16-35mm or 10-22mm?!?

[richardho11]

Hey everyone!

I've been reading these forums for a little while but this is my first post! I just started getting into photography and I went out and bought the 350D with kit lens, 70-200L 2.8 and 24-70L 2.8. Now what I was wondering was should I go out and get the 16-35L or 10-22? Does anyone think it might overlap too much if I get the 16-35L? (Since I already have the 24-70L). I found myself going to the San Diego Zoo and took some photos of myself and my girlfriend, but there were so many people, I had to move the tripod as close as I could so people would run over my camera. With that said, I used my 18-55mm kit lens for most of the portrait photos at 18mm. :( So I was afraid that the 24mm on the 24-70L might not be wide enough. Also, how is the f/3.5 for low light shooting on the 10-22? I like shooting nice scenery shots at night! I guess I would need a tripod eh?Buying lenses is such a tough decision because they are so expensive so I want to make the right choice. Thanks for all your help in advance! :)


Richard

Canon 350D
BG-E3
ef 70-200L
ef 24-70L
ef-s 18-55

[Tdragone]

You might want to go to Georges camera in North Park and talk to the guys there/rent them to decide.


They are a great bunch and will rent most canon lenses.

-TD

[blue_max]

First of all – welcome to the forum and your first post.

It made me laugh out loud, that you went to a zoo to see the diversity of life and took pictures of yourself and your girlfriend! :lol:

The beauty and in my opinion, the main selling point, of the 24-70 is the great versatility of one lens, from mild wide to mild telephoto – a true walkabout lens when only one can be taken. You have the kit lens to take you down to 18mm, so maybe supplement it with the 10-22 for the very wide landscapes.

Hope that gives you some thoughts. Anyway there's a beautiful sunset outside and I'm just off to take a picture of myself :lol: :lol: :lol:

Graham

[richardho11]

Hi Graham,

Hahahaha. Well, I also forgot to mention that I did take about 400 photos of all kinds of animals and especially my favorite Pandas! Come to think of it, most of my panda photos were slightly off focus. Maybe because the Panda was walking around in circles? Maybe I should have used the Al Servo (if thats what its called for constant focusing) mode? Im not sure, but anyhow, my girlfriend felt like the camera was more important than she was. hahaha. Thanks for the tip! I was just sitting here thinking about getting the 10-22 since it has great reviews about taking L quality photos. But the 3.5 aperture makes me go hmmmm... because I really like the 2.8 in my other L lenses.

Richard

Canon 350D
BG-E3
ef 70-200L
ef 24-70L
ef-s 18-55

[BlueTit]

I have a loan of four wide angle lens at the moment, I more or less made up my mind in the shop for the 16-35, but I took them home to be happy about my choice and so far I am, in fact I know I am not going to change my mind. The 10-22mm is ok, it certainly goes wide and gives some interesting shots at 10mm, which you might be interested in, but 22mm was not close enough for me, I have the 24-17 too (great lens) but I wanted to be able to carry the wideangle only and the 24-27 is a bit heavy for walk around stuff. I also have on appro Sigma 12-24, very nice lens, reasonable price, compared to the Canons, but again too short, the final one was the 17-40 which is really nice and as good as the 16-35, I think, except for speed, I really wanted 2.8 so that's how I ended up deciding on 16-35, if only it was 16-40 f2.8!

Another consideration with the 10-22 is that it is EF-S and if you upgrade at some stage to a full frame camera, it will be obsolete, the others won't.

Good luck with your choice, lets us know which you picked in the end and why.

Oh and welcome to the forum.

[Tdragone]

Also; Make sure you buy a GOOD polarizing filter for the largest diameter lens you have.


INVALUABLE when trying to get pix of the Gorillaz/Hippos/Tigers/snakes that have glass or plexi in front of them. You lose ~ 1 stop of light; but you can virtually eliminate reflections :)

[BlueTit]

Tdragone, thanx for that tip, I thought it was a UV filter that did that, I never tried the polarizing filter. Next time :-)