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Are there any decent cheaper alternatives to the Canon 24mm 1.4? I shot my first wedding last weekend and I have come to the conclusion that I would mostly rather use fast primes than zooms. I have Sigma 50mm and 85mm 1.4 lenses, but could do with something a little wider.

I could probably just about stretch to the Canon 24 1.4, just wondering if there are any other good options out there.

The Canon 28 1.8 doesn't seem that well reviewed (the Sigma 30 1.4 is crop only I think), the Sigma 24 1.8 doesn't seem that well thought of either.

Thanks.
 
micloi said:
Sigma 20mm 1.8 is a good lens from my experience. Mine was reasonably sharp open wide and very sharp by f2.2.
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Yup. I have one too, not too sharp at f1.8, just ok, but gets sharp quickly.
 
The Canon 24mm f2.8 is supposed to be one of those lenses that has L glass inside. I have had one and it compared equaly to the 24-105 i was using at the time. Bit noisy AF but sharp and light. 35mm f2 is very sharp too. There is also the Sigma 24mm f1.8 which looks like it produces good images from the examples i have seen on flickr.
 
Thanks everyone. The Sigma 20mm 1.8 sounds interesting - reviews suggest it's very very soft unless you stop it down though, but maybe it depends if you get a good copy.

24mm 2.8 looks good but I wan't something slightly faster I think - I already have 28mm covered at 2.8 with my Tamron zoom.

I'm thinking maybe the 35mm f2 is a relatively good cheapish option for now - would love to get the 35mm 1.4L and the 24mm 1.4L at some point but I want to start making some serious cash first. :)
 
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