for ultra wides on a crop sensor it's really a 3 horse race:

sigma, canon, tokina

sigma is cheaper but doesnt have the same sharpness as the canon. Canon is the dearest though. Tokina are about to release an ultra wide which is meant to be the goods (sharpness and price combined) worth checking out IMO

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