Advice needed on UWA lens - landscape, slot canyons etc

Hi,

We're headed out for a shout, 3 day trip to Death Valley and then a couple more in Vegas. I don't have much in my camera bag in the way of a wide angle lens (currently I have a 400mm L 4.0, 70-200mm L 2.8, and a 28-70mm L 2.8 and I shoot 50Ds).

I'd like to have a UWA/fisheye for shooting slot canyons, landscapes, night skies. Looking at something like the Canon 8-15mm 4/L or perhaps the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX11.

Not sure I can really justify buying the Canon at 3X the money as I doubt I will use it much.

Thoughts? Other lenses to consider? Pros/Cons? Feedback on the Tokina? Seems to do well in the reviews I've read so far.

Thanks in advance.
Tim

Have you considered the Rok 14/2.8?

have you ever used wider than 28mm? personally i don't like fisheyes for landscapes because of the curvature...you could snag a 10-18IS for super cheap, 15% off refurbs right now, so just over $200...i'd opt for that

I have a tokina 12-24 that takes beautifully rendered photos.

Thanks for the feedback.

Scrum, not really familiar with the Rokinon, and I think I want the flexibility of a zoom lens.

DreDaze, no, haven't shot much below 28mm recently. I agree on the general landscape, and was thinking mainly of night/sky scapes. What lens are you talking about and where?

Thanks Frodge, I'll look at that too.

Other thoughts? Anyone using the Tokina 11-16? Leaning that directions after reading a lot of reviews.

I'm talking about the canon 10-18mm IS lens...the 11-16mm is good too, pretty much all the crop UWA lenses are good

Reflections2000 wrote in post #18300848
Scrum, not really familiar with the Rokinon, and I think I want the flexibility of a zoom lens.

It's a manual focus lens.

Advantages: cheap, sharp.
Disadvantages: Manual focus, has some issues with mustache distortion.

Thanks Dre. Where are you seeing the refurbs on sale?

Reflections2000 wrote in post #18300980
Thanks Dre. Where are you seeing the refurbs on sale?

http://www.canonpricew​atch.com/

Thank you. Looks like they don't have anything close to what I'm looking for, all out of stock, but I appreciate the link.

Canon EF-S 10-18 Refurbished - $240
https://shop.usa.canon​.com …f45-56-is-stm-refurbished

Canon EF-S 10-22 Refurbished - $470
https://shop.usa.canon​.com …m-f-35-45-usm-refurbished

Both are currently in stock.

Use code POTATOES to get 15% off.