Next step - a nice "very wide one "

Hi .
Now i have ordered my 24-70 - and will recieve it early next week.
My sigma 18-50 is sold - and i wanna buy a good wide one. Probably zoom - but - as long as it is too shoot landscapes and maybe buildings - maybe i could do with a prime.
The canon 16-35 2,8 is far too expensive. Would be very glad if u guys could give me a tip - maybe the wide primes of canon ?

Oh see you have a problem now, once you put that 24-70L up to your eye you won't settle for anything less from this point on.

Either you get the 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 and live with the rational excuse that no finer zoom exits for the ultra wide APS-C FOV (we can all feel lucky the f2.8 EF-S doesn't or won't exits.) or you break down and buy the 16-35mm f2.8L.

Nothing recommended will do once you've used the 24-70L just give that quest up now. It's simply one of the best built (unless dropped), most versital EF lenses made you will want all glass at that level from now on sadly.

my vote is for the canon 17-40 or tamron 17-35.

ed rader

Thanks MrChad - for your comfort - i hope the 24-70 is what u say - thats why i ordered it - and i have been warned that i from now on only will be able too see glass if there is an " L " in it.

I compared the 16-35 f2.8L with the 17-40 f4L and decided that for what I shoot, the 17-40 was a better buy. They're both great lens, and the extra stop on the 16-35 is nice, but I just liked the 17-40 better. You might find that it will work for you too.

Mark

Nilsen wrote:
Thanks MrChad - for your comfort - i hope the 24-70 is what u say - thats why i ordered it - and i have been warned that i from now on only will be able too see glass if there is an " L " in it.

That's not totally true, but you really won't want to spend money on glass that really won't meet the highest standards. You are going to find the L f2.8 as such a bright lens that apertures much lower will really leave you wanting.

Plus the build is so fantastic, that you really begin to not like some of your old plastic lenses. The 24-70L may not be as sharp as other Canon primes but I don't own any old FD primes that can beat it so this lens is fantastic enough for sure all use IMO.

I love my 10-22mm but it's no f2.8L. But I also don't yearn for FF so I may never know the full frame potential of my lenses, my Drebel was so superior to the consumer film I shot in terms of IQ that upgrading to a 5D just doesn't do much for me. I'd rather have an APS-C body with the speed and build of my old Elan 7 with a viewfinder to match, I'm not so sure that's FF exclusive in terms of wants, but now I'm off topic.

I've never used an L f2.8 next to an f4 so I can't really do justice to comparing the two.

I have had two 17-40L lenses for shooting landscapes. All of what I shot for landscapes has been between F8 and F16. If you shoot landscapes at less than F4 then I guess it would be worth it. I am seriously now considering the 10-22. Every day I'm getting closer to saying the heck with the fact that it may become obsolete and worthless for resale if Canon abandons 1.6 crop bodies.

I settled on the 10-22 as the 16 or 17 really was not that much wider than 24. Noticeable, but not really W-I-D-E. I am very happy with this lens.

Just wondering, as I am thinking about this lens, why did you sell the Sigma? Surely as an EX it must be pretty good, and the constant f2.8 must be useful?

I'm with the Doc, get the 10-22. You did say wide didn't you?

The 17-40 is a nice lens and if you ever go to a 1d or 5d body it will still be ok unlike the 10-22.

I'm just getting to grips with a Sigma 15-30 EX DG....so far it looks promising.

I'll post some shots when i have something other than family stuff and pics of random ornaments

I have a 20D and both the 10-22 and 17-40 lenses. The 17-40 lens is not super-wide on the 20D. Since I got the 10-22 I seldom use the 17-40 for wide angle work since it is more like a mid-range zoom on the 20D. When I need a mid-range zoome, the 17-40 is the one I use. Image quaility is similar for both lenses.

I hope that you recieve a good copy. My 24-70 is going back for an exchange tomorrow due to some serious front-focusing problems. Hopefully my new copy will be much better.

i hope indeed its ok. I cant wait too test it out - gues it woill be here on tuesday. )