Can anyone recommend me an ultra wide lens...not interested in fish eyes. I'd prefer personal recommendations rather than "my mates, cousin's father had this awsome..."

Sigma 12-24
Canon 10-22 (pretty sure full frames can't go beyond 12mm)
Sigma 10-22 (as above)

At the moment it seems like I only have one option, perhaps a Tokina or Tamron? Open to suggestions

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I purchased the canon 10-22mm about 6 months ago.
Haven't been using it as much as I was hoping to, but I found it to be quite a nice lens to keep in the kit.

Canon hands down

Some reviews:

Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/17...report--review
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showp...ct/135/cat/all

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/30...report--review
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showp...ct/194/cat/all

Sigma 10-22mm f/4.5-5.6
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/30...review?start=1

I'd expect that for the Tokina and Tamron you would be paying a fair bit less than the Canon.


waits for a professional photographers opinion...

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Personally I wouldn't go any further than 16mm on full frame. It just looks ridiculous, and by the time you correct anything wider and cropped off the shit... well, you've gained two-thirds of fuckall.

I'd also hazard a guess that the corner sharpness on all those lenses would be very, very poor on a full frame camera. Perhaps Google for some reviews and sample images from people who have tried them on a full frame body.

imo:
16-35mm f2.8 if you have the coin.
17-40 f4 if you're on a budget.

edit: Tokina wide angles have a good repuation for sharpness if you *have* to go below 16/17mm

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Agree with above.

16-35mm f/2.8L
or
17-40 f/4L

I borrowed a 17-40 while I was overseas and it was great.
Karl has a 16-35 and he loves it, like has been said, depends on your budget.

The Canon 10-22mm will not fit on your full frame camera (assuming its a Canon).

The 10-22mm is basically a 16-35mm full frame equiv. for APS-C cameras (again, assuming its a Canon).

Edit: +1 to the 16-35mm f/2.8L

EF-S lenses will not work on the full frame sensors, only EF lenses will.
Can't believe I forgot about that, must be old age coming through

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Have a 16-35L on a 5D and it is my most used lens, love it.

Yeah I'm not willing to spend the coin on the 16-35 for the 5%-10% of the time I'm going to use it. I'll look into Tokina as Craig said, perhaps someone can give me first hands experience with it?

17-40 is bit more my budget but I have heard good things on 12-24 which will work full frame no worries

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