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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / March 2006Wide-Angle Lens Recommendations for Canon SLR Digital Camera?
Recently I bought the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT 8.0-Megapixel SLR Digital Camera. So far I love this camera. I'm purely a novice photographer and take photos as a hobby, whenever time permits. I've been looking around for a reasonably priced wide-angle lens for this camera. I don't know much about shopping for this type lens and was hoping some of you maybe able to recommend a few. Thanks, Dave What is reasonably priced and what do you consider wide angle? Tokina 19-35mm is a steal at $150 Sigma 15mm Fisheye is entertaining at $400 Canon 20mm is spectacular at $450 Jim Add to the above with, Canon 10-22mm best of the Canon compaible very wide lenses But $7-800 or so Tokina 12-24mm f4 good reviews $450 Tokina 17mm $300 or so Canon has a 15mm fisheye at about $500 Tom Thanks to the both of you for the replies. Reasonably priced I was hoping to find something in the $200 - $300 range. The only lens I have now is the standard 18-55mm Canon lens that came with purchase. Right now I'm looking for a wide-angle lens for landscape shots. Then possibly picking up a Fisheye lens further down the road. >Thanks to the both of you for the replies. Reasonably priced I was >hoping to find something in the $200 - $300 range. The only lens I have >now is the standard 18-55mm Canon lens that came with purchase. > >Right now I'm looking for a wide-angle lens for landscape shots. ... Why not shoot and stitch panoramas? I've gotten some spectacular results that way.  SignatureBest regards, John Navas <http://NavasGroup.com/> When you shoot and stitch the panoramas together, do you use a tripod to take level shots or do you take the shots handheld. Also, any particular software you could recommend to stitch the panoramas together that's around $100. Thanks again, - Dave > Also, any particular software you could recommend to stitch the > panoramas together that's around $100. Autostitch is fine for hobby stuff, and is free: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html >Also, any particular software you could recommend to stitch the >panoramas together that's around $100. Have a look at the software that came with your camera. I don't have my own CDs to hand at the moment but I'm sure Canon's PhotoStitch was included in the software that came with my 350D. Al Signature[This space left intentionally blank] > Thanks to the both of you for the replies. Reasonably priced I was > hoping to find something in the $200 - $300 range. The only lens I have > now is the standard 18-55mm Canon lens that came with purchase. > > Right now I'm looking for a wide-angle lens for landscape shots. Then > possibly picking up a Fisheye lens further down the road. I've read quite good reviews for the Sigma 10-20mm. It's in the $350-$450 range, depending on how hard you shop around. SignatureMark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com/gallery > Add to the above with, > Canon 10-22mm best of the Canon compaible very wide lenses But $7-800 I'll take one of those $7 ones.... > Add to the above with, > Canon 10-22mm best of the Canon compaible very wide lenses But $7-800 I'm happy to say that I just paid $670 (including overnight shipping) from www.buydig.com - not gray market. It just arrived today. So far I'm very impressed. :) SignatureMark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com/gallery Presumably you have the kit lens which goes down to 18mm or so. If so this is the 35mm film equivalent of 28mm, decent enough wide angle coverage for most users, especially beginners. To get wider coverage you have the option of zooms in the +/- 10-20mm range from Tamron, Tokina, Sigma and Canon. Despite what is posted on this newsgroup the more expensive Canon may not be the best choice for you. Before spending money on more lenses I think most people would be better off investing in a good image manipulation program, e.g. Elements or CS2, and learning how to process their images. In particular you should learn to use the raw format. Thanks Again for all the replies, its all very helpful. Paul Murray, I was playing around with the software you directed me to at http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html . This is exactly what I'm looking for, but this software seems to kill the resolution of the photos. Any recommendations on panorama/stitch software out there that can handle higher resolution photos? Thanks, - Dave SNIP > Any recommendations on panorama/stitch software out > there that can handle higher resolution photos? http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/ http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm http://www.autopano.net/ http://www.ptgui.com/ Bart >Presumably you have the kit lens which goes down to 18mm or so. >If so this is the 35mm film equivalent of 28mm, decent enough wide angle [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >learning how to process their images. In particular you should learn to use >the raw format. How will that enable me to take wide angle pictures? ----- Paul J. Gans |
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