Widest Canon Lens

Canon's widest is the 10-22 if you don't want a fisheye lens. Would fill the wide end in your lens lineup very nicely.
 
Fantastic. Oh dear. I feel the wallet is going take a bashing then.

Will go look at some reviews.

Thanks
 
Wonder if anyone has any samples on a crop of this lens?

Maybe I should hire one for a bit see how it goes.
 
Its my fave lens by far, absolutely brilliant!

Have a look at these;

http://www.flickr.com/groups/efs1022/

They are all on a crop as its an EFS lens. I'd post up some of mine but Photobucket has softened them all up and its not doing the lens justice (mental note, must sign up to Flickr)!
 
From all reviews I have read the 10-20 is a cracking lens and very sharp. I know its not always possible but I would defiantly recommend trying to get hold of a copy to have a go with before you buy, even if its just for a look - at least that way you can get a feel of the thing before you part with your cash :)
 
Just bought one myself. It's bloomin lovely. Shots taken with it recently...

Here...
 
For future compatibility you could look at the only full frame lens in this range, the Sigma 12-24mm. I have one and it's by far my most used zoom.

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and you can use the sigma 10-20 on full frame, just it has extreme vignetting under 12mm
 
I've just bought a Canon 10-22mm. Had a little play to test it was all working as it should be and it was crazy crazy wide at 10mm.

Can't really have it fully until Xmas day.. bah!! :)
I'd recommend getting the Canon EW-83E lens hood for it too.

From the brief test I did, it's a stunning piece of kit. Rumoured to actually be L Glass but Canon don't advertise it as such (can't remember the reason but I did read it somewhere)
 
The EF 14mm 2.8f- has the widest angle of view for a non-fish eye lens, a tad wider than the 10-22.
 
evo456 said:
The EF 14mm 2.8f- has the widest angle of view for a non-fish eye lens, a tad wider than the 10-22.
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The 14mm F2.8 is one of the widest on a full frame camera (excluding the Sigma 12-24), however the 7d will accept EFS lenses, of which the 10-22 is one. Quite a bit wider than the 14mm.
 
eh? Why exclude the Sigma 12-24mm? It's a full frame lens.
 
evo456 said:
The EF 14mm 2.8f- has the widest angle of view for a non-fish eye lens, a tad wider than the 10-22.
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lol, how is a 14mm lens wider than a 10mm lens??!

The EFS 10-22 is the widest you can go (along with the Sigma 10-22) on a crop sensor. The EF 14mm is significantly narrower, surprisingly so.
 
odd jim said:
lol, how is a 14mm lens wider than a 10mm lens??!

The EFS 10-22 is the widest you can go (along with the Sigma 10-22) on a crop sensor. The EF 14mm is significantly narrower, surprisingly so.
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But can you put the 10-22 on a FF camera?

10mm x 1.6 = 16mm
14mm is STILL only 14mm.

But if you are talking only about the 7D, then you can't get wider than 10-22....which are are in agreement so i dunno why i posted that lol
 
Thanks all, well I am a bit of a canon whore, so it would have to be a canon lens. Looks like the 10-22 will slip in my range rather well.

Right time to get the old Visa out again, and get into trouble with the Mrs when it arrives. Another normal day then :)

Thanks for all your help.
 
"But can you put the 10-22 on a FF camera?

10mm x 1.6 = 16mm
14mm is STILL only 14mm."

The lens is what it is no matter what it's fitted to. That doesn't change. You can't change that.

What you change is the field of view. Because some camera chips are smaller than a 35mm full frame it creates the effect of a multiplication factor, x1.6 for Canon, x1.5 for Nikon and x2 for Olympus because you don't see the full frame image only a crop from it.

So, on a small sensor Canon camera a 10-22mm lens gives the field of view of a 16-35mm lens, a 14mm gives the FoV of a 22mm lens and a 12-24mm lens gives the FoV of a 19-38mm lens.

If you were to fit these same three lenses to a 35mm full frame camera they'd give their full field of view, 10-22mm, 14mm, 12-24mm but the 10-22mm would not cover the whole frame.

The widest corrected lens on a Canon APS-C is therefore the 10-22mm, the 12-24mm is next in line and then the 14mm.

The widest corrected lens on a 35mm full frame camera would be the 12-24mm because the 10-22mm doesn't cover the whole frame.
 
You can physically attach the 10-22 on a FF camera (with modification I believe I've read), however due to the EFS lens design, the camera mirror on a FF camera would hit the rear element of the lens. If you stick a 14mm on a crop sensor, then it will have the equivalant focal length of 22.4mm (14 * 1.6). It's the size of the sensor that determines the FOV, not the lens design. If you could fit the 10-22 on a FF camera, it would have a FOV equivalent to 10mm.

Edit - ignore me, I've just read the others posts here, and have said what I have said!
 
silverstar189 said:
and you can use the sigma 10-20 on full frame, just it has extreme vignetting under 12mm
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Thats impossible, the mirror would hit the back of the lens and damage the FF camera!
 
woof woof said:
"But can you put the 10-22 on a FF camera?

10mm x 1.6 = 16mm
14mm is STILL only 14mm."

The lens is what it is no matter what it's fitted to. That doesn't change. You can't change that.

What you change is the field of view. Because some camera chips are smaller than a 35mm full frame it creates the effect of a multiplication factor, x1.6 for Canon, x1.5 for Nikon and x2 for Olympus because you don't see the full frame image only a crop from it.

So, on a small sensor Canon camera a 10-22mm lens gives the field of view of a 16-35mm lens, a 14mm gives the FoV of a 22mm lens and a 12-24mm lens gives the FoV of a 19-38mm lens.

If you were to fit these same three lenses to a 35mm full frame camera they'd give their full field of view, 10-22mm, 14mm, 12-24mm but the 10-22mm would not cover the whole frame.

The widest corrected lens on a Canon APS-C is therefore the 10-22mm, the 12-24mm is next in line and then the 14mm.

The widest corrected lens on a 35mm full frame camera would be the 12-24mm because the 10-22mm doesn't cover the whole frame.
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Exactly, it depends on which body you use.
 
"Thats impossible, the mirror would hit the back of the lens and damage the FF camera!"

I think that it is possible.

As far as I know the small sensor only lenses from the likes of Sigma and Tamron will fit a full frame camera, but don't cover the whole frame. I haven't tried this myself but I've seen example images and it really brings home how small APS-C is when compared to full frame.

EF-S is a different story as as far as I know they wont physically mount onto a full frame camera without modification. I can't remember exactly where on the net I've seen it done but out there somewhere are instructions on how to cut the rear baffle off and make EF-S fit full frame. Why you'd want to do this is another question...but as far as I know it is possible and once you've finished with your hacksaw EF-S will both mount and clear the mirror.

If anyone can be bothered Googling I'm sure it's out there somewhere.
 
odd jim said:
lol, how is a 14mm lens wider than a 10mm lens??!

The EFS 10-22 is the widest you can go (along with the Sigma 10-22) on a crop sensor. The EF 14mm is significantly narrower, surprisingly so.
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I was referring to the len's angle of view which is wider in spec, as woofwoof has pointed out the FOV is dependent what camera sensor is used. this does not alter the native angle of view of the lens.

Just within Canon's branded lenses, it is the widest non-fish eye lens.
 
Chaz Photos said:
Sigma 10-20mm is a hot little number some say better then the Canon one.
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Some people say that listening to westlife is better than waterboarding but that isn't true either. The siggy is a great little lens but if you do a side by side shoot, you'll see that the canon does take the win.

Whether it's worth the extra money or not, that is an open question.
 
evo456 said:
I was referring to the len's angle of view which is wider in spec, as woofwoof has pointed out the FOV is dependent what camera sensor is used. this does not alter the native angle of view of the lens.

Just within Canon's branded lenses, it is the widest non-fish eye lens.
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I'm still a little confused as to what you are saying! The widest spec goes to the 10-22mm, with 10mm being wider than 14mm regardless of what sensor is used, and regardless of EF or EFS (full frame/crop) its still a lens spec'd to 10mm, and that is the native view!

In other words, if the EFS 10-22 was made to fit a full frame camera, the image, although smaller in overall size than the image from the 14mm EF lens (as the EF lens would fill the frame), the field of view would still be wider on the image from the 10mm EFS lens.
 
woof woof said:
"But can you put the 10-22 on a FF camera?

10mm x 1.6 = 16mm
14mm is STILL only 14mm."

The lens is what it is no matter what it's fitted to. That doesn't change. You can't change that.
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I know that....but the resulting image is what matters and a 14mm on FF can give you a wider shot than a 10mm.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I know that....but the resulting image is what matters and a 14mm on FF can give you a wider shot than a 10mm.
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But in answer to the OPs question - the Canon 10-22 is still the widest lens that Canon make, and on his 7D will offer him the widest option, much wider than the EF 14mm
 
Indeed!
 
Well I have ordered the Canon 10 - 22 so hope to see it tomorrow :)
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Good choice - it's a great lens - really wide and yet without much distortion. I don't know how Canon manage that but it's a treat to use.

Mike
 
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