Best ~24mm lens for astro stitching?

Shooting on canon full frame looking for the ideal lens for a gigapan setup.

Have 14/2.8 and 24/3,5 tsemkII but looking for a 24mmish fast lens.

Is it the 24L A zeiss? Samyang 24mm? Sigma 35/1.4? The new sigma 16-20mmf2.0 when it comes out?

I'm generally edging towards primes, either a 1.4 one stopped down to 2.0 or 2.8 or a 'perfect' 2.8 one - though at 2.8 I may as well use the tse at 3.5...?

Heya,

28mm f2.8 IS USM?

Rokinon 24mm f1.4?

Very best,

Cheers, Rokinon 14 is the samyang 24.. Doesnt seem to get sharp till 2.8 and has a lot of vignetting.

I can combat the vignetting a little by overlap but that increases the shots needed and overall exposure time.

The 28f2.8 IS looks good, a touch better than the 24/2,8 IS, I guess both are a possibility but are they better than the 24L at 2.8?

Never used the 24L.
I use the 28 f/2.8 IS virtually all the time on my 60D.
It's a superb lens.

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Talking to myself and "If only we could be less nit picking". Ahhh.

Didn't know sigma is coming out with a 16-20mmf2.0, that must be something.
Well if budget is not a question for you, have you considered: Leica 24mm f/1.4 Summilux-M Aspherical Manual Focus Lens.

I know that for Old OM mount of Olympus, Olympus had on excellent lens: Zuiko 24mm F/3.5 Shift Lens for OM Mount. Excellent glass. But then not sure if 3.5 is too slow for you and more importantly, if you can actually find a copy of that lens for sale. Also seems your are not happy with your current F3.5 24mm Canon Tilt/Shift.

But then little I know about you, that Rokinon 24mm F1.4 will shine in your capable hands if only you give it a chance. Could you please show and share some images of sharpness problem when wide open with this lens?

The canon tse is a fantastic lens but slower than I want for astro ,though can be used wide open

The samyang 24 reviews don't rate it as highly as the others and poorer than the 24L, I have one of those at the moment on loan and it's ok but prefer it at 2.8

Top of the list at the moment is Zeiss 25 f2. 0 seems to be near perfect wide open

Rob, what about the Canon 24mm f/1.4L? Or the Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/21? (although I have yet to shoot with this lens wide open, so I can't comment on sharpness).

I have the 24L at the moment it's a great lens but for astro you need 2.8 before it's decent

The 21 looks good but if possible I want something faster.

Looks like a couple new lenses coming soon including a sigma 24/1.4 art