10-20 mm Landscape Lens Recommendations ?

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Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good canon fit lens around the £250 mark in the 10-20mm range.

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The Sigma 10-20 costs a little more, but I think it's really worth while. You may even be able to get it cheaper on ebay. Barrel distortion is hardly noticeable except at the very extreme corners - and the perspective distortion that comes off the Sigma gives an incredible feeling of depth. Stick a polarizer on the end and you're onto a winner I think.
 
Highly recommend Tokina 12-24mm lens

Sharpest lens ive ever bought

They sell on here for around the 250 quid mark
 
-Rob- said:
I've recently bought a second hand Tokina 11-16mm in a Nikon fit and I really couldn't recommend it highly enough. I think I paid £180 for mine on here.
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Just had a look at that Tokina and the IQ looks great - a nice bonus being at F/2.8 as well. The sigma has less corner quality and dreadful speed but the range is brilliant.
 
I've got the Sigma and love it, superb bit of glass. Yet it's not as fast as the f2.8's that are mentioned above, but must admit if I were taking landscape photos I very much doubt I'd have a lens that wide open.

Also the Sigma EX build is very impressive, OK not in L league, but still much better than typical for non OEM equipment.

Also there are two versions of the sigma, one slightly faster for chunk more money - don't think it's worth the extra
 
jb1972 said:
Also the Sigma EX build is very impressive, OK not in L league, but still much better than typical for non OEM equipment.

Also there are two versions of the sigma, one slightly faster for chunk more money - don't think it's worth the extra
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Word. The lack of BD is impressive as well, I can take straight up pictures of objects that don't distort. The very edges seem to bend quite vigorously, but that goes unnoticed quite often.
 
Save up a few more readies and get yourself a 10-22mm usm. ;)
 
smithphoto said:
The Tokina's beat the Canon hands down!
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Oh no it doesnt! Canon 10-22 is the best UWA for Canon APS-C mounts by far, its practically L glass (and apparently the only reasons its not marketed as L glass is the fact its an EFS mount!). Its at a price though, which is out of the OP's budget.

All 3, Sigma, Canon and Tokina are brilliant though!
 
I got the Sigma 10-20 for Christmas, and I think it's great, I couldn't believe how much you can fit in the frame at the wide end. I love it!
 
MatW said:
I got the Sigma 10-20 for Christmas, and I think it's great, I couldn't believe how much you can fit in the frame at the wide end. I love it!
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:agree:

Got the same pressie at christmas. Not put it to full use yet but impressed so far...
 
odd jim said:
Oh no it doesnt! Canon 10-22 is the best UWA for Canon APS-C mounts by far, its practically L glass (and apparently the only reasons its not marketed as L glass is the fact its an EFS mount!). Its at a price though, which is out of the OP's budget.

All 3, Sigma, Canon and Tokina are brilliant though!
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Not trying to disagree with you today in everything you say, I really am not :thinking: BUT the Tokina 11-16mm is better than the Canon sharpness and speed wise (f2.8)

I will agree with you (you see :D) in that it loses in versatility as it covers a much shorter range. :thumbs:
 
For your budget, you won't go wrong with a good copy of the Sigma 10-20mm :thumbs:
 
Sigma 10-20 by far, you will pick up a good example for £300. I love mine!!
 
micloi said:
Not trying to disagree with you today in everything you say, I really am not :thinking: BUT the Tokina 11-16mm is better than the Canon sharpness and speed wise (f2.8)

I will agree with you (you see :D) in that it loses in versatility as it covers a much shorter range. :thumbs:
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Lol! Must admit I've not tried the 11-16, but at that range its almost a prime! Very nice lens though, and another one for the OP to consider!
 
Here is a shot that I did with the 10-20. It has been post processed for sharpness (only a little, the original was very sharp as it was) and a bit of saturation. Looking at it now I probably could have added a notch more saturation - but that's by the by.

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As you can see by the white line at the right hand side, there is no appreciable distortion with this lens. This is useful because in Canon DPP (The program supplied with the camera - its actually quite good) you cannot correct distortion and abberations on non canon lenses!

For more shots that are with the 10-20, see this album: http://s886.photobucket.com/albums/ac70/trencheel303/Inverkip Power Station February 2010/

(The vast majority in there are 10-20, it's pretty obvious which ones aren't).

Here is a pic I took the day I got the lens when I tested it - can't remember what the settings were

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It's quite a soft pic (I used Quick-AF rather than contrast-detect live view AF, which on my 450D usually produces softer pics in less than perfect light), and in that situation the vignetting is very noticeable. This was after post processing to fix the white balance - the 10-20 is a warm lens.
 
I've got the Siggy 10-20. It's brill, don't use it much but when I do I wish I'd used it more. If you see what I mean !!
 
been reading about these today
for the price and performance it seems tokina is the way forward
11-16 f2.8 or 10-24 f4...something like that anyway
 
Ordered one. Nothing to lose at that price.
 
I could order that, and sell my Sigma 10-20, make a profit out of it all... I like my Sigma though.
 
odd jim said:
Oh no it doesnt! Canon 10-22 is the best UWA for Canon APS-C mounts by far, its practically L glass (and apparently the only reasons its not marketed as L glass is the fact its an EFS mount!). Its at a price though, which is out of the OP's budget.
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I don't know if the 10-22 is the best but it is very good. It made all my other lenses look rubbish until I got the 17-55 and 70-200 f4L IS. Now it's the weakest.
 
Troglodyte said:
I don't know if the 10-22 is the best but it is very good. It made all my other lenses look rubbish until I got the 17-55 and 70-200 f4L IS. Now it's the weakest.
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They are 3 completely different lenses! How can you compare a telephoto to a UWA, they are total opposites? And I did say "best UWA" which is the point of the thread, which the 17-55 isn't either. Personally, for IQ - great lens as the 17-55 is - there is nothing in it, but again, they are very, very different...
 
Oh, I don't know, by looking at the pictures I get from the lenses and comparing the IQ, perhaps. The 17-55 has better IQ than the 10-22. That is not a criticism of the 10-22 it's just a fact. At overlapping focal lengths the 17-55 is better.

Of course in the 10-17 range the 10-22 wins hands down...
 
Troglodyte said:
Oh, I don't know, by looking at the pictures I get from the lenses and comparing the IQ, perhaps. The 17-55 has better IQ than the 10-22. That is not a criticism of the 10-22 it's just a fact. At overlapping focal lengths the 17-55 is better.

Of course in the 10-17 range the 10-22 wins hands down...
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For some reason you have missed the point of my post entirely. Its not the best 'Canon lens for IQ' its about the best Ultra Wide lens in the 10mm plus region. Where do the 70-200 and 17-55 come into this?

My point was that IMO the Canon 10-22 is the best lens in that range. Just opinion of course.
 
-Rob- said:
I've recently bought a second hand Tokina 11-16mm in a Nikon fit and I really couldn't recommend it highly enough. I think I paid £180 for mine on here.
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I've heard some cracking things about this lens. But if you want it new its over £500 i think for Canon!

I personally have th Sigma 10-20 and have found it brilliant. Some images on my website if you wanna see what it can do...

www.pepperart.co.uk

Steven.
 
Tokina 11-16 or 12-24 would be the one of the ones I would go for over the sigma and canon
 
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