Best prime wide angle lens, wider than 24.

I'm looking for a wide angle prime to give me a bit more width over my 24-105. i already have a tokina 11-16 but, as wider lenses push the subject further away, I'd prefer another option between 16 and 24. A prime would be preferable. I'll probably consider selling the tokina if could find a better wide option.

If money is no object, then 17mm TS-E It's certainly the best Canon lens in this FL range by a long shot, if not one of the best WA's in general.

However, I see that you have the Tokina 11-16mm, isn't that an APS-C only lens? If that is so and you have a 1.6x crop camera, then it's going to be a significantly cheaper endeavor to simply get a full-frame camera than trying to get a good wide angle.
Your 24-105mm will effectively go down in field of view to 15mm as you see it on your current camera.

Kolor-Pikker wrote in post #13052621
If money is no object, then 17mm TS-E It's certainly the best Canon lens in this FL range by a long shot, if not one of the best WA's in general.

However, I see that you have the Tokina 11-16mm, isn't that an APS-C only lens? If that is so and you have a 1.6x crop camera, then it's going to be a significantly cheaper endeavor to simply get a full-frame camera than trying to get a good wide angle.
Your 24-105mm will effectively go down in field of view to 15mm as you see it on your current camera.

Dammit, you're right

Kolor-Pikker wrote in post #13052621
If money is no object, then 17mm TS-E It's certainly the best Canon lens in this FL range by a long shot, if not one of the best WA's in general.

However, I see that you have the Tokina 11-16mm, isn't that an APS-C only lens? If that is so and you have a 1.6x crop camera, then it's going to be a significantly cheaper endeavor to simply get a full-frame camera than trying to get a good wide angle.
Your 24-105mm will effectively go down in field of view to 15mm as you see it on your current camera.

so true

Zeiss 21, TSE 24, TSE 17, Olympus 21/2 or /3.5, Leica 19, Samyang 14, Canon 14, Leica 15, ZE 18.

Pretty much in that order.

I have the 17 TS-E and the ZE 21/2.8.... Sadly, the Zeiss lens has hardly had anything to do since I got the TS-E. It is a truly wonderful lens indeed.

Or you could wait for the Samyang 24mm too.

24 isnt wide enough on a crop.

I think the 5D III will be my next purchase. In 2013 most likely.

10-22?

That's not a prime

noisejammer wrote in post #13055195
I have the 17 TS-E and the ZE 21/2.8.... Sadly, the Zeiss lens has hardly had anything to do since I got the TS-E. It is a truly wonderful lens indeed.

Filters are a pain in the ass with the 17 TSE. I shoot 99% of my landscapes with at least one filter so the 21 ZE is much better in this aspect.

Hogloff wrote in post #13056137
Filters are a pain in the ass with the 17 TSE. I shoot 99% of my landscapes with at least one filter so the 21 ZE is much better in this aspect.

the 24 TSE is better than the 17 too.

again see my last post.

You can technically use filters on the 17, it's just very expensive; filter holder/slide filters/etc. And yes, the 24 is a better lens, but once you reach the high-end you'll be splitting hairs in quality. Also tilt-shift; never under estimate it's power, get a whole landscape in focus at f/8 from a couple feet to infinity..

In any case, now that I think of it, the "EF-S 15-55 f/2.8 IS" doesn't sound like a bad idea. It's not going to help push the OP over into full-frame land, but it does only cost about $1100, which is rather inexpensive compared to all the strictly-WA options mentioned and from what I've seen it's a very highly-rated lens. It also stops short of the 11-16, so there may even be reason to keep both.

It's really up to the OP now, go full-frame and have it easy with WA options, or get a second standard zoom that can go wide enough.

I like the Canon 20/2.8 a lot. Since you are using an 11-16, I'm assuming you are shooting with a cropper. If that's the case, if you were to get the 20mm, I'd keep the 11-16 too.

But why are you stuck on a prime? If using a crop, the Canon 10-22 is excellent. Tokina 12-24 is good too. The first images I've seen from the new Sigma 10-20/3.5 also look darned good. And there's a new Sigma 12-24 II full frame lens coming soon, too.

looking for something in the 16-24 range? tokina makes that too! get the 16-28 lol