Lens Advice please!

[01steven]

Recently bought a Canon EOS 400D and all going great.
Just feel a bit lacking in wide-angle options.
I have a 50mm f/1.8, 35mm f/2.0 and the kit lens 18-55

I'm on a (very tight!) budget and would happily consider buying second-hand on eBay or similar.

What would you recommend for optical quality (either prime or zoom) that will give me better options?
Thanks!

 

[DinoS]

Whats wrong with the kit lens, perfectly acceptable for landscape?

if you want a proper landscape lens than the sigma 10-20mm but it is £230 S/H

 

[StewartR]

I also wonder what "wide angle options" you want.

If you want to go wider than the 18mm the kit lens can achieve, then the Sigma 10-20 is the most affordable solution. The Canon EF-S 10-22mm is better, but it's more expensive.

If you want to go faster whilst wide, the Sigma 17-70mm is f/2.8 and has a good reputation. The Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS is a great lens, but again it's relatively expensive.

If you want wider and faster simultaneously, I hope you won the lottery. Just about the only option there would be the Canon EF 14mm f/2.8, which is *really* expensive...

 

[photostar_1]

I would agree with the choice of the Sigma 10-20mm.

 

[chewyuk]

Have athink about the 17-85 as well. Personally the range helped and really helped to develop my landscapes, I found the 10-20 too wide and a little soft. Admittedly the 17-85 suffers from a little distortion as the wide end, but I loved it.

 

[pearce_jj]

ebay seems very expensive for used lenses - sometimes go for the same price as new ones!

 

[mattyh]

You can get the Sigma 10-20 from onestop digital for £249.99, which is only £20 more than Mark quoted above for a s/h one

Although the kit lens would me more than acceptable for landscapes, the 10-20 is a great lens for stupidly wide stuff .