More New Gear On The Way
Since I began the journey into SLR land i’ve always been keen to get my hands on a good wide-angle lens, as my current, main lens is only as wide as 28mm, which may be fine on a 35mm or Full-frame DSLR, but on a Cropped-Sensor DSLR such as the 400D i have, it’s really only 44mm wide. which gives relatively poor results for taking great landscapes of shooting indoors.
So I set about hunting out a great deal on a good quality lens. I read countless reviews and lens lens tests on all the major players, such as
Canon’s EF-s10-22mm USM
Sigma’s 10-20mm EX-DC HSM
Tamron’s 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di-II
Tokina’s 12-24mm AT-X PRO DX
and also a number of different Canon EF Prime lenses.
I even went as far as taking my own body into a couple of stores to see how each lens felt on the camera and in my hands.
At the ned of the day I decided on the Sigma 10-20mm for it’s all round quality and build along with it’s intended purpose, a landscape lens.
I could have paid a lot more for a “faster” F2.8 Tokina but for the intended use, that speed is not really needed.
It was basically left to the Canon EF-S and the Sigma, but for the difference in price I could not justify the small difference in performance between the two, so naturally the cost saving gene took over and decided for me.
Now I just have to wait for it to be delivered….
Nice, can’t wait to see some photos from it. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, can’t wait to get my hands on it….
Will be brilliant for my trip to Thailand in March too!!
Hope you get a good one. Sigma lenses can be a bit hit and miss apparantly…
yeah, i mentioned that to a number of sources when purchasing it, and they all seem very confident in Sigma’s customer service when a “soft” sample is found and returned to them.
i.e speedy changeover and very helpful. hopefully that doesn’t need to happen.
im having the same problem, my widest also on my 400d is 28mm w/c often is not enough.. i happen to try out the efs10-22 and i loved it… ill be getting one soon.
good choice ben,
My Sigma actually arrived in my hands today and even a few test shots around the office and workshop have come up brilliantly. i can see it will get a massive workout both indoors and out!!
can’t wait to take it for a stroll