Recommend me a wide angle lens

[drunkenmaster]

Hiya all,

I have a budget of around £300 and would like to know which wide angle lens would be ideal for my Canon 40d. Silly me I type in widescreen first!!!

[geofftelforduk]

I really love my Sigma 10-20mm and can be had from here (highly recommended throughout the forum) for £249.99!!

[drunkenmaster]

Good price - Cheers for that any more suggestions would be great. BTW are the aCanon lenses to expensive?

This is my 1000th post-yippee I think!!

[RvanR]

I used a Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom on my 10D which produced excellent results. Since then I have upgraded to the 5D and the 17-35 lens, but that is probably more than you want to spend.

I still have the 20-35mm lens, it is in good nick, no scratches, so if you are interested let me know.

[dazza74]

I doubt you'd be dissapointed with the sigma 10-20, it's my favourite lens I own. Might be worth having a look at the Tokina 12-24 as well. If you could afford it I'd probably go with the canon 10-22 personally.

[stevegreen]

The Sigma is a popular lens here with a lot of users, but do consider both the Canon 10-22 and the Tokina (which betters the Sigma in thats it's a constant f/4)

I use the Sigma and have been happy with the image quality, it's nice and wide gives nice colour renditions, contrast and a good weight.

Some examples here, here, here and here

[Radiohead]

I'm to go against the grain a little here - IMo the Sigma has pretty poor corner perfomance and you'll notice that on an UWA. I'd spring for either the Canon 10-22mm or the Tokina.

[stevegreen]

There is a test of numerous UWA's here and a specific test of the Canon 10-20 here.

User reviews of the Canon here, Sigma here and Tokina here

[Yandros]

I recall Ken Rockwell rated the Canon above all the 3rd party lenses. I have the Tokina 12-24 btw. Very good, built like a tank. It's prone to flare though, and (like most Tokinas apparently), has quite a lot of CA.

[jonnypb]

for your budget i'd get the sigma 10-20. however if you look hard you might be lucky and pick up a 2nd hand canon 10-22 for just over 300

[springtide]

The Sigma 10-20 has terrible quality control issues. Think it's OK if you get a good one.

Two of my friends have the 10-20.
The first one god a good one on the third attempt (Nikon mount)
The second one decided not to stay with Sigma after getting a second duff one (Sony mount).

FYI - See this thread....
http://www.dynaxdigital.com/index.php?topic=4353.0

and this one (for the response from Sigma)
http://www.dynaxdigital.com/index.php?topic=4405.0

The Sigma 10-20 is not a lens to buy online, unless there is exceptional customer service.

If you are going to buy the Sigm, I would buy from a local dealer so that you can keep popping back and avoid the postage costs.

I have the Tamron 11-18, which was my second lens afer taking the second one back for being too soft. Think the Sigma gets better reviews though.

If it was my money - I would save and want to get the Canon.

[Tobers]

Sigma 10-20 for me. Super lens.

[hot-fuzz]

Another vote for the Sigma 10-20.

One other alternative is the Canon 10-22, but it is a bit more expensive and wont fit on larger frame cameras if you want to upgrade from your 40D

[Radiohead]

Originally Posted by kinchy

Another vote for the Sigma 10-20.

One other alternative is the Canon 10-22, but it is a bit more expensive and wont fit on larger frame cameras if you want to upgrade from your 40D

True, but neither will the Sigma, or the Tokina, or the Tamron.

[stevegreen]

Originally Posted by Radiohead

True, but neither will the Sigma, or the Tokina, or the Tamron.

They wll not work on the full frame cameras (though I think the Tokina will) but they wil be fine on the 1.3 crop range.