which wide angle lens to get?

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I've just began playing around with my newly aquired digital canon eos 400d after using the old fashioned eos 500 cameraand have the lens that came with it 18-55mm and also a 75mm-300mm zoom lens that was from the old camera. We are now looking at getting a wide angle lens and am overwelmed by the choices and jargon out there..have looked on e bay and am non the wiser. Why are some fish eye lenses and macro combined?..gawd..confusion. am not wanting to spend a fortune as also want to get some filters..hope someone has patience to help me on this one...with thanks, Jaxs:thinking:
 
Sigma 10-20 is about the best wide angle lens you can buy and its reasonably priced at around £350
 
If you still plan to use the old film body, go for the Sigma 12-24 rather than the cheaper 10-20, that way you can get the full angle of view of 12mm on the film body while you'll be restricted to the angle of view of a 16mm (35mm equivalent) if you use the 10-20 on a 400d.
 
Nod said:
If you still plan to use the old film body, go for the Sigma 12-24 rather than the cheaper 10-20, that way you can get the full angle of view of 12mm on the film body while you'll be restricted to the angle of view of a 16mm (35mm equivalent) if you use the 10-20 on a 400d.
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This is good advice.

IF you plan to keep the film body, the Sigma 12-24 will seem amazingly wide on it. It will also work on the 400D - but there's a big difference between 12mm and 10mm, and if you want to go as wide as possible on the digital body then this lens won't do it for you.

If you're going fully digital, then you should be looking at the Canon 10-22 and the Sigma 10-20 (neither of which will work with the film body). The Sigma is a decent lens, but it's by no means "about the best wide angle lens you can buy". The Canon is much better (sharper, better colour rendition, better flare control, better build quality, USM focussing with full-time manual over-ride) - but it is more expensive at around £450.
 
Without wanting to sound like a real pleb.. is there cheaper alternatives to the £250 + bracket to get me started on trying out using a wide angle lens in the hope of having enough money to buy a more expensive type..I know how much these things cost in photographic magazines and nearlly had a heart attack when I'd seen the price tag

oh boy...
thanks
Jaxs
 
didn't plan on going back to the film route and old eos body..digital is more my life style now..plenty of opportunity to trial and error and no hassle of developing films now too...how did we cope ** eh?
Jaxs
 
jaxssprat said:
.. is there cheaper alternatives to the £250 + bracket to get me started on trying out using a wide angle lens in the hope of having enough money to buy a more expensive type.
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No. There aren't any lenses which are significantly wider than the "kit" lens for less than about £250. (I think it must be because wide-angles are inherently harder to deign than telephotos.) The only ways I can think of to try ultra-wide-angles on a budget would be (a) buy second-hand or (b) hire.
 
I really worded that wrong.

I meant to say that in the price range its the best. No excuse for not writting the rest of the message :lol: Sorry.
 
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