How wide is wide ?... Your Lens

i used to have the tamron 28-75 and ended up getting the 10-22 efs. the build on it is very nice. it feels almost similar to the 24-105L. having the 10-22 on an XT is very lightweight combo. great lens

I took these pics with my Tokina 12-24mm UWA (ultra-wide angle) lens this past weekend at the Hotel Coronado in San Diego...

Just got my Sigma 10-20 on sunday....i love it. Its sharp at every stop.

Flickr seems to be making my images darker though...anyone know whats up with that?

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heres a comparison:

18mm (kit lens):

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I am not crazy about the Tokina, which has nothing to do with your photos. At the postable size, it is really tough to see sharpness, specially in bright environments.

Those sigma photos I liked as well, and the low light quality is pretty good. I guess that is exactly the kind of photo I would take if I had the lens.

And thanks a billion for the comparison between the 18mm and 10mm. Those 8mm sure make a difference. Sure, distortion is visible, but one can work with it. (I made a crude correction in PS2 of the cathedral, and it does straighten up if needed).

Cheers,

mjgravina wrote in post #2172050
(I made a crude correction in PS2 of the cathedral, and it does straighten up if needed).

And if anyone wonders if fixing perspective distortion in Photoshop is equal to using a Perspective Control lens with shifts (no it isn't) the corrected shot gives a terrific illustration of that...spreading out the existing pixels at the upper part of the photo to correct the distortion merely thins out the data content across a wider area, and it results in blurry towers in the photo! I prefer the 'falling over' building to a 'corrected in Photoshop' version any day!

Agreed!... I was just playing with the perspectives and the lines. The crude straightening I did could be made to look a bit better, however I must say I like the original shot as it is (As posted by NAisBest), and would not change it. Those are some great photos.

Wilt wrote in post #2172105
And if anyone wonders if fixing perspective distortion in Photoshop is equal to using a Perspective Control lens with shifts (no it isn't) the corrected shot gives a terrific illustration of that...spreading out the existing pixels at the upper part of the photo to correct the distortion merely thins out the data content across a wider area, and it results in blurry towers in the photo! I prefer the 'falling over' building to a 'corrected in Photoshop' version any day!

Agreed, you get exactly the same effect using the barrel/pincushion correct as well, in the case it is interpolation loss.

mjgravina wrote in post #2172140
Agreed!... I was just playing with the perspectives and the lines. The crude straightening I did could be made to look a bit better, however I must say I like the original shot as it is (As posted by NAisBest), and would not change it. Those are some great photos.

Thanks

The 10-22 is a very decent lens. Not L quality, but a decent lens. Take it for what it is and do not try to compare it to what it isn't and you will be happy with it..