wide angle query

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payal_choksi

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hi all,

i wanted to know out of these lens which one would be more wide:

[h=4]A] EF24mm f/2.8 IS USM[/h]
[h=4]B] EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II[/h]
[h=4]C] EF20mm f/2.8 USM[/h]
from what i know EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II would be considered more wide. am i correct?

since it is EF-S, i suppose it won't fit the full frame camera? is that so?

kindly answer,

thanks n regards,

:)
 
18mm is the widest but the extremes of a zoom are the worst performing ranges of a zoom and as Samuel pointed out it is slower. The 20mm is your best widest option. 20mm is plenty wide. You are not going to notice a big difference in terms of picture angle. It might vary slightly for your lenses but you would expect the 24mm to have a picture angle of ~84 degrees, the 20mm ~94 degrees and the 18mm ~100 degrees. There's not much in it compare to say, a 200mm, which is about 12 degrees. If you want a dramatic change a wide angle adapter will give it to you but with these lenses that's going to put you into fisheye territory.
 
It's funny, people knock the inexpensive plastic 18-55mm as being crap, but I have a bud who shot an Addy award winning TV commercial using that crap lens. In all honesty it comes down to talent, not the cost of your lens.

All the Best!

Dave
 
David W. Jones said:
It's funny, people knock the inexpensive plastic 18-55mm as being crap, but I have a bud who shot an Addy award winning TV commercial using that crap lens. In all honesty it comes down to talent, not the cost of your lens.
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I have this exact lens and it's pretty versatile, especially for shooting outdoors where the slowness of it isn't a big deal at all. When I used to travel superlight with my Canon 60D, I would bring that lens and a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for lowlight shooting. The 18-55 tends to be soft wide open, but is sharp enough once you stop down a couple stops.
 
Gary Huff said:
I have this exact lens and it's pretty versatile, especially for shooting outdoors where the slowness of it isn't a big deal at all. When I used to travel superlight with my Canon 60D, I would bring that lens and a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for lowlight shooting. The 18-55 tends to be soft wide open, but is sharp enough once you stop down a couple stops.
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I agree. Just don't try and use a follow focus on it, let alone shoot at night.
 
I didn't say that lens is crap, actually I think it's the one I recommended. I just warned him that it is built like crap, which I believe nobody would argue. Sharp as any other lens you can get, though.
 
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