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I have a 50mm lens but every now and then i could do with a wider lens to get everything in ,my budget is £150.00 can anyone recommend something please?
 
I tend to use the 50mm outdoors and the 35mm indoors it can be bought with your budget, someone more experienced may have a better idea though.
 
It might help to know what make and model camera you have.
 
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There's lots of choice but it depends on what field of view you want and if you want a zoom or a prime. You should be able to find a Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 or Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 in budget or definitely one of the several variants of 17/18-50mm f3.5-5.6 kit lens. If sticking with primes maybe you can find a 28mm f1.8 in budget or maybe a 24 or 28mm f2.8.... I had the Tamron 17-50mm and thought that it was good, I also had a Sigma 30mm f1.4.

There's also the Canon 17-85mm. It has USM and IS and a good focal range but personally I'd rate its optical quality as... dubious.

So, what do you want? Zoom or prime? Variable or constant aperture? f2.8? f1.8?
 
OK. On a Canon APS-C personally I'd go for something between 20 and 35mm and personally I'd go for a f1.4 or f1.8 rather than a f2.8.

Besides the Sigma 30mm f1.4 I mentioned earlier I also had a Sigma 20mm f1.8 which I liked and they do (or did) very similar 24 and 28mm f1.8 lenses. IMVHO any of those would be a good choice as would the Canon equivalents.

I'd also consider picking up a 18-50mm f3.5-5.6 "kit" lens as they're very cheap and could come in handy even if you only use it once in a blue moon.
 
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