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12 years 4 months ago #184637 by goldminer
HELP! I am searching for a good wide angle lens but am on a narrow budget. The lens that I seem to keep coming back to is the Sigma 18-50mm1.8 AF. Does anyone have any thoughts on this lens or a suggestion as to where I could better spend my momey? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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12 years 4 months ago #184646 by mattmoran
Hi!

I couldn't figure out exactly which lens you are talking about. AFAIKT Sigma doesn't make an 18-55 f/1.8. And if they did, I suspect that a zoom of that range with a wide maximum aperture would not meet my definition of "budget"

Perhaps it would help if you specified the type of camera and acceptable price range.
-Matt
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12 years 4 months ago #184663 by john_m

goldminer wrote: HELP! I am searching for a good wide angle lens but am on a narrow budget. The lens that I seem to keep coming back to is the Sigma 18-50mm1.8 AF. Does anyone have any thoughts on this lens or a suggestion as to where I could better spend my momey? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.


Good and on a budget don't usually go hand and hand..Are you using this as a landscape lens? When I think of wide, I usually go towards 11-16. Im thinking this is a Canon mount Sigma 18-50 f2.8 lens
Nikon D200
Nikon 50mm f1.8D, Tokina 28-80 f2.8, Nikon 75-300, Sigma 18-200, Nikon SB-600, Nikon SB-25, Promaster triggers
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12 years 4 months ago #184699 by KCook
Crop sensor or full frame?
Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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12 years 4 months ago #184745 by Nod
Go to www.dyxum.com and check out the reviews on this lens . It has to be the 18-50 f2.8, there is no f1.8. I agree with john-m that this really isn't a wide angle lens. If you have a crop sensor then you will have a 27-75mm which certainly isn't wide.
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12 years 4 months ago - 12 years 4 months ago #184765 by Screamin Scott

Nod wrote: Go to www.dyxum.com and check out the reviews on this lens . It has to be the 18-50 f2.8, there is no f1.8. I agree with john-m that this really isn't a wide angle lens. If you have a crop sensor then you will have a 27-75mm which certainly isn't wide.


Wide angle lenses start at 35mm on a full frame camera & go down from there...When you get wider than 20mm, they are called Super wide angle lenses...That said, a lens that starts at 18mm (with a FOV of 27mm on a crop camera) most definitely is a wide angle focal length
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12 years 4 months ago #184770 by goldminer
Sorry, it is a f2.8 and not an f1.8 for a Canon T1i. and to be used for landscapes.
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12 years 4 months ago #184771 by goldminer
Thanks to all for info and education. I am trying to learn but the old mind has lapses these days. Ha
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12 years 4 months ago #184774 by john_m
Haha, no worries. Is there any reason your looking at a f2.8 lens. You should be able to get in to 18-xxx f3.5-xx for right around $150-200 used (maybe even new, but Im not familiar with Canon glass).
Nikon D200
Nikon 50mm f1.8D, Tokina 28-80 f2.8, Nikon 75-300, Sigma 18-200, Nikon SB-600, Nikon SB-25, Promaster triggers
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12 years 4 months ago #184777 by mattmoran
If you are shooting landscapes in the traditional fashion (camera is on a tripod and you are shooting at f/8 or f/11) then I'm not sure that sigma will be any better than the kit lens that came with the camera. There may be other reasons to prefer the sigma 18-55 to the kit lens, but if you are really just thinking of landscapes, I'd save your money and use the kit lens.

You don't say what your budget is, but for around $400 you can get a manual focus prime 14mm made by Bower or Rokinon. I don't have any direct experience with these lenses, so this is definitely not a recommendation -- just food for thought. I don't think I'd use a manual focus 14mm for anything except landscapes on a crop sensor DSLR. But for that application (again - on a tripod at f/8 or f/11) you can probably take some interesting landscapes.

Just something to consider.
-Matt
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12 years 4 months ago #184781 by KCook
I ended up with the Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 as the WA for my Canon. All of the shots on these two galleries were taken with it -

kellycook.zenfolio.com/p1062712290

kellycook.zenfolio.com/p396923332

A few more thoughts on WA selection on this thread -

www.photographytalk.com/forum/canon-came...0245-wide-angle-lens

Kelly
Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/
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