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Choosing a Wide Angle Lens for 50D
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Hi all,
I am in the market for a good quality wide angle zoom lens for my Canon 50D. Currently the only lens I have is a EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6. I hope to upgrade to a 5D sometime in the future and I don’t want to buy a lens for a crop sensor camera. I know if I get a lens designed for a full frame camera I wont get the full wide angle capabilities from the lens. I would like to stick to a good quality Canon lens with zoom capabilities, something between 10-24 mm range. Can anyone advise.
Kevin
I think the Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L is the widest zoom Canon have (aside from EF-S lenses). I have the 16-35mm and it’s a brilliant lens.
Both lenses got good reviews, bit off a price difference between the Sigma and the Canon though. The Canon 17-40 L lens also got good reviews and is cheaper than the 16-35. Having the faster lens would give me more versitility alright but it would be hard to justify the price. I’d like to hear more about the Sigma lens if anyone else owns one, it looks a good lens but I am put off by Sigmas unrelibility in manufacture. Also if anyone has the canon 17-40 L lens, I would like to hear about that also.
16-35 or 17-40 would not give you much difference on 50d comparing to 17-85. Meaningless to buy them now. 16mm on FX is about the same like 10mm on APS-C.
They are sharper than our 17-85 but not wider on 50d.
Sigma 12-24mm is not very sharp, but it has well corrected geometry (I had one). Forget about using filters with this sigma :( No filter thread.
I would go for something aps-c for now. May be second hand. Once you get 5d you will replace it with 16-35mm.
It is easier to get good WA lens for nikon. For nikon d700 you could get also cheap tamron 17-35 or sigma 17-35 HSM lenses. These are an excellent lenses, but not for canon… For canon 5d only 17-40 or 16-35. Second option is better.Piotr M wrote:
For nikon d700 you could get also cheap tamron 17-35 or sigma 17-35 HSM lenses.
Why would you degrade a professional body with a cheap lens? It´s like mounting 15″ wheels on a Ferrari.
Thanks for the insight. I realize I wouldn’t get the full capabilities out of the a new wide angle lens using it on an APS-C, but the sharpness would be better. It might be no harm getting it now, I have nothing to loose really. I can’t believe the Sigma doesn’t have a filter thread, thats shocking.
I´m not surprised at all, even Canon 14mm f/2.8 doesn´t have a filter thread. With these super-wide lenses you can use gel filters:
Or you can invest into Cokin or Lee system.
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