, since I got the 18-35mm lens I find myself taking the same shots with that which I might have needlessly used the 10-22mm for before.
UWA lenses are awesome but I'm sure I'm not the only one which has had to learn where/when they're really needed. I guess it's hard to learn without having out though.
The OP needs to make some decisions
The OP needs to make some decisions
I'm just happy listening to you guys and gaining valuable insight
As it is I think I will rent the 11-16 Tonika lens, so that should the northern lights appear I'll have a decent chance of getting some good images. It works out to £50 a week, when I come back off Holiday I'll save up for my own wide angle lens which may well be the Canon 10-18.
Just purchased the manfrotto befree tripod today and now need a CPL filter (probably the Marumi DHG Super Circular Polarising 58mm Filter) and a shutter remote then I should be just about set (still need a couple of spare batteries and lens hood)
Off to Lumsdale Waterfall (in the Peak District) at the weekend to practice photographing long exposures with my new gear!
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The Sigma 18-35mm is faster, sharper and well built but then again it's about £600 a slightly different focal length
I ignored it since 18mm doesn't seem to be considered wide on a crop sensor, especially on a canon which has a 1.6 crop as oppose to 1.5 of Nikon/Pentax/Sony
But yeah by all accounts it seems a really good lens.
17-18 is wide on a crop just not ultrawide in my book (just like anything up to 35mm is considered wide on FF as far as I know). Anything below that dips into ultrawide. I guess that's why most kit lenses go as wide as this.
If I'm honest, the 18-35 lens was a bit of an impulse purchase and I had my doubts about the range since it doesn't sound like much. I still like to have my 10-22mm for when I really need it but I've really grown to love the 18-35
It's surprising what you can fit into 18mm when you actually try