wide without fish eye?

New_Zealand

New_Zealand

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Now I'm thinking of a nice wide lens that isn't fish eye. I have the sigma 50mm and the canon 70-200mm so what I think is missing in this collection is a good wide angle lens.
 
With only 50mm and 70-200mm, you're missing quite a bit on the wider end. Where's your 18-55 range? In terms of primes, a standard(ish) and very basic set would cover 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm. How wide are you wanting?

For really wide, a quick use of the forum search will show you the much-lauded wide for Canon APS-C is the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. It does have barrel distortion, though much less prnounced at 16mm.
 
Alex H. said:
With only 50mm and 70-200mm, you're missing quite a bit on the wider end. Where's your 18-55 range? In terms of primes, a standard(ish) and very basic set would cover 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 100mm. How wide are you wanting?

For really wide, a quick use of the forum search will show you the much-lauded wide for Canon APS-C is the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. It does have barrel distortion, though much less prnounced at 16mm.
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What Alex said, +1. Most of my lenses are F mount Nikkors and I have a 20mm, a 24mm, a 35mm (My go to "Standard" lens) several 50mms including a Nikkor 50mm f1.4, a 100mm in primes. I also have a F mount Vivitar Series 1 28 - 105mm f2.8 -3.5 macro zoom and a Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm zoom f3.5 macro zoom in MD mount. For the T2i, I also have the kit 18-55mm lens. If think that it is a sh*t lens for video, but is OK for snap shots. If all you have is 50mm and a 70-200mm, I would suggest getting something about 20mm and something about 35mm, which I think is the sweet spot for a "Standard" lens for the cropped sensors. Going a little wider, 18mm or so, is cool if you can get it, but much wider than that is, IMHO, a novelty look and not really part of my aesthetic.
 
I like 28mm (44mm FF equivalent) for standard on crop Canons. 35mm (56mm FF eq) can be a bit restricting. 30mm is also nice, but not a popular focal length amongst manufacturers.
Even the 28mm needs to be occasionally coupled with something wider.
 
Sorry guys I should have pointed out what camera I was using - Canon 5d

I didn't see a lens offering on the Canon FF page so I came to this page. I'm using the 5d for filming most low lighting. I used the HVX200a for most of all my filming and that had a fix lens.
 
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EDIT: REF APC!
I would define wide as 18mm

You can get this from three places typically..

an 18-XX zoom lens (or 17-xx)

A lens such as the 17-55 canon is OK, but the distortions and the like a not so good, but being a zoom its very convenient, the focus feel is a bit cheap

an 18mm prime (nikon, zeiss, contax)

Such a lens can be quite costly and will exhibit high image qualities and be very good to pull focus on

the other typcial choice is

a tokina 11-16 zoom, very popular

My personal choice is an 18mm prime - nice and straight, great with a follow focus, small, good value

A budget option is a 20mm wide prime, but its not a true wide IMO..

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New_Zealand said:
Sorry guys I should have pointed out what camera I was using - Canon 5d

I didn't see a lens offering on the Canon FF page so I came to this page. I'm using the 5d for filming most low lighting. I used the HVX200a for most of all my filming and that had a fix lens.
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Well just get a decently fast 35mm then.
(Others here will obviously advice you to get a 28mm. :))
 
Its not wide come on, wide starts from 24 or so on APS-C.28mm looks like 50mm on full frame.cheapest option is kit lens.
 
If you need an ultrawide on full frame, I can suggest the following:
- The older Canon EF 20-35mm f2.8 L lens (autofocus lens, ancestor of the 16-35mm, great value for money if you can grab one). There is also the Canon EF 20 f2.8 if you need AF, but I prefer the zoom as it covers more range and you may find one used for almost the same price.
- The Cosina 19-35mm f3.5-4.5 (probably the best value for money ultrawide manual focus zoom, I currently have one up for sale in the marketplace)
- The Samyang-Rokinon-Bower-Falcon 14mm f2.8 (an excellent value for money manual rectilinear ultrawide, very sharp).
If you need just a wide lens there are many options. Just a few:
- The Vivitar-Kiron 24mm f2.0 manual lens, nice for lowlight, dreamy at f2.0, more contrasty @f2.4 and up
- The Vivitar-Kiron 28mm f2.0 manual lens, nice for lowlight, dreamy at f2.0, more contrasty @f2.4 and up
- The Mir 24-N 35mm f2.0 (great value sharp lens that focus close, almost macro).
 
As Kostas suggested, the Kirons 28mm or 24mm, both f 2.0 are gorgous lenses. Their tack sharp at 2.8, and have amazing color rendition, especially compared to my canon 24mm. The trick is to find them with working apatures, they tend to be stuck wide open if it's a lens thats not been used for many years, although their easy to fix.
 
I have the Rokinon/Walimex Pro 14mm f2.8 and I love it.
I did all the wide shots in this video with this lens.
[video]https://vimeo.com/channels/onholyground/45729921[/video]
 
i like canon 20-35 L f2.8 very much! its great lens especially for crop sensor as the end are maybe softer (if we compare to 16-35), but u dont care about it on APC, but also u get less distortion then 16-35, and price is a winner! also its all metal parts not like new L that has tons of plastic parts inside. works great on images as well but auto focus is order and makes some noises, what is not an issue i think!
 
you should not mix field of view with barrel distortion. Fish eye is an effect, and yes, most super wide angle lenses have some barrel distortion.
but you can purposely purchase a lens with spherical or aspherical specs and get totally different distortion for same field of view.
You can find aspherical wide angle lens that give almost no distortion. Such lenses are very expensive.
today with computer you can also expect the barrel distortion (and other nasty problems, like vignetting and color aberration ) totally corrected in post.
 
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