What lens after move to full frame??

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I've recently moved from 550d to 5D mkII.

Now I'd like some help with lenses, I've been using a sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 DC HSM for Landscapes and although mounts to the full frame mount there is heavy Vignetting to the point where it looks like I'm looking through a telescope.

It took me ages to save for a second hand 5D II so I cant just throw cash at lenses. My thoughts are to trade in the above lens and buy a used one of similar abilities that will work on the full frame. Do you have any suggestion for a replacement for the above lens that would be great for landscapes/wide angle shots with EF mount.

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Dave
 
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If you know what you want to do,
the tool will be fairly easily find!
 
Depends on what other lenses you have. With the 24-105 as my main stay I use a Sanyung 14mm. Good lens, some distortion at the edges at f2.8 end but fine at f8 etc. Cheap to buy, especially second hand.
Manual focus only, but to be honest, stick it on f8 and you've got a huge depth of focus
 
Or for even wider, Sigma's 12-24. Pretty much as wide as you can go on FF without straying into fisheye territory. Extremely well corrected for rectilinear distortions but (due to the laws of Physics!) fairly extreme perspective. Not easy to use filters ON it, although it's simple enough to use them IN it using the (should be) supplied template for cutting gels to fit the holder behind the rear element.
 
Byker28i said:
Depends on what other lenses you have. With the 24-105 as my main stay I use a Sanyung 14mm. Good lens, some distortion at the edges at f2.8 end but fine at f8 etc. Cheap to buy, especially second hand.
Manual focus only, but to be honest, stick it on f8 and you've got a huge depth of focus
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I had the Sigma 12-24mm and loved it but it isn't cheap... cheaper is the Vivitar/Cosina/other name 19-35mm or there's the Canon 20-35mm which is compact, light and cheap and these days the distortion can be corrected without too much trouble.
 
if you want to replace the sigma, the cheapest good quality option is the 17-40L if you want the best go for either of the 16-35's I cant recommend the f4 version highly enough though!. It's my workhorse and the IS on it is very good i can get usable sharp images at a 13th of a second handheld sometimes even slower.
 
Wow great responses thank you. Yes I am looking at trading in the sigma. I will keep my canon nifty 50, and 75-300 just wanted something that can do the job of the sigma. Budget will be around £200/£250 mark. But will start some research tomorrow.
 
you may drop on but i suspect your'e going to need to increase your budget, i went through the exact same thing a few years ago, i loved my 10-20!
 
I did like the Sigma 10-20 when I had my 60D but once I went full frame last year, I haven't bothered with a wide angle, I find the 24-105 f4 is wide enough most of the time. 24mm on full frame is roughly the same field of view as 15mm on a crop sensor Canon.
 
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