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I want a fun piece of glass, but I don't want to break my bank.
I am toying with the idea of a wide angle type lense. Any suggestions? I have a Canon XSi.
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Going to buy
24-70 f/2.8L USM
or
24-105 f/4L IS USM
if I can ever decide which one.
I've owned both. I currently use the 24-70mm L. It's a brick (heavy) but great saturation. I thought the 24-105 L was a great lens and it is. Light and good reach.
Can't go wrong with either, but personally, I think the 24-70mm helps me produce higher image quality pictures and I will take the f/2.8 over the IS for this range. (fairly easy to handhold steady)
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I want a fun piece of glass, but I don't want to break my bank.
I am toying with the idea of a wide angle type lense. Any suggestions? I have a Canon XSi.
Depends how wide. I use a Sigma 17/70 on my XSi and it's excellent. Good image quality and little or no chromatic aberration at the edges. I'm surprised how little lens flare there is even with the sun in-frame. Also, it will focus right up until the lens is physically touching the subject. Quite compact and light for what it is at a reasonable price point. Very happy with it. It makes a good single lens if you don't want to be swapping all the time (which I don't! )
Canon have shake-reduction on their lenses, which could be handy for hand-held shots, but their lenses didn't get such good reviews as the Sigma.
(Note: I don't use auto-focus, so I can't vouch for how well the Sigma handles that)
BTW I recommend getting a polarizing filter as well.
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Last edited by pw4; 07-02-2009 at 03:33 AM.
Reason: Added the focus notes
Awesome. Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I have some food for thought and some ideas where to start. Now begins the whining to the missus for my b-day!
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I want a fun piece of glass, but I don't want to break my bank.
I am toying with the idea of a wide angle type lense. Any suggestions? I have a Canon XSi.
Buy the Sigma 10-22mm for your Canon. Wide angle is so much fun! I don't want to ramble on with why I am qualified to say this but you really should go check it out. A lot of pictures I've sold at art shows have been made with this lens. The perspectives you can get are awesome!
Buy the Sigma 10-22mm for your Canon. Wide angle is so much fun! I don't want to ramble on with why I am qualified to say this but you really should go check it out. A lot of pictures I've sold at art shows have been made with this lens. The perspectives you can get are awesome!
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It's not the destination, It's the twisties!!
2004 IB/W MCS w/ BenFer CAI, BenFer CF Strut Bar, 15% Pulley by Way Motorworks, custom paint.
MMC#236
I've been shooting Canon for a long time. Great gear. I will try to post some more shots of my mini on here soon. I quickly put one up on the gallery today.
We're using a Canon Rebel eos. Great camera. We were using the Canon Elph but after a while, it just wasn't getting the pix we thought it should. I get just as good low light shots but the motion shots are much better. I highly recommend this camera.
